Friday, March 27, 2009

Emma Watson designs jacket for charity

Emma Watson has designed a jacket to be auctioned off for the fight against AIDS. She designed a jacket on behalf of AFI Dallas International Film Festival. DIFFA/Dallas is the organization holding the auction and the auction is celebrating their 20th anniversary. The auction is on May 2nd.

You can read the news press release in full here:
DIFFA/Dallas presents preview party for Dallas Collection ’09:Utopia The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: DIFFA/Dallas presents the DIFFA/Dallas 20th Anniversary Collection: Utopia Preview Party on Tuesday, March 31, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Dallas’ historic Union Station.The event offers the public a first glimpse of the 2009 Jacket Collection to be auctioned off at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on May 2.Dallas Collection and the preview party will feature jackets by nationally and internationally renowned designers such as Michael Simon, Geoffrey Henning, Tadashi, St. John, Lela Rose, Kenneth Cole, Emma Watson for AFI, Tory Burch, The Muppets and costume designers from “Desperate Housewives,” “Heroes” and “Ghost Whisperer” and more.Chef Wolfgang Puck will provide the food.Union Station is located at 400 S. Houston Street in downtown Dallas. DIFFA/Dallas asks for a $20 donation at the door. For more information call 214-748.8580 or go online to www.diffadallas.org.

I email the director and he confirmed Emma did indeed design a jacket and hopefully we will get a picture of it soon. If you go to the website linked above, you can see the jackets from 2008. It's a great cause so get the word out! Again the DIFFA Fashion event link is: http://www.diffadallas.org/index.php

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