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The latest Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign has Kylie Minogue, Sienna Miller and Claudia Schiffer all stripped off for a series of seductive photographs, snapped by Mario Testino. The black and white images show the three women posing naked but for a strategically placed black and white silk sheet emblazoned with the charity’s famous bullseye logo.

For Kylie Minogue, who fought breast cancer in 2005 and had the all clear she said “It means so much to me to be part of this year’s campaign for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. I wholeheartedly support their efforts to raise funds for the vital work undertaken by Breakthrough Breast Cancer.”

The campaign which hopes to raise £1million this year for the charity also has a range of fashion items sold through a variety of high street shops and online stores, including Topshop, Warehouse, Whistles, River Island, Marks & Spencer and my-wardrobe.com. A third of the proceeds will go to the charity.

Each of the fashion brands have chosen items to sell such as cocktail dresses, snug cardigans and accessories, to be sold especially for the cause.

Since its inception in 1996 Fashion Targets Breast Cancer has raised over £10.5m in the UK or Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Set up by American designer Ralph Lauren following the loss of his friend, Washington Post fashion Editor Nina Hyde, to the disease.

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Logo

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Music legend Elton John’s flamboyant wardrobe is currently on sale at the Flower Cellars in London’s Covent Garden, for their fifth Out The Closet pop-up shop so now you can have your chance to own a piece of his eccentric sense of style, all in the name of charity. The sale will see the largest collection of clothing and accessories belonging to the singing star and his partner David Furnish.

The prices range from £10 to £2,000 and include pieces by Versace, Christian Dior, Prada, Alexander McQueen, D&G and Jean Paul Gaultier, as well as sunglasses, luggage and belts. Shoppers will also be able to buy some of the costumes that he has used over the course of his musical career, like pairs of the singer’s sky-high platform shoes and the over-sized spectacles.

The last time Elton John and his partner held such a sale was back in 2002 in London and on that occasion they raised £400,000 after selling 15,000 items.
Elton John said, “We always get a fantastic response from the public with these sales, I think the idea that the items we all buy and enjoy can help someone in dire need, particularly at this time of year, really strikes a chord.”

David Furnish added, “The new stock in Out The Closet represents the largest clearout that we have ever had, and it’s exciting to think that our clothes will draw a whole new demographic into our shop. For the first time we have sunglasses in-store and other accessories that will make great Christmas gifts.”

The proceeds of the sale will go to his AID’s Charity, the Elton John Aids Foundation.

The sale which is currently running and restocked everyday will end on the 19th December with a clearance sale.

Elton John

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Collaborations between designers and celebrities is nothing new, however more and more are joining forces to have t-shirts printed with their own designs on for charity, singer Pixie Lott who is known not only for her music but her stylish fashion sense has recently teamed up with fashion house Moschino (who she is normally seen wearing) to design a stylish limited edition t-shirt.

The proceeds will be going to Perthes Association which helps support children with Perthes disease, as well as The Italia Conti Trust which offers support and helps finance students at The Italia Conti Academy both charities Pixie supports.

Lott’s design on a grey jersey t-shirt features handwritten song lyrics and doodles and is available now exclusively online at Moschino for £85. This is not the first time she has delved into designing , recently Pixie supported The Princes Trust with her design of a  black and white zebra-print tee with black fringed sleeves which is on sale in River Island stores now along with designs from Alesha Dixon and Kelly Rowland.