Helping a child in need is bettering one's life indeed, or so the saying goes. Ugg Austrialia's Art & Sole 2008 does just that, with bids/sales benefiting the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Boots by Ugg are painted with signature designs from the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Jessican Simpson (her second year), Cindy Crawford, Kelly Ripa, Ashley Tisday, and many, many more. The one-of-a-kind art designs are auctioned off online, with bids beginning December 1 through December 14 at ugg's website. In case you are not familiar with St. Judes Hospital, it was started by Danny Thomas - father, actor, childhood activist - in Memphis, Tennessee many decades ago. His work continues on through the ALSAC and its fundraising efforts, not to mention Marlo Thomas, Danny's daughter, whose tireless efforts help to keep catastrophic childhood diseases and cancer at the forefront of hope for a cure and research. So, do bid for a good cause, and check out the extensive Ugg boutique here at Zappos.com.

The Los Angeles-based designer Rozae Nichols — known for her fabrics, layering and visual design language derived from her time working in Hong Kong and Paris — is heading to the Ugg Australia Company to design a small capsule collection of outwear. The design match is perfect, as she showed a deft, advant gard hand with shearling in her own Fall 2008 collection. The Ugg collection will consist of 14 pieces ranging in price from approximately $595 for a suede pullover to $2,300 for a full-length shearling coat. The collection has been described as a utilitarian chic point of view, keeping the authentic feel of the brand but bringing a true fashion prospective to a traditional shoe company. There is talk of the brand expanding to accessories. We can only hope, no?

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