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Jennifer Aniston & Courtney Cox Adore This Designer - You Will Too

Mary Fanaro, flanked by friends Aniston, Crow and Cox above, was right at the finish line.

Watching a Live Eight charity concert inspired her to contribute towards easing poverty in Africa. After mulling over several ideas she decided on a fashion label, proceeds from which would go towards charity initiatives. Fanaro chose the name Omni Peace and began a series of meetings, proposals and fund raising. Two years later she found herself days away from formally launching her line and transforming her dream into reality.

Then she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Doctors ordered the entrepreneur to begin chemo therapy immediately. Yet, instead of shelving her plans, she struck a bargain: a few more days to complete the launch and she'd begin treatment. They agreed and Fanaro flew off to New York to meet with buyers and boutiques then back to Los Angeles to do the same. What followed next for Fanaro was a simultaneous struggle to keep herself and her vision alive.

She won.

Five years later, the L.A based social entrepreneur is flourishing, and so is Omni Peace. In the time since, Fanaro has transformed it from a little known t-shirt line to a buzzed about brand spotted on fans like Lindsay Lohan and Naomi Campbell. Her pieces are available online and nationwide at specialty boutiques. Along the way Fanaro's good friends, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox and Sheryl Crow have pitched in to lend their celebrity status and support.

Beyond the glam, Omni Peace is actually making an impact. Since launching the label has raised over half a million dollars to help women and children in Africa with an emphasis on Congo and Senegal. Her story answers perfectly the question she poses to others on her website: does fashion save lives? It seems to have saved hers.

I caught up with the her to chat about her inspiration, her hurdles and her triumph.

For the full story check it out here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zandile-blay/jennifer-aniston-courtney_b_361978.html

Big week coming up - our viral video goes live - and our Facebook fans see it first! we've worked hard to get out the message about conflict minerals and Congo and are excited to share out latest with you!

Check out our founder Mary Fanaro's feature in the Miami Herald!

She threw a spectacular bash one weekend in Las Vegas, then woke up that Monday morning and decided there must be something more.

That defining moment became the seed of OmniPeace, a humanitarian fashion brand -- popular among the celeb set -- that donates profits to social causes in Africa.Now, Miami native Mary Fanaro is at the intersection of philanthropy, fashion and pop culture, and her company has donated more than $500,000 to charity and help build a school in a Senegalese village. She is also working on a campaign to stop violence again women and children in the Congo.

Fanaro had worked in the entertainment industry more than half of her life, as an actress, a producer, and for a decade, as a tony event planner.Four years ago, she was the party planner behind the 10th anniversary celebration for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The next morning, she gave up her career.

``It was really a change, a shift in my spirituality,'' says Fanaro, 44, who lives in Los Angeles. ``I knew I could throw a party, I knew I had a gift for gathering people and exposing people. I just felt like I needed to expose people to something that matters.''

Inspired by the Live Aid concerts -- which raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia -- Fanaro worked to develop a brand that could raise awareness of and funds for the epic social and economic issues facing Africans.

One of the primary beneficiaries is Millennium Promise Alliance, the organization founded by economist and U.N. advisor Jeffrey Sachs. The group is working to end extreme poverty in Africa by 2025.

Fanaro formed the lifestyle brand as a licensing company and has partnered with more than a dozen brands including Ed Hardy to produce a collection of T-shirts and accessories.

She got some high-wattage help from celeb friends including Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston and Sheryl Crow, and counts Zac Efron, Sienna Miller, Gabrielle Union, Gwen Stefani, Kevin Costner and Common among her fans.

``I am not a designer in the technical sense,'' Fanaro says. ``It's really about co-branding with larger companies to raise awareness for humanitarian campaigns.''We caught up with Fanaro to talk about OmniPeace, a health scare and her Miami Vice days.

For the full story check out: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1325888-p2.html

Check out the latest from Fox News on OmniPeace!

The former 'Friends' bffs are using their fame for a good cause.

