Oz du Soleil of Chicago originally collected the bras of his female friends for a blog project; he’d photograph the bras (sans humans) and write about the women who wore them. After the project ended, he had 50 or so bras stuffed in the back of his closet. When his girlfriend discovered them, it naturally sparked her curiosity; after he explained himself, she donated some of them to girls at a local school who had been wearing safety-pinned bras. The girls were grateful to have clean bras to wear, and du Soleil moved on with his life.
After he was laid off in the summer of 2008, the bra donation idea came back to him. He decided to launch an online blog to collect new or gently used bras. Apparently, bras are the least-donated item for underprivileged women and girls. Oz du Soleil’s blog aims to change that; he has now donated over 3,000 bras.
This story made me so happy! And it also made me want to clean out my underwear drawer.
Photo: Oz du Soleil sorts through some donations
Sources:
http://jezebel.com/5375290/its-not-like-i-walk-down-the-street-saying-im-the-bra-man
http://trueslant.com/dawnreiss/2009/10/05/chicagos-1000-bra-man/
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