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June 21, 2008 · Filed under Charity
“The Hills” star Lauren Conrad has partnered with mark, the beauty and fashion boutique brand of Avon Products, Inc. to create the Girls m.powerment Campaign, a campaign committed to preventing the cycle of dating abuse and partner violence.
“It is a privilege for me to be partnering with mark on the Girls m.powerment Campaign,” said Conrad. “Young women between the ages of 16 to 24 experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence. As a twenty-two year old, this statistic made me realize how important it is to let girls my age, know that they can be empowered to prevent this from happening in their lives.”
As a part of the program, Conrad is also creating the “Have a Heart” necklace from which 100% of the net profits will be donated to help raise funds and awareness for the cause. The necklace will retail for $22–out of which $19.80 from the sale of each necklace will be donated to the cause–and will be available from September 16th, 2008 to April 28th, 2009 through mark representatives and online at meetmark.com.
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June 12, 2008 · Filed under Apparel, Charity
Appears “Mean Girls” star Lindsay Lohan is not so mean after all–she’s lending her name and fame in support of this year’s Visa Swap, which works in association with clothing charity TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development).
Visa Swap encourages the fashion conscious people to swap their old designer clothes and exchange them for redeemable points on a Visa credit card. Allegedly, the more exclusive and more unique the apparel, the more credit the person will receive.
“I am so excited to be involved with this year’s Visa Swap event. The concept of swapping clothes, getting something for nothing and refreshing your wardrobe appeals to everyone,” Lindsay said. “Ethical stories continue to dominate the news agenda and it’s great when fashion projects benefit charities.”
“I had such a great time at the Visa Swap campaign shoot, the clothes I wore were all vintage designer pieces which you just don’t see every day!” she added. Obviously, Lindsay was quick to see the style perks that come with the campaign.
The swap takes place in London’s Covent Gardens. According to bittenandbound.com, Lindsay, who has fronted international campaigns for fashion brands such as Miu Miu, Versace, Jill Stuart and Donna Karen, has already donated an Issa dress, two pairs of Jimmy Choo heels and a Miu Miu bag.
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March 27, 2008 · Filed under Charity, Cosmetics
Australian supermodel and businesswoman Elle MacPherson has signed up as the global brand spokesperson for cosmetics giant Revlon.
Macpherson, 44, will feature in the company’s ad campaigns as well as in its promotion of women’s counselling services and breast cancer research.
“Revlon is an iconic brand, bringing high quality products to women around the world and is complementary to my values,” Macpherson said. “I am proud to join Revlon in its celebration of women and in its long-term commitment and support for education and research to advance women’s health and particularly to fight women’s cancers.”
“Elle’s special qualities as a businesswoman, beautiful and talented model, actress and mother represent the essence of the Revlon brand,” said David Kennedy, Revlon’s president and CEO. Besides Revlon, the company owns other brands such as Almay, Mitchum, Charlie, Bozzano, Gatineau and Ultima II.
Macpherson has made significant inroads in business, fashion, film and television. She manages one of the very popular and grwowing-in-demand brands names in lingerie, “Elle Macpherson Intimates”. She has appeared a record six times on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers.
Other celebrities to have represented Revlon include Beau Garrett, Halle Berry and more recently Jessica Alba.
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March 6, 2008 · Filed under Charity
The ‘Desperate Housewives’ seductress Nicolette Sheridan has appeared naked in a poster for London Fog.
We see ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ singer Michael Bolton wrapping his classic French coat around Nicollette in the poster for the charity ‘The Hole in the Wall’, which provides children with cancer and other serious illnesses an outdoor experience.
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a camp in Ashford, Conn., was founded 20 years ago by Paul Newman. It also extends year-round support to the seriously ill children’s families and health care providers.
The campaign was shot by Davis Factor and fashion magazines next month will carry the ads.
March 4, 2008 · Filed under Charity, Movies
Scarlett Johansson is auctioning a date with herself in an effort to raise funds for Oxfam America, an international development and emergency relief agency.
The winner will be chaffeured to the world premiere of the film “He’s Just Not Into You” in either New York or Los Angeles, starring Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. The prize also throws in a hair and makeup preparation for the event.
Needless to say, the winner will get to meet Scarlett, and will go home with a ‘hand-written note.’
“The winner of the charity auction will not only get to attend the premiere, but 100 percent of the proceeds go directly to supporting Oxfam and its work, so please bid high!” Scarlett says in a video on the auction site.
