A-Listers Donate Designer Dresses For Haiti

When in Cannes, donate to a good cause! Penelope Cruz and other Hollywood celebs helped raised $333,000 for Haiti by selling their designer dresses this past week.

The 35-year-old beauty and jewelery maker Chopard raised the sum by organizing an auction for the Jenkins-Penn Haitian Relief Organization at the Cannes Film Festival. Donators to the auction included Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Gisele Bundchen, Charlize Theron and Salma Hayek - who raised $21,000 alone for her burgundy Gucci gown, the first from the Italian brand’s new couture range.

An original sketch for the gown by Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini was also sold alongside the creation. Other celebrities who gave outfits included Naomi Watts, Diane Kruger, Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Jenkins-Penn charity was created by Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn as a response to help the Caribbean nation in its recovery from twos earthquake in January this year. Around 230,000 people were killed and around 1 million made homeless as a result of the quakes.

Golden Globes 2010: Olivia Wilde Auctioning Dress for Haiti

Did you like the beaded Gucci gown Olivia Wilde wore yesterday evening? Well - for the right bid, you could have it.

The House actress has vowed to sell the elaborate frock she wore at last night’s Golden Globes to raise funds for Haiti.

Wilde, who once helped build a school in the devastated country, said she is saddened by the toll the earthquake has taken. “I am gutted by this catastrophe,” Olivia told Us Weekly.

Other celebrities contributing garments to the Artists for Peace and Justice auction include Meryl Streep, Josh Brolin, Gerard Butler and Amy Poehler. You can find more information here.

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