As I’m sure I don’t need to tell you, this Friday is Red Nose Day. Pretty much anyone who’s lived in England during the past two and a half decades will no doubt have fond memories of gathering round the telly one (probably rainy) evening every other March to watch various comedians and celebs try their damnedest to make us laugh in aid of Comic Relief. As national institutions go Red Nose Day is one of the best, celebrating our legendary British sense of humour while raising money for those who need it the most in Africa and the UK. As a nineties child, my Red Nose Days past include the Spice Girls legendary “snog” with Jonathan Ross, Johnny Depp’s cameo in the Vicar of Dibley, Dawn French’s Harry Potter impression, Ali G interviewing Posh and Becks and of course the memorable ‘most naked people on stage at one time’ record set in 1999. I’ve worn many a Red Nose, lolled over many a sketch and paid many a pound to wear home clothes to school for the day. While our collective love of watching famous people make fools of themselves hasn’t changed since 1988, other things have moved on considerably and it should come as no surprise to hear that this year’s money raising schemes are rather more high tech. Having already done the nation proud with Team GB’s kits for the London 2012 Olympics, Stella McCartney has now turned her hand to philanthropy designing a super chic selection Red Nose Day charity t-shirts for TK Maxx featuring icons such as Kate Moss and The Beatles. Like every year, the profits from every t-shirt sold will go to Comic Relief but what with it being 2013, TK Maxx have also launched a “50 Ways to Wear It” app and competition inviting you, me and anybody else who buys a shirt to upload a snap of how they style it to their Facebook page. For every picture uploaded TK Maxx will donate £1 to Comic Relief and in case any further incentive was needed, they’ll also be giving away a £50 gift card to a randomly chosen entrant every week.

The Red Nose Day t-shirts can be bought online here and the app is available on the TK Maxx Facebook page as well as Google Play and iTunes. Like anything worth knowing about, the project has its own hashtag – #RNDTEE – so feel free to tweet or Instagram your pics as well as uploading them to Facebook. Here’s how I wore my tee, Instagram style of course…

Love Ella. X