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The dolly wears Prada: Fashion houses design dolls for charity
A guest uses her smartphone to picture a creation designed by Louis Vuitton in Paris, Monday Nov. 25. The world's top fashion houses from Chanel, Prada and Christian Dior have brought together their needlework in a unique charitable venture: each designing children's dolls that will be sold at auction for UNICEF. AP Photo/Francois Mori
Prada, Chanel and Christian Dior are among dozens of fashion houses taking a momentary pause from the red-carpet elite to design a series of dolls for charity.
The miniature figurines, sporting bejeweled skirt-suits and satin full skirts, will go under the hammer in Paris on Dec. 2 in an auction organized by the UN's children's agency, UNICEF.
Proceeds from the initiative entitled "Designers' Little Faces" will be used to fund vaccinations for an estimated 300,000 infants in Sudan's Darfur region against polio and diphtheria.
"In the 10 years this has been running we've saved over three million lives. It's a chain of happiness," says Michele Barzach, president of UNICEF-France.
The dolls, which are being exhibited in Paris' Petit Palais until Dec. 1, are expected to fetch more than $200,000. — AP
The miniature figurines, sporting bejeweled skirt-suits and satin full skirts, will go under the hammer in Paris on Dec. 2 in an auction organized by the UN's children's agency, UNICEF.
Proceeds from the initiative entitled "Designers' Little Faces" will be used to fund vaccinations for an estimated 300,000 infants in Sudan's Darfur region against polio and diphtheria.
"In the 10 years this has been running we've saved over three million lives. It's a chain of happiness," says Michele Barzach, president of UNICEF-France.
The dolls, which are being exhibited in Paris' Petit Palais until Dec. 1, are expected to fetch more than $200,000. — AP
