SF event: DISCARDED TO DIVINE, RECYCLED FASHIONS. RENEWED LIVES.

I plan to go to the free preview night with some friends.  Join us there for a no host dinner in the museum cafe (great food) before the event and look at the cream-of-the-crop creations in person.

From the Discarded to Divine website: http://www.svdp-sf.org/DISCARDED/index.html


What do you currently do with the clothes you're done wearing? What can you do to keep textiles and clothing out of landfills? (Hint: participate in Discarded to Divine!)


RECYCLED FASHIONS. RENEWED LIVES.

ANNOUNCING DATES FOR DISCARDED TO DIVINE


PREVIEW NIGHT
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
Complimentary
http://deyoung.famsf.org/

GALA, COCKTAIL RECEPTION,
LIVE + SILENT AUCTIONS
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
SF Design Center Galleria
101 Henry Adams
http://www.sfdesigncenter.com/
Tickets will go on sale March 1!

THE STORY It began in 2005, when St. Vincent de Paul Society Help Desk Director Sally Rosen found herself facing a pile of unusable donated clothing, torn and stained. Sally thought, "While working at the Help Desk, I realized our discards were waiting to be transformed into divine creations." She began to think of recycling, imagining how these discarded garments could be remade into something new and useful. She decided to invite designers to take the discarded clothing and create wearable works of art and exquisite home décor, thus Discarded to Divine was created. Discarded to Divine is a charitable event showcasing the talents of professional and aspiring designers who transform discarded, donated clothing into one-of-a-kind couture creations and exquisite home décor which are auctioned to benefit those overcoming poverty, homelessness and domestic violence.
Now in its sixth year, Discarded to Divine has become a much anticipated fashion event, attracting nearly 1,000 of San Francisco's philanthropic community, fashionistas, young professionals and established friends of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco.