Tom's #WithoutShoes Campaign

If you post a photo on Instagram of your bare feet by the end of today using the hashtag #WithoutShoes, and TOMS, the company known for starting a global movement through its One for One business model, will donate a pair of shoes to a child in need in your honour!  So start throwing off your socks with wild abandon and get snapping those tootsies people!! Take a pic = Give some shoes!!

Below are my feet next to a photo I took several years ago of a little girl in her dusty tutu in Tsavo, Kenya.

Take A Pic = Give Shoes From May 5 to May 21, Instagram your bare feet with the hashtag #withoutshoes to give a new pair of shoes to a child in need. Tag your friends and challenge them to do the same. Because the more you share, the more you give.

Matthew Williamson for Red Nose Day 2015: 'Do My Feathers Look Big In This...?'

Red Nose Day 2015 is TOMORROW!  Once again, the nation is gearing up to adorn their noses and get SILLY, all united in the same mission; to transform the lives of millions of people across the UK and across Africa.  Go HERE to donate to this annual fundraiser, remembering that £30.00 could vaccinate 6 children again deadly diseases like meningitis, tetanus and pneumonia, £50.00 could pay for 20 people with dementia to take part in a group session to enhance their self-confidence and communication skills, and £150.00 could buy a wheelchair for a child with a disability in Zambia so they can get to and from school…

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Taking the emblem of the peacock feather, Matthew Williamson has designed a t’shirt, available at TK Maxx, brilliantly asking ‘Do my feathers look big in this?!’  As worn by Daisy Lowe on the front cover of this month’s Elle magazine (below) 100% of the net profits from sales go to Comic Relief, supporting projects to end extreme poverty worldwide.  Show you give a shirt, and buy one HERE (RRP £14.99) now! 

Photographs:  David Nyanzi

My Week In Beulah

Beulah London’s Lady Natasha Rufas Isaacs and Lavinia Brennan not only create elegant designs, loved and worn by the Duchess of Cambridge, but they also help provide a sustainable livelihood to girls rescued from sex trafficking in the Southern slums of Delhi. I for one, particularly enjoy feeling fashionable and virtuous at the same time, so was thrilled to feature in the girl’s recent #MyWeekInBeulah insta-campaign.  After having a blow-dry at Duck & Dry (my new fave) and my make up done by the gorgeous Charlotte Cowen, I went to the Bluebird Chelsea where I was able to get my hands on all the latest  beautiful, ethical designs, style them up à la TLC and take'em for a whirl (or a twirl as it turned out!) 

Above:  Wearing Beulah London's navy Painted Lady Dress with ASOS Happy Go Lucky Heels and Beauchamps of London Codrington Clutch Bag in charcoal. 

Above and Below:  Wearing my favourite look of the day, the Beulah London Blythe Crop Waffle Top and Evangeline Trapeze Skirt with my Lulu Guinness Lips Clutch.

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Photographs:  lse Viveros 

Isabel Marant for Gap Red

To mark World Aids Day on Dec 1st, Parisian designer Isabel Marant has teamed up with Gap Red to help raise awareness. With every sale of the limited-edition slouchy t’shirts, 50% of what you hand over will be donated to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Marant said, "this is one of those rare occasions when fashion can do something to help make the world a slightly better place.”

So far the Gap Red programme has raised over £109 million for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The T’shirts will be available in Gap stores from Monday 28th November.

The Designer Pudsey Collection

The iconic, yellow Pudsey Bear has been given a fashion makeover from 12 of Britain’s designers for Children In Need.

The little furry mascot has been transformed by Giles Deacon, Emma Hill, Jonathan Saunders, Erdem, Henry Holland, PPQ, Liberty, Patrick Grant and Kate Hillier using an array of different fabrics and patterns to create one off bears which will each be auctioned on ebay, helping to raise money for disadvantaged children within the UK.

How cute is this Pudsey on the left?! Designed by Mulberry’s Creative Director, Emma Hill, this bear was hand made in their Somerset factory in the finest Mulberry leather, “He comes in the same Soft Buffalo leather we use for our Alexa bag and his colour is classic Oak with Chocolate paws and mouth - two of the most iconic Mulberry colours!”

The bears are on display at Liberty London and will be there until November 19th.

For more information and links to auction pages click here.

Movember

In 2011, more than 240,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thousands of men worldwide will this Movember, the month formerly known as November, lay down their razors and embrace a ‘tache to raise both funds and awareness for men’s health.

So boys, become a Mo Bro by registering here and start getting fuzzy… But will you go for The Chaplin, The Sigmund or The Borat? I obviously would recommend The Gosling...

The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity

The famine in East Africa has reached desperate heights.

30,000 children have died in just over 3 months.

12 million people are at further risk.

Please watch ONE’s new video below, ‘The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity’ which features, amongst others, George Clooney, Bono, Colin Farrell and Bill Nighy, and then sign THIS PETITION putting pressure on the world’s leaders at the upcoming G20 summit in November to focus their attention on this famine and food crisis.

K'Naan, Liya Kebede, George Clooney, Idris Elba, Bono, Annie Lennox, Colin Farrell, and Bill Nighy unite behind ONE's new Hungry No More campaign to help focus the world's attention again on the famine and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Find out more at http://www.one.org