DARE TO WEAR LOVE CHARITY GALA
March 16, 2012
TORONTO - 2012. If you are going to close Toronto fashion week then you should do it with much fanfare. Dare to Wear Love, the event that the partners of Hoax Couture dreamed up, got people on their feet for a show that rocked the tents of the last night of fashion week.
Dare to Wear Love collaborates with fashion designers from Canada to raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Each designer is given 6 yards of African cloth, to create a design that inspires and of course showcases their talent.
Highlights from the evening's show included Trish Stratus hoisting a full grown man over her shoulder and walking down the aisle, Bob Marley's granddaughter Donisha Prendergrast and Lena Love.
To support the Stephen Lewis Foundation and all they do to battle HIV and Aids in Africa through their grassroots initiatives visit stephenlewisfoundation.org
If you would like to see the pieces they are showing at the textilemuseum.ca until May 6, 2012.
Photos courtesy of George Pimentel
Donisha Prendergrast, granddaughter of the great Bob Marley, in Franke
Dina Pugliese, Breakfast TV, in Adrian Wu
Angie Smith, ET Canada, in Jason Meyers
Sangita Patel, City TV, in Ines Di Santo
Trish Stratus, WWE & Fitness Model in Cydelic by Choryin
Tracy Moore, CityLine, Nathaniel & Pious
Lena Love, Rod Philpott for Shkank Inc.
Canadian designers include: Paul Hardy, Hoax Couture, Linda Lundström, Diavecmas, Peach Berserk, Zoran Dobric, Lida Baday, Lovas by Wesley Badanjak, Ines Di Santo, Damzels in this Dress, Pat McDonagh, Tina Ou, Pam Chorley for Fashion Crimes, Marty Rotman, Jason Meyers, Izzy Camilleri, Farley Chatto, David Dixon, Brian Bailey, Avioanni, Adrian Wu, Cydelic by Choryin, Rod Philpott for Shkank Inc., Susan Dicks and Co, Franke and Greta Constantine.
Celebrity models to walk the runway include Breakfast Television host Dina Pugliese; Fashion Television host Jeanne Beker; celebrity chef Jamie Kennedy; CityLine host Tracy Moore; ET Canada's Angie Smith; actor Arlene Duncan (Little Mosque on the Prairie); Donisha Prendergrast, granddaughter of the great Bob Marley; and singer-songwriters Royal Wood and Sarah Slean.
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