This Week's Inspirational Pop Culture Moments

Some famous women don red dresses for heart health, other stars create tiny art for school kids and a legend is honored for philanthropy. Here are this week's most inspirational pop culture moments.

Celebrities Don Crimson for The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection

Hollywood starlets pay big money to stylists to ensure that they don’t have the embarrassing fashion faux pas of wearing the same dress as someone else at a red carpet event. Some are even devastated when they show up in the same color as a co-worker or rival actress. But some of entertainment’s biggest fashionistas put ego aside this week when they walked the runway for the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection event.

Among the celebs wearing their favorite designer’s crimson creations Camila Alves, Julianne Hough, Dita Von Teese, Audrina Patridge, Laila Ali, Denise Richards, Suzanne Somers and Natasha Bedingfield. The show was a highlight of Wednesday’s Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week happenings held at Lincoln Center.

The proceeds will go to the National Institutes of Health for research and to raise awareness of women’s heart health issues. And a few lucky fans will be able to pick up a dress or two via the Clothes Off Our Back charity.

And today common folk can play along at home or at the office by throwing on their own favorite crimson dress, shirt, tie or official Red Dress Pin. More information is available at the Heart Truth Website through the National Wear Red Day Toolkit.

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