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Causes

H&M: Heartless & Mean

January 6, 2010

Just when we thought H&M could do no wrong, our favorite cheap chic chain goes and lets us down.
An article in today’s New York Times exposed a horrific practice at the H&M in Herald Square: the store destroys brand new clothing on a nightly basis and dumps it outside the store where homeless people pick [...]

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An Entire Year in One Dress

August 25, 2009

The premise: wear the same black dress every day for an entire year.
The creator: New Yorker Sheena Matheiken.
The purpose: raise money for the Akanksha Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds educational expenses for children living in the slums of India.
The end product: The Uniform Project.
Sheena Matheiken grew up in India where uniforms were required in [...]

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