Vintage and second hand shop Glass Onion hosted a student night where they tripled student discounts to 30% on 30 April.

The tickets for early entry from 4-5pm were free for students and sold out, at 4pm a line could be seen growing outside.

One student, Anna Swallow, 20 said: ”I thought it was a very good event. I didn’t expect to buy anything but I really found some great stuff that I was looking for anyway and was originally planning to buy first hand.

“It was great I had an opportunity to buy it second hand as it’s better for both the environment and my pocket.”

Glass Onion started in 2005 with founder John Hickling selling vintage clothing out of his Grandma’s coal shed in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Since then they’ve grown to become the UKs leading vintage clothing company, processing up to 20,000kg of second hand clothing each week that would otherwise have been sent to landfill.

They now have locations in Sheffield, Nottingham and Leeds.

Another student at the event, Tom Collins, 19 said: ”It was a really cool environment, I liked the style of the shop. I gave myself a £30 budget and spent £50 whoops!

“ I love the fact they’re accommodating the budgets of students with the generous discounts for good quality clothes.”

Since 2016 Glass Onion’s in-house remade factory has been transforming any damaged clothes they receive and off-cuts into new, wearable pieces that can also be found among second hand clothing in their stores.

The Foundry, University of Sheffield’s Student Union club, had one of their DJs playing at the student event while customers shopped

Rhys Davies, 21 said: ”I liked the vibes, the music was really good from the Foundry DJ set. There was a good range of cheap stuff and I did purchase a top.”

Rudy’s Pizza, a restaurant opposite Glass Onion, was also present at the event handing out pizza to some students.

There was also a free Rudy’s Pizza reward for anyone who made a purchase. These rewards ranged from free burrata, desserts for two and even wine.