Little Black Dress Auction
Little black dresses from Tina Fey, Sharon Stone, Mary J. Blige, and other stars went up for auction to benefit out-of-work women. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
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The famously down-to-earth 30 Rock star and creator donated this simple Stephen Burrows dress in fall 2008, just as her Sarah Palin impersonation on Saturday Night Live was beginning to dominate election coverage. Fey also does charity work to benefit autism research and world hunger.
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Huffman has been a longtime supporter of Clothes Off Our Backs and has donated gowns since 2005. The athletic Desperate Housewives star, who has been known to participate in triathlons, keeps her awards-show outfits sleek and simple, as with this simple, retro little black dress.
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Always one for whimsical red-carpet looks, Emmy Rossum donated this LBD by Thakoon (a favorite of Michelle Obama), which is detailed with bows and white stitching. It went for a whopping $900 at last year’s auction, supporting YouthAIDS.
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The Damages star is no stranger to mixing fashion and philanthropy. In 2007 she designed a pair of shoes for the Stuart Weitzman charity shoe auction; the proceeds went to ovarian-cancer research. She donated this draped Alexander McQueen dress, a departure from her normally demure style, to this year’s LBD auction.
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In keeping with her usual pinup style, Simpson, who is also a spokesperson for Operation Smile, donated this halter dress from her own line, the Jessica Simpson Collection. It’s on the block for the foundation’s latest auction, starting at bids of $100.
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Blige often hits the red carpet in sculptural pieces like this Tadashi Shoji dress, which she wore to the Precious AFI afterparty, where she performed “I Can See Color.”
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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz joins her older sister by helping out the January 2010 LBD auction, and donated this BCBG Max Azria dress, which she wore to the designer’s Spring/Summer 2008 show. Simpson-Wentz should know a thing or two about the little black dress—she currently stars as the slinkily clad Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway.
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In 2007 Edie Falco turned to her own closet to donate this convertible Norma Kamali dress, which brought in $175 for America's Second Harvest, The Art of Elysium, World Education, and autism research. She recently guest starred alongside fellow LBD donor Tina Fey on 30 Rock.
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Cattrall has been known to dress like her Sex and the City character Samantha Jones, and donated this form-fitting Norma Kamali Omo dress in 2008, when it managed to bring in a bid of $900.
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After wearing this Couture Couture by Juicy Couture little black dress to a 2007 premiere screening of The Tudors in Los Angeles, the Ugly Betty star donated the dress, where it took in an impressive $2,200.
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After hitting a Fendi party in Italy sporting this dress by the design house, Sharon Stone donated the ‘20s-inspired little black dress to the 2009 auction, garnering $425.
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