Window Cleaning Everyday In Fancy Dress

Ian Kevern wore 30 different suits in 30 days for charity. Click all images to enlarge.

Torrington window cleaner dons a costume a day for charity: A window cleaner has raised thousands of pounds for charity after donning a different suit every day last month for work. Ian Kevern, from Torrington, created the Suitember challenge to raise money for Edukid and the Barnstaple Chemotherapy Unit appeal. So far Ian has raised £3,800. From Spiderman and Scooby Doo to Woody Woodpecker, Ian wore a different fancy dress outfit every day throughout September while on his window cleaning rounds. Donate here.

Ian said: “What a month it turned out to be. Torrington and surrounding community have been amazing, very supportive and encouraging. “I think this was helped by a daily blog on Facebook which kept everyone up to date with what I was wearing and what I got up to. “Every morning around 7am my wife Tanya launched the day to show what I would be dressed up in, she produced a concept photo which took a few hours every night to create.”

Ian fulfilled his window cleaning duties despite being stung by a hornet and being taken into hospital.

He said: “I think the worse day was when I was Spiderman. I got stung on the head by a massive hornet and had to go to hospital for two hours. “I had a bad reaction and went into anaphylactic shock and had to take some steroids to calm things down.”

Ian said his favourite suit was his Breaking Bad costume. He said: “The day I did the character Walter White I went into town and had just about everybody pose for a photo with me and had them holding a bag with blue sugar in it.”

Ian said September’s hot weather caused havoc when he wore long wigs. He said: “One day I was Woody Woodpecker and I was hot I went for a swim in the Torridge when my beak went somewhat limp. “I turned a few heads along the way, my favourite moment was when I took my dogs out dressed as Marilyn Monroe in a red dress and blonde wig. “A white van man tooted his horn and shouted out the window. His face was a picture when I turned my head to look at him.”

Previous Blog on Suitember here.