At the time of writing, I hear there have been a total of eight bids with the highest bid being $300, with the starting bid at 99 cents. The auction will run up to March 12th on eBay, so I’m thinking of putting off that new dishwasher purchase until then…. you never know.
The 23-year-old actress has been involved with Oxfam since 2005, and last year met tsunami-hit families in Sri Lanka and India.
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March 3, 2008 · Filed under Charity
Scary Spice Melanie Brown has posed naked for the cause of the survivors of human trafficking trade.
Melanie Brown, popularly known as Mel B, contributes to girl power by stripping for the Helen Bamber Foundation , a British human rights organization that strives for the rights benefits of survivors of the sex slave trade.
Mel B, 32, claimed that she wanted to underscore the beauty of the female form, and prove that it was critical to draw attention to the fact.
“I’m curvier now I’ve had kids but I like the way I look. Women’s bodies are beautiful and any charity helping women is important,” she said.
Photo courtesy of prweb.com.
January 26, 2008 · Filed under Charity, General
Star of the hit TLC reality show ‘Miami Ink’ Ami James has joined the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) movement in a new anti-fur campaign.
In the PETA ad above, appropriately titled “Ink, Not Mink”, Ami James shows off some of his 40 tattoos.
In his interview with PETA, James said, “I was watching TV and then all of a sudden there was something about Roberto Cavalli’s fashion and I saw people wearing cheetah furs and all sorts of crazy things like that … to the point where I got asked to do a Cavalli vodka design and I said, ‘F*** no, I’m not doing it. I’ll never do it.’”
The ad was unveiled at his South Beach bar yesterday, when he announced banning of fur from the club. “Love animals, hate fur” is what the a new sign poster at the bar reads.
“If we wouldn’t be wearing mink, nobody would be killing (them),” James added.
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January 4, 2008 · Filed under Charity, Music
U2 rocker Bono became the 25th musician to team up with Hard Rock International to produce a garment for their Signature Series.
The Hard Rock initiative, which was started in 1990, channels the proceeds from the shirts will go to the artist’s charity of choice, and Bono’s choice was the Wildlife Conservation Society, which helps educate impoverished African farmers.
The T-shirt, made entirely from African cotton, features an image by Bono – a fish soaring through the moon and stars, with the words “Fish Can Fly . . .” and his signature. The shirts will be available in blue on a white background for women and red on black for men.
The shirts are being produced by EDUN — the socially conscious clothing company founded by Bono and run by his wife Ali — and will be available online as well as at Hard Rock locations worldwide.
With this, Bono joins the list of musical celebrities such as Sting, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Shakira, Green Day and Ozzy Osbourne.
December 16, 2007 · Filed under Charity, Fragrances, Fragrances - Female
Nicole Kidman won an apology and ’substantial’ damages from the Daily Telegraph over an article that falsely claimed that the face of Chanel No 5 had promoted a rival brand.
The Hawaii-born Australian actress had sued the British newspaper last month over the story which said she’d been openly publicizing perfume Jo Malone, despite having signed a multimillion pound contract with Chanel.
The newspaper has apologized and agreed to pay Kidman’s legal costs as well as undisclosed damages.
The 40-year-old Oscar winner was not at the High Court in London for the settlement. Her lawyer John Kelly told London’s High Court that the article suggested she had acted in an ‘unprofessional and disloyal manner’ by brazenly snubbing Chanel, and indicating she could not be trusted to honor her contractual agreements.
He said Telegraph Media Group Ltd now accepted the allegations were untrue and had established that the source of the article had invented the story.
Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s David Price, told the court that the paper “accepts the allegations are untrue and ought never to have been published”.
Kelly said that Kidman is intending to donate the damages to the United Nations Development Fund for Women for which she acts as a goodwill ambassador. It may be recalled that Kidman headed a UN global campaign last month aimed at stopping violence against women.
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December 8, 2007 · Filed under Charity, Fragrances, Fragrances - Female
Swimsuit model. Writer. Activist. TV show host and vegan–Petra Nemcova is now testing other possibilities.
Supermodel Petra Nemcova recently promoted the new Ann Taylor women’s scent labelled “Possibilities.” The Czech model, who recently replaced Gemma Atkinson as the face of La Senza lingerie, launched the new floral fragrance at the Fifth Avenue Ann Taylor shop while meeting and greeting fans.
Ann Taylor is set to give $2 from each purchase to Nemcova’s own charity, the Happy Hearts Fund, started in 2005 to help children affected by natural disasters.
Now, isn’t that heart-warming for the festive season? Wonder if Gemma has anything to say about that.
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