Fashion show to benefit children
August 31st, 2007
NUSA DUA: Thousands of children are set to benefit from The Laguna Resort & Spa’s latest fund-raising event on Saturday to support immunization projects in the Asia Pacific run by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).
More than 30,000 children die every day in the region, mostly from preventable diseases.
The Laguna Resort & Spa’s fund-raiser, organized for UNICEF’s Check Out for Children Challenge, will be held jointly with a fashion show hosted by the Bali branch of the Indonesian Fashion Designer Association (AAPMI), Fashion Tendance ‘08.
The annual Fashion Tendance features 10 young and dynamic Balinese designers who will show 12-15 pieces from their latest collections. The AAPMI aims to present the new wave in fashion design, and many of these young designers are already making names for themselves in Bali and Jakarta, as well as overseas.
This year’s Fashion Tendance will feature the work of the following designers: Ali Charisma, Angelica Wu, Dewi Suarjani, Dwi Iskandar, Eny Ming, Putu Aliki, Yenli Wijaya, Monika Weber, Muji Ananta and Oka Diputra.
Invitees to the show include prominent figures from the Indonesian fashion industry, as well as fashion media from Bali and Jakarta.
Select pieces from member designers will also be auctioned during the Sept. 1 event, with 100 percent of proceeds to be donated to UNICEF. In addition, all AAPMI members will be selling pieces from their collections in the Ballroom Foyer, of which 50 percent of proceeds will be donated to UNICEF.
Now in its fourth year, the 2007 UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge, which is themed to mark the 18th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, targets raising US$90,000 for underprivileged children in the Asia Pacific.
The Laguna Resort & Spa-Nusa Dua is a luxury accommodation of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts group. — JP
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/
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