Cosmetics superstar Bobbi Brown has partnered with The Heart Truth, the charity arm of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to raise awareness of heart disease in women.

This $40 limited edition Bronze Shimmerbrick and Blender Brush set benefits The Heart Truth and its programs to get more women tested and teach healthy habits to prevent heart disease. (However, it hasn’t been disclosed how much of the proceeds will go to charity.)

And a reminder that the Red Dress Fashion Show — the big event sponsored by The Heart Truth — kicks off New York Fashion Week on Thursday night in the main tent in Bryant Park! More details here.

Seeking supersoft skin in time for Valentine’s Day this weekend? RealSimple.com just reminded us of how much we love the Chilean Red Clover ultra rich body moisturizer by Pangea Organics.

With soothing emollients like sustainably grown organic sweet almond and coconut oils combined with organic cocoa and shea butters, even your ashy elbows and knees will be feeling loved up by this penetrating cream. Extracts of red clover, geranium, and grapefruit claim to calm, tone, and detoxify your skin, but even if they didn’t, we’d still love the deliciously fruity-floral scent.

Chilean Red Clover With Geranium & Grapefruit Body Lotion, $18 at PangeaOrganics.com.

P.S.: If you’re looking for something heavy duty for your hands this winter, don’t forget about our February contest to win a Pomegranate Hand Cream from Weleda!

Carrie Bradshaw may be the world’s most famous (fictional) shoe maven, so it should come as no surprise that she’s rocking some ethical sandals by Swedish Hasbeens in the Sex and the City sequel, due out in theatres this summer.

In this photo from the set, Carrie (played by the ever-stylish Sarah Jessica Parker) sits with Miranda’s son Brady on a brownstone’s steps rocking the Super High Peep Toe sandal.

Swedish Hasbeens is known for its handcrafted quality and chrome-free designs made with sustainable wood and natural leather. And in spite of its 3.5 inch heel, this sandal is über-comfortable.

Says the shoe’s designer (who is understandably thrilled by the plug):

“This is the sign that modern women in the US have started to appreciate high-quality eco-fashion”, says Cilla Wingård Neuman CEO of Swedish Hasbeens. “The time has come to throw away those plastic high-heels that don’t last for your grandkids and just hurt your feet.”

Want a pair of your own before the movie comes out? You can pre-order them at the link below!

Swedish Hasbeens Super High Peep Toe Sandal in Natural, $219 at ShopRobertson.com.

It’s pouring rain in L.A. today and I could really use a pick-me-up to get me in the mood for the weekend. My top contender is this pair of goldtone pyramid stud earrings by Etsy seller BRadleyBB.

I really like how they’re softer than hard-edged pyramid studs, and edgier than too-basic gold posts, like the kind they pierce ears with. And best of all, they’re made from upcycled buttons from a vintage shirt (hence the speckled look of wear).

Oh yeah, and they cost less than a panini. Also available in silver if yellow gold isn’t your thing.

BRadleyBB Zone Stud Earrings in Gold, $5 at Etsy.com.

Hey guys — looking to keep warm this winter? You might have to dig deep to avoid looking as fashionable as “a microwavable kebab.” Hilarious men’s fashion writer Alexis Petridis bemoans the state of faux fur for men in the U.K. Guardian:

Once, they were the height of louche sophistication, the kind of thing the Rolling Stones wore while looking elegantly wasted. Perhaps the rock star’s penchant for fur coats hastened their fall from grace: by the late 70s, they had become associated with a rock aristocracy so irritating that people felt impelled to form Sham 69 and spit at each other in protest. The moral argument has an impact, too. You want fake fur to look like the real thing, but too much and you risk Chrissie Hynde chaining herself to you whenever you step outside.

So, there aren’t many about: I ended up with a too-small women’s one, which made me look as louche and sophisticated as a microwavable kebab.

Mr. Petridis can take heart that plenty of vintage fur exists on eBay from the very era he’s trying to channel. No word yet whether Mick Jagger is ready to part with his old coats, though.

Anthropologie is one of our favorite destinations for feminine, tailored clothes, and we were tickled pink by an email yesterday that shows the new recycled chandeliers the company’s design team has been working on since last year.

