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Signed swag from past FASHION cover girls Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift will help to build water wells in South Sudan. It’s all a part of Vancouver-based fashion brand Obakki’s Rainmaker auction on eBay to benefit their Obakki Foundation. The bidding war began at the beginning of the month and will run until Nov. […]

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Talk about bang for your buck! With the purchase of this limited edition Rafiki bracelet made by artisans in Kenya, you’ll be donating enough for a child in East Africa to eat for a month!  ($10, metowe.com)

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A year and five months after Alexander McQueen committed suicide, his last will and testament has been made public. The designer’s $26 million fortune is set to be divided mostly among family members and charities. The most buzz-worthy part of the document? McQueen left $82,000 to his dogs.

Fashionable philanthropy is a great trend that isn’t going anywhere soon–who can argue with cute accessories that just so happen to be for a good cause? They latest is this sterling silver heart necklace, bedazzled with a bold coral bead. Designed by Beth Godfrey of Bejeweled by Beth, 50 per cent of proceeds go to […]

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Channel the philanthropic spirit of Audrey Hepburn, a fan of the iconic Hermès silk scarf, by picking up your own foulard this Thursday at Hermès one-day only charity silk sale (scarves, ties and small leather goods all at half price!) in Toronto to benefit Multiple Sclerosis research at St. Michael’s Hospital. The largest MS clinic […]

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Since moving to the ‘hood just over 6 months ago, this fashionable girl has been loving the fashionable events that take place on this side of Yonge Street. Even more so this week with soirees on back-to-back nights. Tuesday we were headed to the recently opened Jezebel on the hip Ossington strip where Joe Fresh and Rethink Breast Cancer were launching the latest incarnation of the cute bullseye tee.

The princess of London is Lily Allen. She is—no exaggeration—everywhere: on enormous billboards, on the radio, on every gossip page, on catwalk playlists, on the February cover of Spin. (She makes a charming appearance in FASHION’s latest issue, too!) And just when you’re starting to feel a bit bothered, she does something you can’t deny is brill. Like cover “Straight To Hell” by The Clash with all the insouciance she can muster, turning a punk classic into ska-lite delight (with the help of one Mick Jones, by the way). The song is a smash, the first whopping success from the covers album Heroes for humanitarian charity War Child. It starts playing in your head every time you see War Child posters on the subway and you think two things: 1. Is there anything Lily can’t get away with? And 2. Oh, right. I was supposed to blog about that album.