Friday, June 18, 2010

2nd Annual Go Green Fashionista : Fashion Show & Shoe Drive for “Barefoot 4 Haiti”








2nd Annual "Go Green Fashionista"
Fashion show to benefit Barefoot4Haiti program

Sole 4 Souls, a non-profit that collects shoes to distribute to people in need around the world, is hosting “Go Green” Awareness by holding the 2nd Annual “Go Green Fashionista” at MIA Lounge & Restaurant on June 18th, 2010 at 7pm.

Guests are asked to bring their gently worn and brand new shoes to be donated to the people of Haiti. Enjoy MIA's "Go Green" mojito's infused with Nitrogen as seen on VH1’s Basketball Wives. Half off special drinks from 7-8pm. Fashion showcase at 8pm.

Admission:
$10 donation to Souls 4 Souls.
Complimentary admission for dinner guests.

Fashion show:
Presenting "Go Green" Awareness in MIA’s spectacular setting, the event will be honoring eco-friendly fashions and styles ranging from vintage clothing to original eco friendly accessories and wardrobe vamping.

FabVintage, Blooming by Inta, who specializes in creating Avant Garde pieces with newspaper, magazines and other recycled materials; and jewelry featuring RAX COLLECTION and Catalina Mora, who makes use with orange peels, tagua, and coffee beans amongst others to create her accessories while having an amazing aroma to it. With the help of these new era designers, Stylist’s Waina Chancy and Obe Santos will assist and showcase along with the designer’s on our mission to have others to be inspired in this new way of style and to provide others with another utilizing fashion idea, while lessening their expenses on less eco-friendly clothing. Guests will enjoy samples of the new Sheba Cloth Collection made from all natural jute fiber grown in Bangladesh, advantages of Jute has antioxidant and vitamin E from the root, which helps to moderate moisture and regain skin firmness. These cloths are 100% biodegradable and recyclable.

Drawing prize:
Snow’s Jewelers of Coral Gables: 90’’ Endless Strand Fresh Water Cultured Pearl and matching Sterling Silver Fresh Water Cultured Pearl Earrings retailed at $370 * $2 per ticket.

About Barefoot4Haiti: www.barefoot4haiti.org
Barefoot4Haiti is a program designed to encourage churches around the country to go Barefoot4Haiti and collect shoes to help Soles4Souls provide needed footwear to hurting Haitians. For countless Haitians, the shoes they put on their feet on the day of the earthquake are the only pair of shoes they have. This Spring, more than 150,000 churches will be asked to join in and get involved by taking off their shoes for one Sunday. As part of this powerful movement, congregants can bring their new or gently worn shoes to church or donate to Soles4Souls to help put shoes on the feet of the victims of the Haitian earthquake or on the 300 million children around the globe who are barefoot.

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