These creative light fixtures can currently be found in Anthropologie fitting rooms in four stores across the country. Each chandelier is made from repurposed plastic bottles cut by hand into floral shapes and bunched together like a giant lit-from-within bouquet.

Says the lead designer:

“My favorite part of my job is using simple, recyclable materials to create things that are beautiful and extraordinary.”

Would that we could all have such a neat job!

You may love your shoes, but can your shoes find you love? If they’re TOMS, they just might!

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the TOMS blog is asking for stories about how their charity-minded shoes have helped you out in the romantic department. The first story is pretty cute:

When we were in Virginia on vacation this past summer (from our home in CA) our delightful, 22 year old bearded, tattooed web designer son and our family were eating burgers at little retro diner in Williamsburg.

We were approached by a (brave!) girl “My friend wanted me to give you her number” is what she told our son.   Yes, this cute and stylish 20 year old thought our son was cute… but what clinched it was that he was wearing TOMS!  Because he was fashionable AND socially conscious she could NOT let this opportunity pass by!

Even cuter? They’re engaged now — and they’re outfitting their wedding party in TOMS. Super fitting.

If you’re not in love with TOMS yet, check out our review of this awesomely aware company.

French conglomerate LVMH and the venerated Parsons School of Design have teamed up to present an exhibition entitled “The Art of Craftsmanship Revisited” during New York Fashion Week this month.

The exhibit will showcase work by 23 teams of Parsons students who worked for several months on their designs with the help of dozens of NYC artisans. Says Bernard Arnault, LVMH’s chairman and chief executive officer:

Beyond ephemeral fashions, it is the values of quality and durability which are forever attached to the Group’s brands. The handicraft expertise of our products, their unique history and legacy, the truly iconic designs that distinguish our creations — all of these characteristics take on particular importance for us, as the leading luxury group, enforcing and perpetuating our solid values.

Want to see for yourself? The fashion projects will be on display on February 17 at Milk Studios (450 W. 15th Street, New York, N.Y.) during MAC & MILK Fashion Week.

It may not look much like spring outside, but in all of our catalogs and email inboxes, the fashion is warming up fast. So for the February edition of E.S. Eco-Over — where we take a hot trend and find a stylish equivalent from an ethical source — we tackle the hot flat-sandals trend.

In its weekly “Lust-Have Low Down” email, Neiman Marcus spoiled us with its top contenders for spring; from top to bottom, they are by Sigerson Morrison, Valentino, Emilio Pucci, and Antik Batik. While undeniably gorgeous, these selections range in price from $215 to $695 and use conventionally tanned leather.

Enter Matt Bernson to the rescue. His flat sandals for spring have every bit of the style and quality construction that these high-end competitors offer, but with vegetable-dyed leather stitched together in his fair-trade factory in Brazil. (Not to mention the comfort level is unreal.) Top to bottom, the styles here are imaginatively named Barracuda, Nouer III, and The Wanderer.

And given that his sandals range in price from $125 to $174, the choice is a bit of a no-brainer, isn’t it?

Going in the opposite direction of V Magazine’s “Size Issue,” which featured all plus-size models, the U.K.’s Love magazine has published nude photographs of eight of the world’s top supermodels — complete with their bust, waist, and hip measurements.

Love’s editor tells Vogue it’s all about showing diversity in beauty:

“For this issue of LOVE, we took eight women who are generally acknowledged as the most beautiful in the world, got them to show off their bodies – widely regarded as the most perfect in the world – and photographed them all in exactly the same position for the cover,” LOVE’s editor-in-chief Katie Grand told VOGUE.COM. “We did this to show how much they differed physically from one another, which is why we also printed their measurements.”

“The point is that ‘perfection’ is not fixed, timeless or transcendent,” Grand – who put Beth Ditto on the cover of the first ever issue ofLOVE – explained. “It varies, as the measurements of our cover girls show.”

The photos are provocative to be sure, but with nary a plus model or unconventional beauty among them, we’re not sure that the point about “perfection” in flux is well made. Is the difference between a model with a 23 inch waist and a 24 inch waist so great that we don’t recognize the same-old when we see it? And isn’t reducing these women to mere numbers a little dehumanizing?

(via The Cut)