Couture Event: 2012 Fashion Fights Poverty "Dress Responsibly Gala"

 

On Saturday, March 31, Fashion Fights Poverty (FFP) will host its annual fashion gala. The 2012 Dress Responsibly Gala, FFP's biggest production of the year, will highlight eco-friendly and ethical fashion design throughout the night.

 

The three-hour event will include an open bar cocktail reception, silent auction, and modern dance performance, as well as a runway show and live exhibition of new fashion designs by some of today's most visionary eco/ethical designers.

 

 

Featured designers will include:

 

• Seth Aaron Henderson, Winner of the 7th season of Project Runway;
• Luis Valenzuela, founder of EcoArtFashion;
• Laura Williams, Washington, DC-based designer and clothing and textile teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School;
• Ginger Root, clothing and accessories boutique on U Street corridor in Washington, DC, and maker of ReVamp, eco-friendly artisan design for men and women, and;

 

Other internationally acclaimed designers (For full list of designers, visit http://www.fashionfightspoverty.org/events.html)

 

Tickets: $75 General/$150 VIP

To purchase tickets, visit http://ffp2012gala.eventbrite.com

 

 

 

For more information on the 2012 Gala, FFP programs and the FFP mission, please visit their website at http://www.fashionfightspoverty.org

xo

Candice Olivia

Couture Event: Drive 2 Thrive III

Echelon Life presents Drive 2 Thrive III:

"Discover Wonderland"

THE fashion benefit of the season

Join Echelon Life as they celebrate the wonderful spirit of philanthropy in our community. Inspired by the imagination illustrated in "Alice in Wonderland", they have created an evening to remember- delightful delicacies, fabulous fashion and inspiring inductees into the Drive to Thrive Hall of Fame. The event will take place at Port Discovery in Baltimore on October 16th at 7 p.m.



So much talent will be showcased at this event! This year's featured fashion designer's who will bring their Spring 2011 collections straight from NY Fashion Week to Baltimore include Lifetime TV's "Project Runway" stars Carol Hannah, Jay Nicolas Sario and from Bravo TV's "The Fashion Show", Reco Chapple! The runway will also include looks from Baltimore star Bishmie Cromartie, Wendy Kaufman (also on Project Runway) and an exhibit of the latest creations from the MD Academy of Couture.



This year Echelon Life will honor Ms. Debbi Weinberg, found and chair of Girls' Empowerment Mission (GEM), as the 2010 Community Champion for her Living Classrooms Foundation Program which seeks to empower high school girls from under served communities through mentorship from freshman year to graduation.


Get your tickets now! I hope to see you at this couture event. Ticket prices start at $35.



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