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Red carpets are a standard at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), but a particular carpet event ten years ago definitely stood out. Guests dressed to the nines trekked red paint behind them, creating an ever-morphing art piece with the movements of their bare feet. The spectacle was for the Artists for Peace and Justice […]

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See Stella Jean’s most recent collections » She dreamed of being a politician, specifically the president of Haiti. At almost six feet tall (an inch shorter than Michelle Obama), 35-year-old Haitian/Italian designer Stella Jean would make a commanding head of state, bespectacled in bold-faced frames and hair slicked back into a no-nonsense chignon, with the […]

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Olivia Wilde’s latest activist endeavor has the actress teaming up with her friend Barbara Burchfield and Alternative Apparel to create the “Message Bag,” a unisex, convertible backpack/cross-body style. Partial proceeds from the sales of the $148 bag, which is available on ShopBop.com, will go to the Academy of Peace and Justice, a secondary school in […]

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Donna Karan’s Spring 2012 collection was heavily inspired by Haiti. Karan’s been spending a lot of time in the Caribbean country doing charity work since last year’s earthquake, and uses her celebrity to raise money for her own charity and several others. All of the print ads for the collection were shot in Haiti, and they’re rich in the country’s culture but—surprise, surprise!—sources are claiming one of the pictures is insensitive and even racist.

The controversial picture has Adriana Lima in front, glowing in an olive-coloured jumpsuit and statement necklace, with two Haitian men lurking in the shadows in the background. The complaints again these ads range from the choice of using a white model in Haitian-based photos and the placement of Haitian men in the shadows of an otherwise glamorous photo, to the picture drawing attention to the huge divide between a luxe fashion brand and the Haitian population. None of the pictures make direct reference to Haiti’s extreme poverty, but the juxtaposition is very clear.

Lady Gaga has donated a piece of her Monster Ball tour wardrobe to Charitybuzz’s Heal Haiti Auction. Bidding on the signed, spangled skeleton chest protector/shoulder armour/chastity belt, which looks cool for a stage show, but otherwise resembles a bedazzled medical device, is up to US$5,000 already.