Alicia Keys,the singer, 36, teamed up with designer Stella McCartney whose lingerie line will donate proceeds to a breast examination center.  ‘Breast cancer affects us all, and that’s why I’m joining my sister @stellamccartney in starting a conversation and encouraging every woman to go get checked’.”I’ve never really shared this but my mother is a breast cancer survivor,’ said. ‘I’m showing my support by wearing Stella’s beautiful Ophelia Whistling lingerie set. A percentage of all proceeds are donated to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Breast Examination Center in Harlem.’

Alicia and Stella also made a video posted to Youtube to spread their message. ‘Every 19 seconds a woman around the world is diagnosed with breast cancer,’ Stella opens the black and white video.

Stella continued to speak as she revealed she lost her mother – Linda McCartney, married to Paul McCartney – to breast cancer when she was 19-years-old.

Alicia added: ‘We are here to start a conversation and break the taboos and to encourage everybody to go get checked.’ The lovely ladies smile and laugh as they share a hug to end the video.