Fashion Favours - Celebrity duds get ripped for charity.

Blimey. The Brits always come up with the coolest ideas.
Especially when it comes to dreaming up creative concepts to combine fashion and charity. Fashion Favours, the UK's latest philanthropic fashion initiative that's touting sustainable-chic clothing for the greater good, is no exception.



The newly launched Fashion Favours initiative involves shredding the old clothes of celebrities to raise money for charity, while at the same time, persuading Brits to recycle their unwanted threads.

Kate Winslet’s suit and Twiggy’s jeans are just a couple of the celebrity cast-offs that have been cut up and customized by young volunteers to create Fashion Favours, a project that aims to highlight the issues surrounding throwaway clothing.

The items that have been created will be auctioned on fashionfavours.com and will also be part of a massive fashion show being held in London on World AIDS Day, December 1. Proceeds from the auction and the show will go to Body and Soul, a charity that works with young people affected by HIV in the UK.

DesignerLaundry gives the creative geniuses behind the Fashion Favours an enthusiastic "Oi!" The feel-good benefit is two-fold: Wear a piece of your favorite celeb for charity and simultaneously save the planet! Rubbish never sounded cool.

Gwyneth Paltrow supports fashion swap for London charity Kids Company.

Gwyneth Paltrow, alongside fellow celebrities, Trudie Styler and Jemima Khan have donated clothes to Rumble in the Jumble, London's latest philanthropic fashion swap event benefiting the London children’s charity, Kids Company.

Kids Company was set up in 1996 to help vulnerable inner-city children, many of whom are surviving on their own, within severe deprivation. Last year Kids Company fed 1,273 children on Christmas Day who had nowhere else to go - and gave them all a present.

We suspect Gwyneth’s Antonio Berardi black and white lace dress won’t be on the racks. But, chins up, Alexander McQueen, Armani, Chanel and Luella have all added pieces to the sale with a difference, so if you just happen to be shopping in London this weekend, make sure you give them a visit.

Gisele Bundchen keeps it sexy in a clingy, jet-set ensemble.

Celebrity Version: Gisele Bundchen flaunts her famous shape in a transparent, clingy long-sleeved top and skinny black jeans as she lands at LAX. She accents her look with a rugged pair of calf-length motorcycle boots.


Our Version: The Plein Sud Off-the-Shoulder Top.
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