Yurman dog tags with or without pave diamonds, $450/$950 - 10% of sales go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation Last week, I spotted these pink dog tags in a vitrine inside the David Yurman store on Madison Ave.  I was attending a special shopping event for the charity I volunteer for – Bottomless Closet (they provide clothing, interview/resume prep and career-oriented workshops to local NYC women) – so a special THANKS to David Yurman... 

Versace Art Unites Tote, $250 - 100% of profits go to children's charities I was walking back from Saks yesterday on my lunch break and noticed one of these funky, whimsical totes in the window of Versace. Over the summer, the Italian fashion heavyweight in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art enlisted the help of 1,400 children in China and the US (who have been affected by illness or earthquakes ) to design these limited... 

Official 2009 t-shirt, $30 - 40% of proceeds donated to National September 11 Memorial Make sure to go shopping tonight – Sept 10th - to support retail in this economy, check out the new Fall collections, celebrate fashion AND support charity! Anna Wintour’s global event – Fashion’s Night Out 2009 – will have participating retailers (which in NYC, means everyone as Anna demands respect!) staying open late into... 

Louboutin Rodita sandal (only 100 made), $895 – 100% of proceeds benefit Asian elephant rescue Legendary (or maybe even life-changing depending on whom you ask) shoe designers, Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik have created two gorgeous sandals to benefit the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Thailand. The shoes can be purchased exclusively from Footcandy on-line.  There seems to be enough stock for the Rihanna-esque, pink zippered,... 

Between work, family, friends and keeping up with celebrity gossip (not being sarcastic, I read every single one of those magazines at the office), we are easily overloaded with information to process and matters to prioritize. So it’s no wonder that we often overlook others’ adversity – especially when the magnitude of the injustice and  inequality makes us believe that there is not much we can do. We’re not asking you...