Chic: Celebrity Bernie Chan and freelance designer Alexandrea Yeo's creation entitled 'A Dress of Peace'.
Nice: Fashion designer Nurita Harith's creation with illustrated hand painted panels and burnt edges on the shirt.
Clean lines: Royal Selangor creative director Chris Yong's 'Abhaya Mudra'. ARMED with a white Thomas Pink shirt, 11 designers and celebrities came together and put their creative juices to good use for a good cause.
The "Peace Partners", as the designers and celebrities who took part were called, turned the basic white Thomas Pink Shirt they were provided with into a fashion statement that conveyed messages of peace.
The creations were then auctioned off at a fund raising event organised by Thomas Pink Malaysia at The Gardens last week where guests bid at a silent auction. Funds were channelled to Mercy Malaysia.
Trinidad Group of Companies managing director Naresh Mohan (its parent company Trinidad Holdings owns Thomas Pink Malaysia) said Mercy Malaysia was chosen for their involvement in aiding war-torn and devastated regions.
"We wanted to create something for peace and to be constructive. We will be working with Mercy Malaysia in future projects and hopefully this fundraising event can be an annual affair," he said. The aim was to raise RM20,000 to RM30,000.
TV and radio presenter Will Quah's creation "Peace in Pieces", with hand cut faux mirror appliqué adorning the collar, cuff and placket, was inspired by a mask he wore to an event.
"It's (designing the piece) a venture unknown to me. It's quite labour-intensive, it took me about one-and-a-half weeks to finish," he said.
Singapore Fashion Show producer Daniel Boey's creation, reflected his view of the world today — chaotic yet with an underlying beauty.
"The scrunched up part of the shirt reflects the world today, full of hypocrisy and bigotry but if you strip all of it away, there is beauty underneath," he said, adding that the black see-through material symbolises transparency.
Renowned fashion designer Khoon Hooi sewed layers onto his bias cut white on white piece and added ribbons and a statement-making gold label behind.
"Utopia presents a place of imagination and dreams," he said of his piece "Utopian Whirlpool".
Mercy Malaysia honorary secretary Puan Raja Shazmin Raja Badrul Shah was present at the event.
Other peace partners included
- Sonny San (creative director and managing director for Eclipse),
- Shahril Nizam (poet/writer/visual artist),
- Chris Yong (creative director for Royal Selangor),
- Nurita Harith (fashion designer),
- Bernie Chan and Alexandrea Yeo (model/actress/celebrity and freelance designer),
- Alex Koh (shoe designer and entrepreneur for Charm) and
- Charlz Chan (fashion consultant for Thomas Pink).
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