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Bono’s Biggest Influence is His Wife
November 19th, 2009 12:56 pm / Author: Valerie Nome

Bono’s charity work is renowned worldwide, but the most influential person in his life these days is his wife, Ali Hewson, whom he wed in 1982.

“Getting me out tonight was my Mrs.,” the U2 frontman tells me in a lilting Irish accent Wednesday during the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards dinner held at NYC’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers.

He laughs, “She wears really, really attractive underwear.”

The powerhouse musician/philanthropist and Ali have four kids including Jordan, 20, Memphis, 18, Elijah, 10, and John, 8. Along with Wyclef Jean, he’s being honored with the Ripple of Hope Award for his charitable efforts.

In the giving back arena, Wyclef looks up to the late Michael Jackson.

“I don’t think we should’ve ever stopped giving him awards, you know what I mean?” the Yele Haiti founder says. “When you see stuff like what Michael’s done, it makes us feel like we’re just getting started, and it’s our duty as human beings to keep doing what we’re doing.”

What does the recognition mean to them?

“Actually, the honor is for the people, and we’re here for the representation of the people and the fact that we can be recognized sends that signal to the world that there are people that care,” Wyclef says. “Every time this happens, it definitely puts a boost on our back to know that the job is just getting started and we have a long way to go.”

Bono adds, “We represent a movement in our different spheres of people who got organized and got busy and put on their marching boots, and that’s the thing I’m excited about. For me, at the One campaign, two-and-a-half million Americans signed up for that. I’m here to represent them, really.”

Why is it important for celebs to raise awareness?

“I think it’s important for everybody,” Bono says. “Everybody has something to offer. I’m as jaded as anyone by famous faces and posing in photographs with vulnerable kids, but sometimes that’s what it takes.”

Hm, how are Wyclef’s charitable pals Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie doing?

“I don’t know, I’ve gotta call them,” he says. “I do miss them.”

Edun: Fashion, hope and charity

As the founder of ethical clothing label Edun, Ali Hewson – also known as Mrs Bono – is on a mission to give something back, she tells Carola Long

Mother nature: Ali Hewson wearing her Edun range of clothing

Susannah Ireland / The Independent


For someone who runs her own fashion label, throws herself into promoting charitable causes, is married to the world's most prominent rock-star-turned-campaigner and has four children, Ali Hewson is very calm.

Bono once said that there was, "something so still about her," and apart from visible coyness about being photographed – she asks nervously if she looks ok because she hasn't seen a mirror – it's true. It must be this composure that has enabled her to stay grounded whilst globetrotting, multi-tasking and generally throwing the metaphorical juggling balls higher than most. Although the very pretty 48-year-old founder of the ethical fashion label Edun clearly feels strongly about her latest charity T-shirt project, and the need for more thoughtful consumerism, there's no guilt-inducing alarmism or tub-thumping in her manner. Rather, Hewson's calm explanation of her philosophy, and of some of the horror and suffering she hopes to alleviate through her business, is all the more persuasive for being so serenely delivered.

When we meet in the plush personal shopping suite at Selfridges, before the launch party of Edun's new charity T-shirt collaboration with the magazine Dazed and Confused, she solicitously offers me a glass of water, then explains why she wanted to support the children's charity Warchild by donating 15 per cent of the proceeds from sales of the limited edition T-shirts to its projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hewson says: "I came across Warchild's work when I was in Kosovo, and I wanted to support them because they are working in the Congo and there are so many problems there." Although the country held its first free elections in four decades in July 2006, its people still face violence, rape, looting and displacement. In her soft, sympathetic Dublin tones, the kind that make you donate money to a cause before you even know what it is, she adds that "children are always the silent innocent victims of war and Warchild are just trying to stem the bleed."

She is sweetly excited about the T-shirts – she's wearing one with Chanel wedges, a black blazer and skinny black jeans – and her smokily made-up eyes brighten as she explains how nice and long they are, and how the fact that animal motifs are having a bit of a moment, (apes at Christopher Kane, wolves everywhere) was a happy coincidence, as all she had in mind for their illustrator Jo Ratcliffe was something "raw and Africa-focused".

Hewson's interest in Africa began when she was 24, and she and Bono worked in refugee camps in Ethiopia for five weeks after Live Aid. She says she was "prepared for what it would be like when we were there, even though it was really tough, with terrible hunger and starvation and people dying every day. It was when I came back that I found it strange going into a supermarket, because I was overwhelmed by the fact that you could actually buy food."

