Designers Haute for Haiti

My heart & prayers continue to go out to the people &families of Haiti whom were affected by the recent earthquake. It kills me to see people who already have little to get so0o much more taken away from them. With the devastating disaster of the earthquakes that hit them hard, the fashion industry has not turned their back on Haiti. Fashion designer & president of the CFDA (The Council of Fashion Designers of America) Diane von Furstenberg is collaborating with the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. The CFDA is set to launch a "Fashion for Haiti" T shirt. On February 12th, the t shirts will hit stores and cfda.com website. The t shirts will be produced through Theory and will be available for men & women at $25.


Supermodel Naomi Campbell teams up with Sarah Brown, American actress and wife of the British prime minister Gordon Brown to do a catwalk called "Fashion For Relief". Annually Naomi has a charitable fashion show and this year, the proceeds go to Haiti and it will take place on February 18th. The fashion show will feature big name models and celebrities wearing designers like: Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen, and many others.


More contributions....

- World reknown VS model, Gisele Bundchen wrote a check for 1.5 million dollars to the Red Cross to aid for the relief in Haiti.

- On behalf of Louis Vuitton and all company employees, the luxury brand made a donation of $100,000 to assist the Haitian Red Cross with disposable medical kits, water purifiers, tents, food, and water.

- Ralph Lauren is donating clothing corporately through "Fashion Delivers".

- Calvin Klein is matching its parent company Phillips-Van Heusen 100% to various organizations and gathering clothing from the company. Customers can also make donations at the stores.

- Judith Leiber is auctioning off handbags that she specifically designed for actresses at the Golden Globes.

- MAC Cosmetics/The MAC AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of MAC Cosmetics, regularly supports HIV/AIDS-related organizations throughout the world, including 3 such organizations in Haiti. After hearing the news of the earthquake, MAF mobilized its grantmaking arm and gave emergency general support grants of $125,000 each to MAF's 3 trusted partners in Haiti: the Clinton Foundation, Partners in Health, and GHEISKO - all working to deliver emergency medical care, food and supplies.