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Karaoke Kate! Moss Sings for Charity

Posted Jun 19th 2009 at 6:00PM by Bee-Shyuan Chang

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Kate Moss hops the stage! Karaoke Kate puts on an enthusiastic performance for charity. Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Usually she's the perfect arm candy for the bad boy rock star, but this time around Kate Moss has taken the mic into her own hands.

Daily Mail reports that Moss was a judge at the "Hoping's Got Talent" celebrity karaoke fundraiser event at Cafe de Paris in London. But into the evening, the crowd chanted for the 35-year-old supermodel to take the stage.

Not one to disappoint cheering fans, the supermodel hopped onto the stage and was joined by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. (It probably didn't hurt that a guest bid £47,000 to hear the duo sing.)

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Eva Mendes Introduces Cartier's New Love Charity Bracelet

Posted Jun 14th 2009 at 8:00AM by Melissa Foss

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Eva Mendes models the new Cartier Love Charity bracelet. Photo courtesy of Cartier

Ah, love. It's arguably the most inspiring concept in the arts.

Take music for instance. Just think of all the songs with the word "Love" in the title: "Love Me Tender," "The Lovecats," "Love in an Elevator," well, you get the point.

But it's also a major influence in jewelry. Um, heard of Cartier's Love Collection? Thought so.

Love Charity Ambassador Eva Mendes was on hand at the Cartier Mansion in NYC to announce the new Cartier Love Charity bracelet benefiting The Art of Elysium, a non-profit organization that encourages musicians, artists and actors to volunteer their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions.

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Celebs Design Havaianas for Charity

Posted Jun 12th 2009 at 1:30PM by Bee-Shyuan Chang

Filed under: Shoes, Style for a Cause

Bid on celeb-designed Havaianas flip flops! Clockwise from upper left: Naomi Campbell, Manish Arora, Sam Taylor Wood, Matthew Williamson, Basso & Brooke and Paul Smith. Photo courtesy of www.selfridges.co.uk

Yesterday, there was Beckham mania for the launch of the Emporio Armani Underwear Fall/Winter 09/10 campaign, but Selfridges London has also reached out to charities for its centennial celebration.

After setting up a Havaianas (Brazil's best export after supermodels) customization pop-up shop, the British retailer has invited celebrities and designers, such as Paul Smith, Alek Wek, Jade Jagger and Lulu Guiness to join in on the DIY fun by designing their own pair of flip flops.

Starting June 15 until midnight on June 26 (London time), you can bid on the fashionable one-of-a-kind footwear via a silent auction on Selfridges' website. All proceeds will go to CLIC Sargent, a charity that supports children with cancer.

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Shop Yigal Azrouel's eBay Store for Discounts and a Good Cause

Posted Jun 11th 2009 at 7:10PM by Bee-Shyuan Chang

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Save the environment and money! A Yigal Azrouel Spring '09 leather jacket for over 50% off. Photo courtesy of shop.yigal-azrouel.com

Rather than go the usual charity circuit route, Yigal Azrouel has teamed up with eBay for a 10-day online store to benefit the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).

Until June 19, pieces from Azrouel's Spring/Summer 2009 collection will be sold at a deep discount and feature fixed prices.

How discounted, you may wonder? When we checked out prices, a shrunken leather jacket was offered for $530 at the eBay store versus the $1,275 retail price.

A social conscience never looked so chic!

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Afghan Hands - Embroidered Scarves with a Conscience and Claire Danes' Bridesmaids Gift?

Posted Jun 3rd 2009 at 6:25PM by Melissa Foss

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That's me (right) at the event with Claire Danes and her fiancé Hugh Dancy.

Last night I attended the Orlane-sponsored fundraiser at the enchanting Soho, NYC outpost of Longchamp to benefit Afghan Hands.

While the setting and the people were undeniably beautiful, it was the hand-embroidered shawls and scarves that stole the limelight.

The women who create these elegant works of art are widows living in Afghanistan whose husbands were killed by the Taliban.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sales go to these women, who are paid to learn how to embroider and offered seminars on basic human, legal and religious rights -- something they would otherwise not have access to. Talk about a worthy cause!

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Celebs Give the Shirts Off Their Backs for H&M's Fashion Against AIDS

Posted May 28th 2009 at 12:00PM by Melissa Foss

Filed under: Style for a Cause

Dita Von Teese and Katy Perry model their own designs for H&M's Fashion Against AIDS. Photos courtesy of H&M

Whatever Dita Von Teese is selling, we're buying! Could she be any cooler or more glamorous? And forget the shopping guilt; a portion of the proceeds of a "Dita Von Tee" or any of the other celebrity-designed tops go to a very important cause: AIDS awareness.

Today, H&M launches Fashion Against AIDS, for which some of the hottest names in showbiz, including Katy Perry (shown above in her own leotard design), Estelle (who hosted last night's aunch party), Cyndi Lauper, N.E.R.D. and Yoko Ono, collaborated to design 80's-inspired organic cotton T-shirts (or leotards in KP's case); 25 percent of the proceeds will be donated to fighting AIDS.

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Sweet High Fashion for Philanthropy

Posted May 12th 2009 at 4:40PM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Fashionable Food, Style for a Cause

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Last night at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C, philanthropy-minded fashion fans attended Sweet Charity, an event to benefit The Heart of America Foundation's Books from the Heart program, which gives books to disadvantaged children.

The annual fundraiser includes a silent auction, gourmet tasting stations and an awards ceremony, And then there is the famous (infamous?) Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show. Dozens of well-known chefs use their culinary creativity to design clothes -- and decorate models -- with chocolate and sugar confections.

We have to take our hats off to the brave models who strut their stuff down that runway -- a little bit of nervous sweating could have meant wardrobe disaster!

