I'm using a cardboard cutout of Sir David Attenborough to sell my clothes on Vinted – now I'm £2,000 richer

One mum has raked in £2,000 by showing off her unwanted clothes on a cardboard cutout of hunky TV actor David Attenborough.

Laura Parks, 29, from Sunderland took to resale site Vinted in an attempt to shift some clothes and make some space in her wardrobe.

She said: 'I wanted to clear out my wardrobe but I didn't want to send it all to landfill so I decided to resell as much as I could.

'I needed something to hang the clothes on and display them properly, so I thought why not use the king of sustainability, David Attenborough?'

The mother-of-one was shocked by the response, adding: 'I didn't really expect such a huge response, suddenly I was bombarded by people buying my clothes and sharing my account online.

“I think his best look is probably one of my sequin dresses, but he can pull off anything and looks just as good in casual clothes,” she joked.

The northerner even has a smaller version of David Attenborough to sell her son's baby clothes.

“I've always loved his shows,” she said: “I've been watching them since I was little, so I ordered a life-size cardboard cutout of his, which came with a mini version for free.

'I call [it] Little David and used to show off all my son's outgrown baby clothes.'

Her account – Life in Our Wardrobe – has been flooded with messages from shoppers who don't want to buy – just to ask questions about David.

“Everyone loves him,” she said, “I get dozens of messages from people who don't want to buy anything, they just want to ask if I have breakfast with David in the morning.

“I try to answer all my messages the way I think David would.”

She joked: “If people try to sneak in a cheeky offer below asking price, I'll be quick to tell them that David needs the extra money to save the planet. They usually cough up

The popularity of the six-foot cutout extends beyond Vinted, with Laura and her partner Charlie giving David Attenborough's cardboard version its own room.

Laura, who works in online car sales, revealed: 'He's part of the family now, we all say good morning to him and my son, Arlo, 18 months, thinks he's so funny.

'We have to keep him away from Little David, though, in case any accidents happen. We don't want his head accidentally chewed off.'

Friend Charlie added: 'I'm now used to sharing a house with David Attenborough. I don't mind him wearing the clothes, but I would like him to stay out of my bedroom.

This comes after Vinted sellers were left in hysterics by a seller who used a Danny DeVito cutout to sell bags and model women's clothing on the second-hand clothing app.

Gillian Belshaw, 35, from Clydebank near Glasgow, has seen her Vinted followers rise from just two to 1,085 since she started wearing the iconic American actor.

The 35-year-old says Danny is an “amazing” model and even admits that a seller bought an item of clothing from her page simply because it was modeled by the 4-foot-2 entertainer.

On her Vinted wardrobe, called 'dannydevinto', hilarious photos show the 78-year-old star modeling a variety of items, including a chiffon halter neck dress and a sleep eye mask.

In another photo, the actor can be seen wearing pink pajama bottoms that retail for £2.50 and a gray bobble hat with a price tag of £1.50.

Laura Parks from Sunderland (pictured) revealed she was 'bombarded' with comments after using the cutout – adding she even has a miniature version to sell baby clothes

The 97-year-old presenter's cutout even has her own room in Laura's house – which she shares with her partner Charlie. According to her, they all say good morning to the cardboard model every day

'Danny' is currently modeling 45 looks at medical secretary Gillian's Vinted wardrobe and says she smiles every time she sees him pose in a different women's garment.

Gillian said: 'I started using Danny [to sell my stuff on Vinted] And then about a week later I started getting a lot of messages on Vinted saying how upset they were about the photos of him modeling the clothes.

'I had at least one confirmed sale then [who made the purchase simply because I used Danny to model the clothes].

'They messaged me and said they loved the item they bought, but it was Danny who was the selling point.

'I'm glad my marketing skills worked. I have 100% gotten a lot more views on my items since using Danny DeVito to model my clothes and at least one buyer has confirmed they purchased an item thanks to Danny.”