She has seen since been all over the continent ("because of the type of images we see of Africa, I don't think people understand how vibrant and sexy and beautiful it is. There is something amazing about the people, something very spiritual," she says) and most of Edun's clothes and accessories are made in sub-Saharan Africa.

The label's mission is to create sustainable employment in developing economies and to act as a voice encouraging the fashion industry to trade with Africa. Its focus is ethical rather than eco, but Hewson is working towards using more organic cottons in her collections.

After meeting Bono, Hewson focused on bringing up their two girls and two boys, and the couple had a rule that they shouldn't spend more than three weeks apart. However, in 2005 she and her husband set up Edun because "Bono and I wanted to trade on the ground with the government, to put our money where our mouth is, and find out how easy or difficulty it was." She says: "It was a huge learning curve as I have no experience at all. It's just basic common sense, and the rest is obstacles."

Hewson's only fashion training, of sorts, was the charity fashion shows she organised in Ireland in the late Nineties, for which she brought over "Naomi, Christy and Helena" (Naomi Campbell used to date U2's Adam Clayton). She says she's not even a big shopper – although her habit has grown – and she wears her clothes "to death" because "it's me. I don't mind clothes with holes." Despite this lack of concern about toting the latest 'it bag', Hewson isn't entirely unconcerned about protecting her image. When I ask if she's made any major fashion mistakes over the years, she gasps, half joking, half alarmed: "Are you going to pull up the photograph and stick it on the page? I've made sooooo many. Everything was a fashion mistake. When Bono and I met at school [Mount Temple Comprehensive in north Dublin] I was wearing Wellington boots, jeans and those Shetland jumpers most days. We went to a school that had no uniform and it was an anti-fashion statement," she says.

"We couldn't afford high fashion and we didn't want to follow anybody else's trend."

Has Bono, whom she married at just 21, ever made any fashion mistakes? (It's a rhetorical question, surely. There's that mullet for a start.) "Erm..." Have you ever confiscated anything out of his wardrobe? "Yes, but I'm not telling on him. I hope I haven't influenced his dress sense, although if I say I like the blue trousers he will put on the black ones, so it's always a struggle."

As well as sparing her husband's sartorial blushes, Hewson is also keen to protect the image of her projects when she deems it necessary. Behind the gentle exterior and youthful prettiness, she is determined. Nude, the natural skincare company she started with Fresh & Wild founder Bryan Meehan, considered Stella McCartney's perfume Stella Nude to be an infringement of their trademark and took the case to court. In August the High Court ruled that Nude skincare had a clearly arguable claim of trademark infringement. A trial is set for the new year, and it has been made clear the topic is off-limits for now. While she might be clashing with one brand, Hewson has happily merged with another: LVMH. The French luxury goods conglomerate bought a 49 per cent stake in her Edun label last May. Hewson explains that she made the decision because, "being a tiny company, you get to a place where you really need to move up a gear". Arnault's decision to invest reflects not only Hewson's clout and contacts book but also an overdue increase in the fashion industry's and consumers' awareness of ethical issues.

She says, "I think that there hasn't been enough attention paid in the industry to what happens, say, when a label moves from one company to the next to save 20p. It has become a big machine and it has made mistakes because of that. The consumer is now thinking, 'What are my clothes about?' and if something doesn't have a good story and it's not transparent, people won't want it."

In her gentle, rather than evangelical manner, Hewson acknowledges that, "most of the time I want to know where something came from, but it's very hard to shop that way.

"It's an interesting time, and a new process, and it's the desire of the manufacturers to change that is the important thing." If other labels can match the strength of Hewson's thirst for change, fashion's collective conscience could become a lot clearer.

The Edun T-shirts are available at the pop-up shop in Selfridges and at Edunonline.co.uk

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Belas fotos! [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Gente, alguém sabe me dizer se o Bono é um homem ciumento? Eu nunca vi alguém perguntar isto para ele. A Ali é linda, ele deu algumas indiretas como dizendo que não gosta muito da Ali ser totalmente indepedendente. Se alguém souber de alguma coisa fico grata

O Bono é ciumento sim viu. Só ver aquele vídeo deles na França em que o senhor se engraça todo pro lado da Ali que é nítido. Ele fica puto! Muito engraçado.
Sem contar que adora ficar mostrando pra todo mundo que ela tem dono quando estão juntos e é taurino.