Check out Fox News for more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/11/05/jennifer-aniston-courteney-cox-lend-faces-stamp-violence/ ;

2010 L*Space Swimwear - Supports OmniPeace Peace Efforts | Beauty & Beach

L Space teamed up with OmniPeace to help the global community! The collaborative collection features African inspired styles to support peace and end poverty.

Ambassador Handbook!

It's gone live! Our Ambassador Handbook is up on the site - download it and find FREE ways to help change the world with OmniPeace!

Our Viral Commercial!

Hey guys! Our viral commercial raising awareness about conflict minerals is about to be released...we'll be sharing it with you first! Stay tuned, get your YouTube channel ready...and be ready to share the buzz! It's sure to get people's attention!

OmniPeace's efforts at Panzi Hospital in the Congo

Getting packages ready to send to the Panzi hospital in Congo - one of the leading hospitals treating female victims of violence and the crisis that continues in Africa.

OmniPeace for Kids!

OmniPeace kids & baby is here! Raise your own little activists! Coming in November. Checkout joahlove.com for more!

New kid's line sneak preview :)

OmniPeace in The Source Magazine!

OmniPeace was recently featured in The Source Magazine...Here is the scan!

Create Your New OmniPeace Account!

Friends, now you can create your own user account at www.OmniPeace.com. Simply go to the "Take Action" page, fill out your info and begin uploading your pics and videos and blog about anything you think is relevant to the OmniPeace mission and movement!

New Celeb Supporters!

OmniPeace is fortunate to have an overwhelming number of fans and supporters! Here are two new celebs sporting OP Gear!

Lisa from the hit Bravo show The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Actor Tim Meadows rockin' OP on the Wendy Willams Show

OmniPeace in InStyle Mexico and Fashion Wear Daily!

OmniPeace was recently featured in InStyle Mexico and Fashion Wear Daily...Here are the clips!

Mary Fanaro @ The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami!

Hey Everyone,

Here are some new photos of OmniPeace Founder and CEO Mary Fanaro at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami! Enjoy!

OmniPeace Fan Message

Here is what an OmniPeace Fan wrote about her experience with OmniPeace at a Baby Shower:

"My silver OmniPeace bag that we all received at Angie Everhart's Baby Sprinkle has special meaning to me beyond being the coolest bag. My dear friend Courteney Cox first introduced me to OmniPeace years ago at the first OmniPeace Kitson event and I am just so impressed with her amazing personal visible involvement as well as her friend and founder Mary Fanaro's dedication and commitment to end extreme poverty by 2025. By purchasing a bag, or any OmniPeace product you can personally help give the poorest people in the world a chance to survive and help end poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. What an amazing gift for us to receive and we are so blessed to spread the message!" ~Maeve Qualin

Wouldn't it be a great idea to give out OmniPeace gear at a baby shower or another event? Your guests would love it! For more information on OmniPeace products, please contact office@omnipeace.com

Apple Reports 5.2 Million iPhones Sold, Same as Total Deaths in the Congo

What a strange coincidence. Looking through their third quarterly reports, Apple stated that they have sold 5.2 million iPhones, which is, ironically, the same number of people who have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It's chilling and if you think about it, it's like every iPhone people buy, one person in the Congo dies. The war on "Conflict Minerals", the same minerals (tin, tantalum, and tungsten) that make up the iPhones themselves, results in the violence and the deaths of the Congolese citizens. For more on Apple's third quarter results, click on

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:bxGopzWkpMsJ:www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/07/21results.html+apple+second+earnings+2009+5.2&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

and for more on "Conflict Minerals," click on

http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org/casualties_conflict_minerals

OmniPeace in Japan

To all of those who didn't know, OmniPeace is an up and coming brand in Japan. We retail at Kitson Japan, Purple & Yellow, and also, at many other boutiques! Click on this link for more http://dollop.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/OP-1-thumbnail2.jpg.html! DOMO ARIGATO!

OmniPeace in Glamour Magazine

OmniPeace CEO Mary Fanaro was recently featured in a Glamour Magazine article. For all you fashionistas and trendsetters out there, she talks about how to wear a t-shirt and look stylish. Here is the article....

