After parting ways with Sarah Jessica Parker earlier this year, it seems Halston is on the lookout for a new celebrity face. And it just might have found it in Nicole Richie.

The socialite and former reality TV star is probably incredibly busy designing her Winter Kate ...

Around a year ago Nicole Richie promised we'd see handbags added to her House of Harlow 1960 line, and she's finally making good. Her debut purse collection will hit stores this fall.

Just like the jewelry, over-sized sunglasses, apparel, and footwear ...

Nicole Richie is easy to envy, with her doting husband, pair of cherubic children, and flourishing fashion career. And now that she's released details of her personal handbag collection, I'm even more jealous!

Richie's closet features some 30 Chanel handbags, although the cheeky former reality TV star says ...

Nicole Richie's House of Harlow 1960 fashion line is going from strength to strength, so it makes sense that the mother of two plans to add handbags to her collection.

Nicole says she will add between 40 and 50 purses to her fashion line, which already includes ready-to-wear clothes, footwear, ...

Nicole Richie's House of Harlow collection is so popular, it's expanding. Nicole has just inked a deal with manufacturers Rick and Brian Cytrynbaum to add footwear and accessories to the hit jewelry line named after her one-year-old daughter, Harlow Madden.

We can look forward to Nicole Richie handbags, sunglasses, ...

Hollywood stars would like you to believe they're not as superficial as the glamorous lifestyles they lead. Sure they might make millions, but they love to use that cash to feed starving children and help the homeless.

But you can't change the world if you don't look good first, right? So while the starlets might pledge thousands to their favorite charities, they're spending just as much on the latest designer handbags. Drab outfits might have been OK for Mother Theresa, but today's celebrity saints have a reputation to uphold.

It makes you wonder whether the stars believe in the causes they support, or whether it's all just a cheap grab for publicity. Are they celebrity charlatans using poverty to gloss their image, give them publicity, which subsequently generates them more fame and money to feed a designer shopping addiction?

How can these socially aware stars spend thousands on some arm candy while people in third-world countries are still dying of hunger? Some of these bags are so expensive, they'd easily feed an entire African village.

If you've pledged to help fight poverty how can you justify spending thousands on a designer handbag when that that money could make a huge impact on poverty to hundreds (if not thousands) of people.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on these famous celebrities but when you look at how much they've spent and how that money could have been used to fight poverty it makes you question their motives. Just take a look at these examples of "poverty fighting" celebs and their excessive handbag spending:
Angelina Jolie and Zahara Show Off Matching Valentino Purses

Image source: The Purse Blog
Angelina Jolie is the poster child for celebrity do-gooders. She's a United Nations ambassador, and her Jolie-Pitt Foundation helps humanitarian causes all around the world. She also likes to adopt orphans from poverty-stricken nations, like adorable Zahara.