Oxfam has commissioned a series of stunning photographs of 2009’s must-have fashion accessory - the 2009 Red Nose. 
Shot by leading fashion photographer Tim Bret Day, the images - which also feature fabulous clothes from Oxfam shops - capture the beauty and effortless style that the nose bestows on its wearer with any outfit.
Never has there been a better time to pick your nose all in the name of charity. For the first time ever there are three different Noses to choose from which are available from Oxfam, Sainsbury’s or www.rednoseday.com for £1 each (with at least 70p going to Comic Relief). The Red Nose has been a design classic that has been essential-wear every other March for more than two decades, and its 2009 incarnation - which features elegant “cheeky faces” motif - proves that the Red Noses will be a wardrobe staple for the discerning fashionista for many years to come.
Sarah Farquhar, head of retail for Oxfam said: “This year’s Red Noses are a perennial classic - and by buying one from Oxfam you are investing in a better world. These pictures go to show that by coupling a Red Nose with affordable classics and funky design from Oxfam you can look silly and stylish at the same time.”
Oxfam sells around 750,000 Red Noses during each Comic Relief campaign. Money raised from the sale of merchandise, music singles, fundraising initiatives and generosity of the British public has contributed more than £5million to Oxfam’s lifesaving work around the world since 2007, as well as to numerous other international charities and projects in the UK.
Farquhar added: “Not only can you Do Something Funny for Money this year, you can look cute for a hoot too! Make sure you pick your nose before Red Nose Day on Friday 13 March.” 
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For more inforamtion about Comic Relief contact:
Nicola Walker: n.walker@comicrelief.com or call 020 7820 6966
Gemma Parkin: g.parkin@comicrelief.com or call 020 7820 6944
Merchandise available at Sainsbury’s, Oxfam and online at www.rednoseday.com
The Nose: £1 with at least 70p going to Comic Relief
The Magnetic Car Nose: £2 with at least £1.40 going to Comic Relief
The Pin Badge: £1 with at least 70p going to Comic Relief
About Comic Relief
Red Nose Day is coming on Friday 13 March 2009 and is going back to its roots, asking people to Do Something Funny for Money!
The Red Nose Day fundraising kit includes loads of ideas to help you Do Something Funny for Money! Order your copy now at www.rednoseday.com
To make a donation, call 03457 910910 (Calls to our new 0345 number will cost the same as calls to 01 and 02 prefixed numbers and will be included as part of any inclusive minutes or discount package)
Comic Relief’s vision is to create a just world, free from poverty
Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England / Wales); SC039730 (Scotland)
Comic Relief spends all the money raised giving extremely poor and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around
The Comic Relief promise
In order to run itself in a professional and effective way Comic Relief incurs necessary significant costs. Raising funds, making grants and organisational overheads cost real money.
Despite these costs, Comic Relief is still able to promise that for every pound the charity gets directly from the public a pound goes to helping transform the lives of people living with poverty and social injustice. If Red Nose Day raises £50 million, Comic Relief will spend at least £50 million doing just that.
It can make this promise because its operating budget is covered in cash or in kind from all types of supporters like corporate sponsors and donors, suppliers, generous individuals and government (including Gift Aid) as well as from investment income and interest.
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