Store openings: The Colleagues expands the practice

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The 59-year-old charity shop adds a menswear boutique with deals on garments from the best closets in town: shirts for $4 to $12, pants and ties for $4 to $20, and sweaters for $10 to $20. There are also $100 tuxedos, jackets for $20 to $50, and suits priced at $40 to $50. Sale proceeds benefit the Children’s Institute, which helps disadvantaged children and their parents with foster care and daycare, and supports programs to help prevent drug and alcohol abuse.

3312 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 828-1619. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

-- Max Padilla