What do Jerry Hall, Margaret Thatcher and the British PrimeMinister's wife Cherie Blair all have in common? They have donatedone of their favorite handbags to handbag.com for an online charityauction.

handbag.com, the premier women's interest web site, is holding itsfirst ever online auction and all of the proceeds will go to thecharity Breast Cancer Care. Many famous people and celebritiesdonated their handbags to the online auction which starts on July 3,2000 and runs through July 13, 2000.

The handbag.com auction, which features 15 celebrity handbags, will runon the handbag.com web site and celebrates Breast Cancer Care beingnominated as handbag.com's official charity. Breast Cancer Care isthe national organization offering information and support to thoseaffected by breast cancer. The auction is hosted by eBay.co.uk, theauction and trading site.

The handbags put forward to be auctioned include those from: Jerry Hall, model and actress, the British Prime Minister's wife Cherie Booth Blair QC; The Rt Hon, The Baroness Margaret Thatcher;Amanda Redman, actress; Emma Forbes, UK Prada Replica TV personality; LyndaBellingham, English actress; Linda Grant, writer and winner of theOrange Prize for Literature in 2000 for her book When I Lived InModern Times; style commentators and co-founders of ready2shop.com,Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall; and Annabel Croft, tennisstar. Many of the celebrities have described what they keep in theirhandbags and which are their favorite bags.

Baroness Margaret Thatcher says of the bag she has donated: "This blackFerragamo handbag belonged to me and was used for many specialoccasions. I would only let it go for a good cause."

Breast cancer has an impact on many people's lives each year, men andwomen alike. handbag.com will also be promoting awareness of breastcancer issues through the site and will be running special featureslooking at topics such as having children after a mastectomy, breastreconstruction and partner support on its site - .

Samia al Qadhi, chief executive of Breast Cancer Care says: "We arereally excited about working with handbag.com. As well as forfundraising, the partnership with this leading web site also providesBreast Cancer Care with a platform to reach an increasing number ofwomen online and encourage greater awareness of breast cancer and thesupport services that we offer."

Alicen Stenner, Head of Marketing at handbag.com says: LV Jewellery "We have beendelighted at the response of the donors to the auction and anticipatethat it will attract a lot of interest, which will help a hugelyworthwhile cause."

About handbag.com

handbag.com aims to be the most useful place on the Internet for womenacross the world. The site includes expert features, advice andQ&As, combined with a wide range of online services edited andcustomised for women, as well as free web access, email, news,information and online shopping.

The site has its own editors and a range of expert writers dedicated tocovering topics from entertainment and careers to relationships andtravel. handbag.com features a range of interactive tools anddatabases, as well as offering interaction with the team of experts,who answer users' questions and take part in online chats. handbag.com is a 50/50 joint venture between The Boots Company PLCand Hollinger Telegraph New Media. For more information, pleasevisit .

About Breast Cancer Care

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