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What an idea! What an ingenuous form of expression: to have 100 orphan children deposit their emotions on canvas, painting pictures that could only be birthed from the pain and hope they felt January 12th on. The hardship they had just been through would give them a gift. But it took a team of visionaries (life for the world) to bring this gift stateside and offer us yet another opportunity to reach out and touch the Haitian people.

As I stood in the Rogue Space | Chelsea last night, surrounded by the art painted by those children I couldn't help but feel like I was in Haiti because in as sense I was: surrounded by it's children.

"We went down right after to bring food, clothes, personal doctors and rebuild the orphanage." Said Paulo Thomas one of Life for the world's members. "We took lots of pictures and planned to exhibit them to raise funds but when we got back to NY we had another idea". The idea was simple: give the children an opportunity to process the horrific event they had been through via paint and auction off their artwork to raise money.

And off they went. They purchased hundreds of canvases, paint, paint brushes and brought them to the children. All of this to rebuild their school which was also their home destroyed by the earthquake. Home built thanks to the love of one man, Life for the world's founder Michael Fedele.

In photo: Michael with Maranatha orphans.

In his own words: "Life for the world is about healing the human spirit. Sometimes people ask me: why do you dance with the people in the village? I tell them it's because that's loves, that's human connection, it's lifting the spirit out of its misery. Leading the human spirit to friendship and love."

Come see this labor of love firsthand on Thursday, April 29th and Saturday, May 1st @ Rogue Space, 526W 26th St., NYC.

Love, Kelie

PS: The night's entertainment was inspirational and riveting. I invite you to discover: Gospel for teens' powerful message through song. :)

Photo credits: Life for the world. Click here to see more. Visit us tomorrow for a sneak peak at the art showcased at the show.

Fashion's Night Out to have Fashion show open to the public!

We had so much fun at Fashion's Night Out last year. The lager than life shopping party is making it's way back and rumor has it that it will outdo itself! Mark your calendars: the party starts September 10! And to mark the occasion not only will there be FNO shirts and hoodies and a one-hour CBS special documenting the event, but there will be a huge public fashion show, involving over 200 top models and 1,500 random ticket-holding guests. The event will take place a few days before FNO on September 7 at New York Fashion Week's new home, Lincoln Center. "As for the clothing, it’ll be a mash-up of pieces from different designers, handpicked by Vogue editors to educate the masses on the fall 2010 trends. How very democratic!" (Nymag)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Stories like this make me want to tweet!

I love everything technology. I push my Blackberry curve to the limit with the amount of apps I run on it. A few months ago, I purchased a Rebel SLR camera and now I made the transition from PC to Mac getting over my aversion for the hype that accompanies Apple products. I figured I'd give them a fair chance. Apple has come a long way from the days of the rainbow. But on this rainy day I am tempted to give in to another cyber trend: tweeting.

To be perfectly clear I have yet to sign on to twitter but an article I read in New York's Metro News last Thursday, is making me rethink my position. The article titled "Hollywood 'tweets' to aid disease", showed me what most of you twitterers probably already know: twitter is an amazing tool if used the right way. At first I thought that letting people know what I was doing play by play was quite self indulgent and a little naive. What could one possibly be doing that might interest me at that very moment? I also saw twitter as a stalker's dream! Hey creepy guy/gal I'm over here!!! WUWT? Right? But reading about Colin Powell, billionaire Bill Gates and Queen Rania of Jordan using their fame to raise awareness for Malaria changed my mind by redefining my vantage point. Joining them in their Twitter campaign to stop Malaria Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Seacrest and other Hollywood stars started sending out tweets encouraging their followers to donate to buy bed nets which protect against the mosquitoes that spread malaria in Africa. What a concept? Raising awareness via tweet! FWAC loves this! Look out we just might get a Twitter account! Love, Kelie

Friday, April 23, 2010

Just because we love T-shirts....

Cat-print cotton T-shirt by See by Chloe $145.00

Toucan beaded jersey T-shirt by Issa, $350.00

Look at the beading detail. It is absolutely stunning. Wouldn't you say so. Now that is a chic tee.

Love, Kelie.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Earth day the Gilt Groupe way!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Earth Day turns 40 tomorrow!

To celebrate Louis Vuitton will donate 10% of all it's April 22nd USA online sales to GLOBAL GREEN USA!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Vogue Paris - May 2010 triple cover. Odd.

I find it a bit odd for a magazine like Vogue Paris to feature celebrities like they did for their upcoming May issue. Carine Roitfeld usually favors models to grace her covers and when she does choose to use a celebrity she usually presents them under a very fashion forward light. In this case although the pictures look great, this cover is not fashion forward in its traditional sense. It actually looks more like a GAP ad. Odd. However the choice of celebrities along with the message behind the cover are totally out of the box and could be considered forward for a high fashion magazine. Love, Kelie.

On covers: Penelope Cruz, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts and Bono.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

En images...

Hope you had a chance to visit Zac's pop up shop! If not here is a sneak peak. Remember you have until 11pm tonight! Love, Kelie. Photo credits: Me and my Rebel!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

It is crunch time...Zac Posen for Target pop up shop!

Only 24hrs stand between us and the colorful dresses, tuxedo jackets and swimwear that will be at Target's pop up shop tomorrow! I can hardly wait to get my hands on all these goodies!

I hope to see you later at 481 Eight Ave., at 34th St. Remember the time: shop pops up at 11p.m. on April 15th and closes at 11p.m. on April 16th. These will be the longest 24hrs ever! Love, Kelie.