FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA, TOYIN SARAKI AND DONNA KAREN AT THE FASHION FOR DEVELOPMENT’S FIRST LADIES ANNUAL LUNCHEON AND FASHION SHOW
First ladies from
around the world, diplomats, and fashion insiders gathered on 26th
of September 2013 in New York for Fashion
for development’s First Ladies Annual Luncheon and fashion show. The aim
of the luncheon was to see how fashion as a tool can be used to change the
world.
around the world, diplomats, and fashion insiders gathered on 26th
of September 2013 in New York for Fashion
for development’s First Ladies Annual Luncheon and fashion show. The aim
of the luncheon was to see how fashion as a tool can be used to change the
world.
The event is a
celebration of diversity and global economics through fashion. F4D’s purpose is
to harness the power of the fashion and beauty industries and implement
creative strategies for sustainable economic growth, wellness and independence
of communities worldwide and the preservation of culture through the expression
of fashion, according to its mission statement.
celebration of diversity and global economics through fashion. F4D’s purpose is
to harness the power of the fashion and beauty industries and implement
creative strategies for sustainable economic growth, wellness and independence
of communities worldwide and the preservation of culture through the expression
of fashion, according to its mission statement.
Held at the
Pierre Hotel on the Upper East Side in New York, the luncheon had in attendance
Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Rose of Sharon Folorunsho Alakija,
former first lady of Kwara state and founder of The Wellbeing
Foundation Africa Toyin
Saraki, Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani; Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek, wife
of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon;; Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of
Saudi Arabia; fashion designer Donna Karan and other global first ladies.
Pierre Hotel on the Upper East Side in New York, the luncheon had in attendance
Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Rose of Sharon Folorunsho Alakija,
former first lady of Kwara state and founder of The Wellbeing
Foundation Africa Toyin
Saraki, Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani; Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek, wife
of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon;; Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of
Saudi Arabia; fashion designer Donna Karan and other global first ladies.
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