Gives Back To Africa! Los Angeles, CA.
By Veronica Viljoen.
Who: United Colors Of Benetton
What: Donated T-Shirts
Where: Two Sisters Orphanage, White River, South Africa
When: February 2008
"The t-shirts were a gift from The
United Colors Of Benetton for the children associated with
Dancing 4 Kids at the
Two Sisters Orphanage run by
Patrick Chamusso. In the photo, (above), taken by
D4K Photographer,
Red Baklava, we felt it fitting to capture their enthusiasm and share the image with the world as
Benetton aided in giving the children something to show that they matter. The t-shirts are a symbol to the children that they are not forgotten",
Chrissi Theodorakakos, Project Manager D4K.
Jack Rabbit Trunk ShowFall 2008 Viljoen: "What has been the highlight for Jack Rabbit Fall 2008?"
Volk: "We saw our Lulu quilted bag (above) styled for
Actress, Lucy Liu in
Cashmere Mafia that aired on
ABC".
One day after the Fall 2008 Trunk Show, the
Los Angeles Times featured The Concord bag (tan bag in photo) in the lead section of the fashion review segment.
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-bags9mar09,1,4605004.story
LA Direct Mag - Feb 2008 Launch Party, GOA-Hollywood
Editor-at-Large, Andre Leon Talley, Vogue (above) attended Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, Orthodox Fall 2008, Sunday, March 9th. After the showing, I noticed that Talley opted to exit and not visit the designer back stage. In the lounge, a fellow critic described the Orthodox Collection as "underwhelmed", a far cry from leaving us overwhelmed.
On the other hand, Founder & Director, Sanlam SA Fashion Week (SA - South Africa), Lucilla Booyzen described the Fall 2008 Collections at her event as follows when I interviewed Booyzen the last day of their fashion week on the phone: 
Booyzen, (L), "For me, the Collections were extremely exciting. I saw designs that highlighted individuality. The designers presented us with designs that were not ethnic in nature. Instead, the designers delivered workmanship that spoke of a new sense of direction that make our fashions sure to fuse on the international runways of high fashion".
South Africa's Fall 2008 Collections Designer, Colleen Eitzen
It's a Wrap, Veronica
Till my next post, Friday March 28th
Links in sequence of article:
Other Credits:
D4K: PR & Marketing - Teresa Harrow
teresaharrow@yahoo.co.ukD4K: Fundraising & Business Development Director -Chrissi Theodorakakos
theodorakakoschrissi@cocoa.ocn.ne.jpCashmere Mafia
http://abc.go.com/primetime/cashmeremafia/index?pn=index?homepage=truePhoto Credits In Article Sequence:- Benetton Headline Image - David Sims/Benetton
- D4K /children in Benetton t-shrits - Red Baklava/Dancing 4 Kids © 2008
- American Rag - Veronica Viljoen
- Jack Rabbit Trunk Show - Johnny Sims
- LA Direct Magazine Launch Party - Veronica Viljoen
- Andre Leon Talley - Veronica Viljoen
- Lucilla Booyzen - Robert Hamblin
- Colleen Eitzen - SSAFW/Ivan Naude
(L) Cosmetic Artist, Marnee Simon Photo:Abbe Foreman 
Gives Back To Africa! 
Jack Rabbit Trunk Show
Editor-at-Large, Andre Leon Talley, Vogue (above) attended Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, Orthodox Fall 2008, Sunday, March 9th. After the showing, I noticed that Talley opted to exit and not visit the designer back stage. In the lounge, a fellow critic described the Orthodox Collection as "underwhelmed", a far cry from leaving us overwhelmed. 
Booyzen, (L), "For me, the Collections were extremely exciting. I saw designs that highlighted individuality. The designers presented us with designs that were not ethnic in nature. Instead, the designers delivered workmanship that spoke of a new sense of direction that make our fashions sure to fuse on the international runways of high fashion".
