The Isabella Blow Foundation x Hudson's Bay Launches "Fashion Blows" Exhibition
Kick Off Gala to be Hosted by Daphne Guiness and Liz Rodbell in Toronto
The Isabella
Blow Foundation is partnering with Hudson’s
Bay hosting the “Fashion Blows”,
a fundraising event and exhibit celebrating the extraordinary life and wardrobe
of the late British patron of fashion and art, Isabella Blow.
The events, set to kick off in Toronto on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 with a fundraising dinner hosted
by British style icon Daphne Guinness
and Liz Rodbell, President, Hudson’s
Bay and Lord & Taylor, will mark the inaugural international event and
exhibit.
The Isabella Blow Foundation has the vision to bring the exhibit to an
international audience. Realizing this dream working with the Hudson’s Bay,
the foundation’s fundraising initiative is now brought to Canada.
The Isabella Blow Foundation and Hudson’s Bay have established a
Toronto-based committee for the event, which will be chaired by Suzanne Rogers. Funds raised will
sponsor a Canadian fashion student
to join the MA programme at Central
Saint Martins in London, England, and will also support the
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s leading hospital for
mental health, based in Toronto. Corporate sponsors for the fundraising dinner
include: Supporting Sponsor: Aimia, and Hotel Sponsor: Shangri-La Hotel,
Toronto.
Fashion Blows will open to the public at The Room at Hudson’s
Bay, Queen Street on October 23 and will
showcase a number of significant pieces from The Isabella Blow Collection; one
of the most important private clothing archives of the late 20th Century/early
21st Century, now
owned by Daphne Guinness. This includes garments from the many designer talents
she discovered and launched, such as Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy and
Hussein Chalayan, amongst others. The capsule exhibit will run for 16 days and
admission is free of charge.
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