To support Octobers Breast Cancer Awareness Month, premium lingerie specialist Rigby & Peller is calling out to women across the UK to recycle and donate their old bras in aid of Breast Cancer Care*. In return for each old bra donated for recycling in one of the Rigby & Peller stores, you will receive £10 off every new bra you purchase from its extensive range. This includes the stunning new A/W range featuring metallic touches and seductive black lace.

In addition to the recycling campaign Rigby & Peller is also donating 20% of bra sales on selected pink ranges available in store and online throughout October. The selected pink mix products include ranges from Prima Donna Twist, Rigby & Peller, Empreinte and Simone Perele (see below) – just look out for the Breast Cancer Care* tags in store.

Visit one of the eight Rigby & Peller stores including the newly opened Guildford and City (London) stores with your old bras to receive £10 towards any new bra purchase. Visit www.rigbyandpeller.com for more information and store locations.

*Registered charity in England and Wales 1017658, and Scotland SC038104) via Breast Cancer Care Trading Limited (CRN 2681072).

Sadly I won’t be able to take advantage of this, as much as I’d love to hot-foot it to London to trade in my undies I just can’t!
I am however a great supporter of Breast Cancer Charities; it’s a cause close to my heart.
However if I was going to be there I’d be trading in this ill-fitting set for something altogether more classy…

I think I should make a promise to myself; once I’ve got my healthy body back I’m heading to London for a luxury lingerie experience!

Will you be partaking?

xxx

Platform 51, is a charity that supports disadvantaged women and girls across England and Wales. On International Woman’s Day they launched ‘Glad Rags’, a month long YouTube campaign to raise awareness of low-level mental health issues and empower women to come together in a positive way to share experiences and raise self-esteem and confidence.

They have been asking women to upload videos to our YouTube channel where they are wearing an outfit that makes them feel good about themselves – this could be them wearing their favourite dress, or the suit they wore to a successful job interview – to encourage them to engage with low level mental health issues in a positive way. It would be great if you’d contribute a video to the campaign, and you can style it in whatever way you like and make it as creative as you want.

Platform 51 has conducted some research showing that 33% of all women have taken antidepressants and more than half weren’t offered an alternative. 24% currently taking antidepressants have been on them for 10 years or more and 24% have not had a review of their treatment for a year or more at some point. We are therefore calling for a review (there is a petition being run as part of the campaign) in the way low-level mental illness is treated in this country and an end to the stigma that surrounds mental health.

You can find the petition here

Let me know if you upload a video; and please spread the word about this fabulous campaign.

xxx

Designer resale site Fashionbloodhound.com has teamed up with the Too Many Women charity to offer a selection of previously owned designer items from their favourite celebrities. The person who offers the highest price will win the item and all proceeds will go directly to the charity.

Celebrity participants include aristocratic red-head beauty Olivia Inge, Made In Chelsea style icons Caggie Dunlop, Millie Macintosh, Rosie Fortescue and Amber Atherton, royal sweetheart Flee Brudenell-Bruce, rock-chick Lois Winstone, Britain’s Next Top Model 2011 winner Jade Thompson, Little Britain’s ex-fancy Violet Budd, top model Noelle Reno and socialite Sophie Anderton. The celebrities have been shot in an exciting pictorial campaign wearing their donated pre-owned item of choice.

The celebrities designer items include brands such as Sass and Bide, Chloe, Dolce and Gabbana, Beulah, Mechante, Olivia Rubin, Swarovski, Falguni and Shane Peacock, Angel Jackson, Monica Vinader, Kenneth Jay Lane and House of Harlow to name a few. Fashionbloodhound.com will be featuring these items over
course of two months where customers will be able to make an offer for the item with the highest bid winning. All proceeds will go to The Too Many Women charity.

Fashionbloodhound.com is an online designer resale site specialising in the buying and selling of coveted, pre-loved designer items. Fashionbloodhound.com has been established to assist women that lack the time and patience to sell on the online auction site but have a passion for fashion and a treasure trove of designer items they wish to recycle.

Too Many Women is a campaign raising money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer via a network of sensational, inspirational women including celebrities such as Scarlet Johansson, Sienna Miller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Poppy Delvinge, Thomasina Miers, Pippa Middleton  Elizabeth Saltzman and Liberty Ross to name a few. Too Many Women raises money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s dedicated Research Centre which houses over 120 world-class scientists and clinicians. The scientific work carried out at the Research Centre ultimately aims to eradicate breast cancer by finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. Through this work  Breakthrough believes passionately that they can achieve a future free from the fear of breast cancer.

The auction ends on 31st January 2011

www.fashionbloodhound.com

 My colleague, Gemma, truly got in to the spirit by taking her hat to see The Wurzels (a famed West-Country band) on the pier at Weston Super Mare. The hats had fun on the amusements, and thanks to Gemma’s determination, also got to meet the men themselves (the photo of the hat with The Wurzels is currently on the Innocent Gallery if you wanted to vote!)