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June 2nd 2008

Jerry Hall Donates Ex-Wedding Dress To Raise Money For Charity

Filed under: donations, events, fashion, green and famous, products — parrish @ 11:21 am

I swear to God! I’m gonna start a spin-off blog called CelebrityThriftShop.com! Each day it seems that another star is donating his or her slightly used clothes for the sake of charity. From Victoria and Kim to Mr. Jello Pudding himself, stars are going bananas for auctions!

Former model Jerry Hall who married Mick Jagger in 1990 is donating her ex-wedding dress to help raise money for the homeless. Jerry and Mick split 9 years ago and I think it’s sweet that instead of dousing the dress in gasoline and lighting it on fire she’s doing something good for somebody else.

Hall says, “For me, this is a time of letting go, simplifying and getting my priorities right I love it that my dresses can have a new lease of life in someone else’s wardrobe I just thought, ‘This is a great way of recycling.’ (But) it’s really odd to think that some other woman might wear it at her wedding. I just hope whoever she is has more luck than I did!”

The auction will take place at Sotheby’s Olympia in London on June 10th. The lace Antony Price dress is estimated at $600-$1,000. So if you have a thing for recycled wedding dresses and you happen to be a rich Ecorazzi reader, head on down to London and open that checkbook already! Come on, it’s for a good cause!

December 1st 2007

The Fortune Forum Summit Brings Out Hannah, Gore And Many More

Filed under: events, green and famous — parrish @ 9:00 pm

Ever thought about grabbing a brew with Al Gore or playing canasta with Daryl Hannah? Well if you were in London this week you could have (no promise about the canasta) at the second ever Fortune Forum Summit. Never heard of it? Well, the Fortune Forum Summit is basically an event for people who have way more money than you and I will ever see to get together and donate, donate, donate in the name of c-h-a-r-i-t-y. Exactly how much cash must you have to play with the big boys? Well, just to get in the door you would have paid £1,000 and if you’d like to have seen Al Gore in the special V.I.P room, that would have set you back an additional £10,000. By the end of the night it was calculated that the 400 or so guests were worth over £100bn. You get the point.

Never afraid of big spending, this year a slew of the generous and famous came out to show their support. Some celebrities included: Daryl Hannah, Damien Rice, Jerry Hall and Christian Slater. And who exactly got the loot? The good folks at The British Red Cross, Cancer Research, African Renaissance, Water Aid and clean energy promoters Ice Circle all benefited from the night of fun.

Now there’s only one question left. Where can I sign up my charity, The Parrish Monthly Room And Board Allowance, for next year’s big show down.