| EVENT REPORT 02.09.07 |
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| Nonprofit Rolls Out Alternate Show |
| Discovery Through Design held its own kind of presentation during Fashion Week—with specially designed wheelchairs and “roll models.” |
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During Fashion Week, Discovery Through Design, a nonprofit devoted to raising awareness of women’s health initiatives and spinal cord research, hosted its first Rolling With Style gala, a fund-raising dinner and fashion show. The 600-person event hosted by Lesley Stahl of CBS’s 60 Minutes honored four “roll models”—accomplished and influential women in wheelchairs— and featured looks from Baby Phat, Marc Bouwer, Lloyd Klein, Nicole Miller, St. John, and Zang Toi. On the planning team were Leslie Mastin, president of State of the Art Enterprises, and Ashley Lauren Fisher and Marilyn Hamilton, two of the four founders of Discovery Through Design. Supporters, socialites, and celebrities attending included Deborah Gibson (who performed at the end of the night), Prince Lorenzo Borghese, and Catherine Forbes. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Christopher Reeve Foundation, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and the Spinal Cord Injury Project at Rutgers University.
—Anna Sekula |
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