Who Says Fashion Doesn't Care?

Many people think of the fashion industry as a bunch of snobs deciding whats cool and whats not but now and again fashion likes to show its generous caring side. In the midst of the dreadful typhoon that hit the Philippines the Beckhams did their bit for charity buy putting loads of their designer clothes for sale with all proceeds going toward those in the Philippines.
Mac cosmetics have been helping for years, their limited edition Viva Glam lipsticks have been a huge success with campaigns fronted by the likes of Nicki Minaj and Ricky Marting with all profits going to charities helping HIV/AIDS sufferers. With the fashion industry being quite dominated by homosexual males, HIV is a big issue among most.

Also focusing on HIV is Maison Martin Margiela, who started a line of printed t-shirts with French charity 'Aides' available from LN-CC. Its €75 a pop but its all in the name of charity eh.
Again helping AIDS, Swedish retailer H&M are in their fifth year of collaboration with Fashion Against Aids, with 25% of profits going towards AIDs awareness organisations.

Its not just AIDs however, over the years we've seen Jeans for Genes, Pink Ribbon and most recently Alexander Wang collaborated with Samsung and Art Start, a charity that aims to nurture the creative talents of at-risk kids. Wang and some of his creative pals used the Samsung Galaxy to create doodles that Wang then printed on to a lambskin backpack. Its not cheap at $550 a bag but from a designer such as Alexander Wang you can't expect it for much less and hey its for a good cause!

Movember

It's hard to believe but 2013 is coming to a close, Halloweens over and it's really starting to get colder and now its all about Christmas, November has always been the long boring in-between month, however in recent years its become more commonly known as Movember.

I thought that Movember was a relatively new concept however the phrase was first coined in 1999 (!!) in South Australia. Since then its come a long way and has raised both money and awareness. For those who don't know what it is (you must live under a rock) Movember basically involves males growing moustaches and facial hair for the whole of November in order to raise awareness for mens health issues such as prostate cancer and other cancers. This year even the Mr Men have got involved! (I kid you not)

We all know that men aren't as open as women when it comes to talking about bodily issues so Movember is a great way of tackling this problem. Its also a nice treat for us ladies. 

Worldwide the charity has raised over £100 million for mens charities, to find out more info or donate visit uk.movember.com. So what are you waiting for boys?!

Below are some of my favourite bearded men for you, I'd love it if you shared yours or if you have a beard yourself! (you can never have too much Billy Huxley)