Fashionistas heard Al Gore's message in "An Inconvenient Truth" and are responding with a special sale in NYC in February - with proceeds going to Gore's Climate Project
An unlikely fashion posterboy for fashionable do-gooding, Al Gore has created a growing buzz with his global warming warning movie "An Inconvenient Truth."
"Al Gore's movie did make everyone concerned about how the environment is in deep trouble. In this day and time, we have to do something," Mariel Gamboa, founder of Limited Edition – an organization designed to galvanize the fashion business into putting it’s weight (what there is of it) into raising awareness about global warming – recently told WWD. "It is true that fashion voices carry far and wide. If designers are willing to put out this message and get a little something back in return, that's great."
Designers including Diane von Furstenberg, Jade Jagger, Lutz & Patmos, Costume Nationale, and Missoni have all whipped up custom designs for Limited Edition's sale; Fashion being fashion, the event is by invite-only, and the items are ultra-exclusive: each will sport a numbered hangtag testifying to its exclusivity. Celebs such as Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jagger and Christy Turlington will each design a one-of-a-kind tee for Buddhist Punk which will be auctioned off at the conclusion of the sale in NYC from February 6-8. Both the auction proceeds and a minimum of ten percent of sales from "Design for a cause and save the planet" will go to Gore’s Climate Project, which is dedicated to fighting global warming at the popular & government levels. (via WWD)
