What happens the day after the Oscars? I think it’s a little bit like the day after a parade… so much excitement, excess and fun and then what? Where do all of those Red Carpet moments of glamour and excess go? Most end up in video clips for eternity but what happens the next day to the items left behind from that magical night?

Well, many of them go back to the stylist and are then returned to the designer but many are given to the celebrity who wears them. The result is closets filled to the rim with amazing designer clothes, bags, etc. One stylist, Talia Bella saw the waste and excess as an opportunity to make a difference. She did so, by founding Closets for Causes.

What Closets for Causes does is  bridge the gap between style and philanthropy. They raise serious funds by liquidating celebrity client’s closets and organizing the sale via eBay. Those funds in turn go the charity the celebrity chooses. The result brings attention and funds to an important cause and makes our celebrity crazed society happy to own a piece of celebrity fashion.

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So whether you are a fashionista, a celebrity stalker or just someone who needs something new in your closet you can follow the companies mantra, “Shop good, do good, look good.”

Red carpet or not, making a difference is way more beautiful than anything else you do.

Charity Matters.

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