I was about to write about how everyone who reads Looking Fly regularly should know that I love Crossroads. But I checked - I havn’t written a post about it yet! OMG.

But what better time than now, when they are sponsoring an important charity event - a Prom Dress Donation. The idea is that if you have a Prom Dress in good or better yet great condition from the last 6 years, you can bring it to Crossroads and they will in turn get your dress (or accessories) to the Princess Project. The Princess Project takes these dresses and gives them to young women who are part of families that cannot afford the expense of a Prom Dress. Crossroads insists that the dresses be in new or nearly new condition - after all, who wants a ratty old torn prom dress?!?!?!?

Crossroads is a used and new clothing store in the San Francisco Bay area - I think there are about 7 of them sprinkled here and there. They have THE BEST used clothes around, because they only take clothes that are currently in season and in style. They also carry various new items - for example, I got My WESC hat there. The new items they have hold to the same “very cool” standard that their used stuff is held to. I might even say that it is my favorite store in San Francisco, simply because it is my way of finding really stylish clothing that is actually affordable. I got my Lucky’s there for $30!

And then the Princess Project is a great idea because it is both discrete and discreet, local, and quickly effective. Here are the reactions of some of the participants, if you want to know what they think of it.

In short: Go to Crossroads. Donate your Prom Dresses. Be Fabulous.

Ladies - is your full closet plus your empty wallet bringing you down? Get rid of the old, bring in the new with the 142nd Diva Eve Clothing Swap.

The event is $20 if you pre-register, and for that amount, you can exchange your old but yet still cool and clean clothes for someone else’s. You also get yummy snacks and spa treatments, and a night of mingling with other fashioable but frugel women. All clothes not taken go to La Casa De Las Madres, an anti-domestic violence group in San Francisco.

Guys, you can go for the first bit - the cocktail/spa portion from 7pm on - but the clothing swap is women only, in a separate room.

So, in addition to getting a sack of new-to-you clothes and a belly full of delicious treats, you get a tax write off and the feeling of doing good for your community. Fashion Conscious Ladies, what else do you need?

I think I am going to go - though honestly, I am kind of embarassed by the clothes I have right now, even for a swap. But maybe I’m just looking at them with weary eyes.