Expert Tips on How to Make a Simple Tee Look Super Stylish

Giorgio Armani once said "I consider the t-shirt to be the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet," though ten bucks says he wasn't thinking of all the "That's What She Said" and Superbowl XXXXL crewnecks out there. We asked Mary Fanaro--style maven, good samaritan and total T-shirt goddess--to show us how to wear all those summery logo and statement tees without hitting any DON'T speed bumps.

LA-based Fanaro is the brains and beauty behind OmniPeace, a line of hip t-shirt, boots and accessories brand that donates a large percentage of it's proceeds to promoting education, human rights and ending extreme poverty in Africa. That means she's as thoughtful and she is stylish--a tough combo to beat. (And we're not the only ones who think so: Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Aniston and Sheryl Crow are all fans of Mary and her OmniPeace threads.) Here's what Fanaro had to stay about wearing tees, in style:

1. Before thinking about the fashion statement you are making think
about the personal statement you are making: be sure you are wearing a logo
tee from a brand and mission you believe in.

2. Dress it up. Wear it under a tuxedo blazer, skinny jeans, and
great heels - this gives you more options for when to wear it so you can
represent your favorite brand in multiple situations

3. Make your logo tee your own. Show your individual style by belting
it, cutting off sleeves, go for an oversized tee, cinch it, and wear it as a
dress - just as the logo you choose is a statement, so should be the way you
wear it.

Go to this link http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2009/07/how-to-wear-a-logo-tee-without.html for more

Peter Facinelli and the City of Joy Healing Center

Twilight Star Peter Facinelli gathered a large crowd of teens and parents alike at the Charleston Town Center in West Virginia to promote reading amongst the youth. He also took some time out of his meet and greet to speak about the City of Joy, a healing center and safe community for survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He held an autograph and photo session for those who attended. A portion of the proceeds from the autographs and photos with Peter Facinelli went to OmniPeace, whose Stamp Out Violence Against Women and Girls of the Congo campaign benefits the City of Joy Healing Center. Click on this link http://omnipeace.com/cause_congo.html to be a part of the Stamp Out Violence Against Women and Girls of the Congo and to learn more about the dire situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Stamp Out Violence Against Women and Girls of the Congo NOW!

click on this link to support: http://omnipeace.com/cause_congo.html

OmniPeace has launched a nation-wide fashion campaign, “Stamp Out Violence Against Women and Girls of the Congo,” to raise awareness and funds as part of an international movement to end the violence against them.

OmniPeace will donate 25% of all proceeds from the OmniPeace Congo line to Eve Ensler (activist and author of The Vagina Monologues) & UNICEF’s "Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource" campaign which highlights these atrocities being committed. This donation will help benefit the creation of the City of Joy, a healing center and safe community for survivors of violence. This will be the first time in retail history that a designer will sell t-shirts that incorporate original artwork from victims of violence.

The line will also feature hang tags that double as postcards addressed to President Barack Obama, imploring him to take action against these wide-scale atrocities and to “Stamp Out Violence Against Woman and Girls of the Congo.” Consumers are encouraged to mail the tags to Obama in order to bring further awareness to these issues and to bring about peace in the Congo.

The OmniPeace brand is favored by A-list celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Beckham, Eva Longoria, Sheryl Crow, Gwen Stefani and Zac Efron.

OmniPeace and L*Space Swim Wear Line

Summertime is here and L-Space by Monica Wise swimwear is collaborating with OmniPeace and launching a new swim wear line. This line will further contribute to OmniPeace’s over all goal to promote peace, education, human rights and end extreme poverty in Africa by 2025. Each design is named after African villages affiliated with OmniPeace and feature coconut detailing and bone-like motifs. You can see the chic new designs at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami on July 17th. The new swimsuits will be available at stores in Spring 2010. We’ll keep you posted! A portion of the proceeds will be going to support OmniPeace’s efforts in Africa.