Zooropa escreveu:O Bono é ciumento sim viu. Só ver aquele vídeo deles na França em que o senhor se engraça todo pro lado da Ali que é nítido. Ele fica puto! Muito engraçado.
Sem contar que adora ficar mostrando pra todo mundo que ela tem dono quando estão juntos e é taurino.

Eu adoro esse vídeo, ele de cara amarrada! Puto mesmo. [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Ele deve ser MUITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ciumento. A sorte dele é que ele é o famoso ali Ele não seria tão paciente e não compreenderia tão bem quanto a Ali. No way!

Adri escreveu:

Zooropa escreveu:O Bono é ciumento sim viu. Só ver aquele vídeo deles na França em que o senhor se engraça todo pro lado da Ali que é nítido. Ele fica puto! Muito engraçado.
Sem contar que adora ficar mostrando pra todo mundo que ela tem dono quando estão juntos e é taurino.

Eu adoro esse vídeo, ele de cara amarrada! Puto mesmo. [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Que video é esse?
Acho que nunca vi [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

tutu escreveu:

Adri escreveu:

Zooropa escreveu:O Bono é ciumento sim viu. Só ver aquele vídeo deles na França em que o senhor se engraça todo pro lado da Ali que é nítido. Ele fica puto! Muito engraçado.
Sem contar que adora ficar mostrando pra todo mundo que ela tem dono quando estão juntos e é taurino.

Eu adoro esse vídeo, ele de cara amarrada! Puto mesmo. [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Que video é esse?
Acho que nunca vi [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Aqui...
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Adorooo! [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Adri!
Vou rever

Andréia Hewson!!! escreveu: Adri!
Vou rever

O pobre até gagueja. [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

E a risada forçada quando ele tá pensando "vou te matar véio safado descarado. Mexendo com a minha mulher". A Ali gostou, pode reparar que ela tá gostando de provocar o marido pensando: "Tá vendo Bonão, você que não cuide de mim ou dê motivos".

Adri escreveu:

Andréia Hewson!!! escreveu: Adri!
Vou rever

O pobre até gagueja. [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

Nesse vídeo,ele passou mal mesmo...ficou tenso
Aposto q se o cara fosse além com a Ali,ele metia a mão nele,tava tão evidente q o Bono não tava gostando nenhum pouco

Até achei normal o video, não vi "muito" cuime ali...Bonão só tava defendendo o que era dele

Zooropa escreveu:
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Nussaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Como ela tá linda nessa foto... [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

tutu escreveu:Até achei normal o video, não vi "muito" cuime ali...Bonão só tava defendendo o que era dele

Ele não ia ter uma crise de ciumes também né? Não acho que a Ali dê motivos pra ele, mas se desse

Zooropa escreveu:

tutu escreveu:Até achei normal o video, não vi "muito" cuime ali...Bonão só tava defendendo o que era dele

Ele não ia ter uma crise de ciumes também né? Não acho que a Ali dê motivos pra ele, mas se desse

Se ela desse motivos,concerteza ele não exitaria em agir na hora

Ali esta com a bola toda, o ano passado ganhou em uma votação na internet como mulher de celebridade mais sexy, agora esta concorrendo como a mulher mais sexy da Irlanda, e depois eu pergunto, sera que Bono não tem ciúmes?

Anne in top 20 for 'Ireland's sexiest female'

Wednesday January 13 2010

WEXFORD has one just representative in ' The search for Ireland's sexiest female', currently being conducted by the Sunday Independent. RTE newsreader Anne Doyle, a native of Ferns, is one of 20 women nominated for the accolade, with readers invited to text in their favourite female from the list.

She is described as 'the ice cool queen of TV', with ' a razor sharp mind with a wicked sense of humour and a bawdy side that her TV persona gives no hint of '.

Nominees include the likes of TV presenters Kathryn Thomas, Miriam O'Callaghan and Caroline Morahan, TD Liz O'Donnell, and Tanaiste Mary Coughlan, actress Charlene McKenna and activist Ali Hewson (wife of Bono).

Others in the list with Model County connections are actress Amy Huberman, whose mother Sandra hails from Wexford, and model Rosanna Davison, daughter of crooner Chris de Burgh

Karla, muito interessante isso. Acho que na Irlanda ela reune até mais consenso que o marido [Tens de ter uma conta e sessão iniciada para poderes visualizar esta imagem]

A Ali é extremamente popular na Irlanda.

MG escreveu:A Ali é extremamente popular na Irlanda.

Tão quanto o marido