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Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow to Auction Off Hand-Me-Downs TONIGHT!

Posted May 7th 2009 at 6:24PM by Kristen Seymour

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Photo by Getty Images.

Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow aren't just rich, famous and beautiful celebrities. They're also moms, and as such, they're taking part in JOHNSON's Celebrity Hand-Me-Down Auction on eBay, which starts tonight, May 7, at 10 p.m. ET and runs through May 14.

You can bid on strollers, a diaper bag full of goodies and an adorable variety of kids' clothing donated by Alba. If that's not up your alley, spend your money on Gwyneth's "Get Fit With Tracy Anderson" package. That's Paltrow's trainer, as if you needed added incentive.

Either way, you're supporting a great cause, as all donations help raise funds for JOHNSON's Clean Water Initiative, an effort to make sure clean water is available to all babies. And if you end up with some fabulous star-worthy stuff, well, that's just killing two birds with one stone, right?

Below, Jessica Alba's donations for the Celebrity Hand-Me-Down Auction on eBay.

Above still photos courtesy of Auction Cause

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Revlon's Run/Walk for Women Draws 'J'-List Support

Posted May 2nd 2009 at 8:30PM by Kyle Hepp

Filed under: Celebrities with Style, Style for a Cause

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Today was the 12th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in New York City. The 5K walk, which kicks off in Times Square and ends in Central Park, is an effort to fight women's cancers by raising money and awareness. And even though, the Miley Cyrus/Christina Applegate-hosted Los Angeles walk isn't until next Saturday (May 9th), Hollywood's heavy hitters were out in full force.

Revlon spokeswomen Jessica Alba and Jennifer Connelly, funnyman Jimmy Fallon (not yet a face of Revlon!) and the cosmetics company's newest addition, Jessica Biel -- it was announced yesterday that she is their new "Global Brand Ambassador" -- all hosted the event. (And yes, there were JT sightings.)

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Teens for Safe Cosmetics - Read Our Lips!

Posted May 2nd 2009 at 12:18PM by Annie Scott

Filed under: Cosmetics, Style for a Cause, Beauty Tips

Kissing for Lead Free Lipstick!

If you feel guilty about your lack of Earth Day involvement, here's the inspiration you just might have been missing.

A group of concerned and proactive teens in Marin County, California founded the organization Teens Turning Green in 2002 after learning the alarming statistic that breast cancer had risen 60% in 8 years. Now, the coalition is made up of teenagers from around the country and its mission is:

investigating toxic exposures in daily lives, schools and communities, advocating for change in policy and practices that protect the world, and educating peers and the community about healthy lifestyle choices. Through positive and collaborative efforts, these leaders of the next generation inspire us to work towards a healthy, sustainable future.

Teens for Safe Cosmetics is the beauty-policing branch. Its current initiative is to get the use of lead - a neurotoxin - in lipstick banned. One creative member started the Lips Against Lead petition, where quite appropriately, you sign and kiss the petition to show your support. That's me, smoochin' my signature.

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Handmade Fair Trade Children's Clothing

Posted Mar 17th 2009 at 2:01PM by Mallory Whitfield

Filed under: Interviews, Kids and Babies, Style for a Cause

handmade, fair trade children's clothing at Vivimimo.comToday's featured indie designer is Annette Bauer, an American expat living in Bangkok, Thailand, who designs handmade, fair-trade children's clothing inspired by the many cultures in which she has lived in over the years.

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Katy Perry in M.A.C. Hello Kitty Couture Corset - Meow-o-wow!

Posted Feb 19th 2009 at 1:29PM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Swimwear and Lingerie, Celebrities with Style, Style for a Cause

katy perry in hello kitty corset

Daring fashion darling Katy Perry hit the red carpet last night at the Brit Awards 2009, in London. True to her avant-guard sartorial reputation, she dazzled in a one-of-a kind, couture M.A.C. Hello Kitty corset designed by The Blonds.


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Donate Your Coat to a Great Cause

Posted Feb 14th 2009 at 5:01PM by Lindsay Miller

Filed under: Style for a Cause

Mackage CoatHousing Works, a very support-worthy non-profit (and the biggest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States) wants you to fork over your coat.

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Evian Haute Courture by Jean Paul Gaultier

Posted Feb 5th 2009 at 2:00PM by Michael Cohen

Filed under: Haute Home, Style for a Cause


This month, during FW '09 New York Fashion Week, Bergdorf Goodman will host a public unveiling of the Evian® Haute Couture "Bubble" Bottle by Jean Paul Gaultier. Five bottles, fabricated by the House of Baccarat, will tour different parts of the world, for display during February, then return to Paris for auction in March. Proceeds benefit the RAMSAR Convention.

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Charity Couture: Red Dress Collection Auctions Off One-of-a-Kind Designs

Posted Jan 30th 2009 at 2:00PM by Lindsay Miller

Filed under: Style for a Cause, Fashion Week



Every year during New York Fashion Week, tastemakers count on the Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection to send a showstopping stream of one-of-a-kind gowns down the runway.

The event brings together the likes of Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen, who create original gowns to benefit The Heart Truth. (The organization that raises awareness about women's heart disease.)

This year, the show is getting an exciting new spin. Now, in partnership with Clothes Off Our Back, some of those previously unattainable dresses will be auctioned off to the public after the show. The proceeds will benefit children's charities.

Look for a sequined Diane von Furstenberg stunner Kelly Ripa wore to last year's event, along with gowns from Carmen Volvo and Donna Karan, among others. The auction starts online on February 6, but if online shopping isn't your thing, you can also witness the real things on display at the Rockefeller Center from Valentine's Day until February 21.

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