THE SHOW
The aim of the fashion show is to raise money for the Madagascar-based charity, Azafady and Build Africa, while creating a great opportunity for young, up-and-coming talent to showcase their work.
Our goal is to enable London’s young talent to create an Autumn/Winter collection where they can produce unique designs that reflect the endemic beauty and reflect the poor economic state of Madagascar in an urban context.
We have a Facebook Event page for the show or check us out on Twitter
Tickets are £15 for the good cause (guestlist only)
Doors open at 7pm
FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM :
THE BACKYARD FLAMES
+ DJ SET BY DJ JASH
The Azafady Charity Fashion Show is taking place Monday September 28th at the Village Underground, Shoreditch, doors open at 7pm. Tickets are £15 and available from www.azafadyfashionshow.co.uk
All profits from the show will go towards two charities, Azafady and Build Africa. Both are dedicated to the improvement of living conditions and standard of life with a mutual aim to help the poorest communities escape poverty and develop in sustainable ways, increasing local access to health care and education.
The show features international designers from a variety of backgrounds; these are, Rebecca Morris (employed at Vivienne Westwood’s design house in London), Laura Jones (designed costumes for Batman Begins and Tomb Raider 2 and has her own design label, ‘Vault Clothing’), Tomi Ho (Currently studying at London College of Fashion), Victoria Rossiter (co-organised the “End Of Summer Fashion Show” in Leed, 2009), Camilla Kennedy (currently interning at Religion after coming 2nd in the ‘FAD Fashion Competition 2009’), Shilpa Rajan (Director of her own design label ‘House of Bilimoria’ which debuted in LFW September 2008), Lindsay Hofman (specialized in one off garments and has her own design label ‘lindsay lou’), Rachel Lamb (currently collaborating with the designer Di Mainstone and has had her work exhibited at Joseph store in London, Oxford Fashion Week and Metamorphose in Beziers, France), Chatenya Mittal (Promising young designer from India) and Victoria Hill (has worked for Bernard Gustave, Toni & Guy, a number of magazine editorials and red carpet events, styling celebrities such as, Sabrina Washington).
During the event The Backyard Flames, a London based rock band that have been compared to as a ‘cross between Blur and Led Zepplin’, will be performing along with DJ Justin Jash Ash, who has recently release his album ‘this is sliding’ on White Label Music.
Two months ago, ten young designers were given a brief to each create an Autumn/Winter collection where they could produce unique designs that reflect the endemic beauty and reflect the poor economic state of Madagascar in an urban context.
The current economic climate has made us all that little bit more aware of how much it costs to live in the world today. But while our economy will recover, in other countries people constantly live with much less. Earlier this year architecture graduate Simon Walker, decided he wanted to do something about that. So he contacted the Malagasy charity Azafady and signed on for Pioneer Madagascar – a scheme that helps urban communities with a wide range of humanitarian, sustainable development and conservation projects.
According to Simon Walker “I wanted to do something that would bring my current world and the country that I was travelling to together. I read that textiles make up 15 per cent of Madagascar’s burgeoning manufacturing export industry, so I started to talk young designers about my idea; a fashion show with a brief that combined the earthy colours of Africa with the current economic climate, while acting as a showcase for new design talent in the UK”.Come out and enjoy and evening of funky collections and great music while giving to charity and supporting the next generation of fashion designers.
Click here to download a copy of our Press Release or click here to download a flyer.
Our goal is to enable London’s young talent to create an Autumn/Winter collection where they can produce unique designs that reflect the endemic beauty and reflect the poor economic state of Madagascar in an urban context.
We have a Facebook Event page for the show or check us out on Twitter
Tickets are £15 for the good cause (guestlist only)
Doors open at 7pm
FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM :
THE BACKYARD FLAMES
+ DJ SET BY DJ JASH
The Azafady Charity Fashion Show is taking place Monday September 28th at the Village Underground, Shoreditch, doors open at 7pm. Tickets are £15 and available from www.azafadyfashionshow.co.uk
All profits from the show will go towards two charities, Azafady and Build Africa. Both are dedicated to the improvement of living conditions and standard of life with a mutual aim to help the poorest communities escape poverty and develop in sustainable ways, increasing local access to health care and education.
The show features international designers from a variety of backgrounds; these are, Rebecca Morris (employed at Vivienne Westwood’s design house in London), Laura Jones (designed costumes for Batman Begins and Tomb Raider 2 and has her own design label, ‘Vault Clothing’), Tomi Ho (Currently studying at London College of Fashion), Victoria Rossiter (co-organised the “End Of Summer Fashion Show” in Leed, 2009), Camilla Kennedy (currently interning at Religion after coming 2nd in the ‘FAD Fashion Competition 2009’), Shilpa Rajan (Director of her own design label ‘House of Bilimoria’ which debuted in LFW September 2008), Lindsay Hofman (specialized in one off garments and has her own design label ‘lindsay lou’), Rachel Lamb (currently collaborating with the designer Di Mainstone and has had her work exhibited at Joseph store in London, Oxford Fashion Week and Metamorphose in Beziers, France), Chatenya Mittal (Promising young designer from India) and Victoria Hill (has worked for Bernard Gustave, Toni & Guy, a number of magazine editorials and red carpet events, styling celebrities such as, Sabrina Washington).
During the event The Backyard Flames, a London based rock band that have been compared to as a ‘cross between Blur and Led Zepplin’, will be performing along with DJ Justin Jash Ash, who has recently release his album ‘this is sliding’ on White Label Music.
Two months ago, ten young designers were given a brief to each create an Autumn/Winter collection where they could produce unique designs that reflect the endemic beauty and reflect the poor economic state of Madagascar in an urban context.
The current economic climate has made us all that little bit more aware of how much it costs to live in the world today. But while our economy will recover, in other countries people constantly live with much less. Earlier this year architecture graduate Simon Walker, decided he wanted to do something about that. So he contacted the Malagasy charity Azafady and signed on for Pioneer Madagascar – a scheme that helps urban communities with a wide range of humanitarian, sustainable development and conservation projects.
According to Simon Walker “I wanted to do something that would bring my current world and the country that I was travelling to together. I read that textiles make up 15 per cent of Madagascar’s burgeoning manufacturing export industry, so I started to talk young designers about my idea; a fashion show with a brief that combined the earthy colours of Africa with the current economic climate, while acting as a showcase for new design talent in the UK”.Come out and enjoy and evening of funky collections and great music while giving to charity and supporting the next generation of fashion designers.
Click here to download a copy of our Press Release or click here to download a flyer.
