Christy Turlington and Temperley London CARE


Christy Turlington at Temperley

While on break in New York, I attended a special shopping event in East Hampton. Christy Turlington called on her fabulous friends to come shop at the Temperley London store to benefit the charity CARE. In addition to being a full-time mom, business woman, and supermodel, Christy is also the ambassador for CARE, a charity whose mission it is to empower women in developing countries. They help to communicate the value of education and enterprise to women and girls, all while helping them to acquire basic necessities like clean water, as a result, propogating growth and independence in parts of the world where women need it the most. She recently visited Tanzania and Bangladesh to help spread CARE's mission. "Girls are the backbone of the future," she told me, "Women are more likely to educate and share their wealth with their family and community, and CARE's focus on women can only add to their community and their country." Well, I would say the event was a success, as the streets of East Hampton were filled with chic ladies with giant Temperley shopping bags slung over their shoulders. Go, Christy!

—Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin

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