Shop for Haiti: fashion for the cause
Friday 22 January 2010
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As an additional incentive to donate, these designers have come up with fashionable products that make you look good and feel good at the same time.
Products donating to Haiti's relief, as pointed out by fashion blog Refinery 29, include:
Necklaces by Ken & Dana ($30 of the total $85 go to the Red Cross)
http://shop.kenanddanadesign.com/products/haitian-relief-b-side-rights-necklace
Solid Gold Rags' Save Haiti t-shirt (100 percent of the $100 per t-shirt go towards Haiti earthquake relief efforts)
http://solidgoldrags.bigcartel.com/product/save-haiti-tee
Alexis Bittar jewelry (all sales through January 22)
http://alexisbittar.com
Bond No. 9 The Scent of Peace ($150, 10 percent of the perfume's sales go to the Red Cross and to Seeds of Peace)
http://www.bondno9.com/shop/eau-de-parfum/midtown/view/the-scent-of-peace
Tucker Paisley Love for Haiti Scarf ($62, 10 percent gets donated to the American Red Cross)
http://www.tuckerpaisley.com
Fashion's biggest (or most-publicized) donations include $1.5 million by Gisele Bundchen and $2 million by Zara owner Inditex.
If you would like to donate shoes and clothes, contact charities such as Sole4Souls, Fashion Delivers, Shoes2Share, or Foot Solutions.
However, the best thing you can do to help out remains donating cash. For an exhaustive list of charities on site, consult this Huffington Post article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/haiti-earthquake-relief-h_n_421014.html
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