(Sept. 27) – Fashion and solidarity: a winning combination. This is confirmed by Franca Sozzani, editor of Vogue Italy and, since September 2011, Goodwill Ambassador for Fashion4Development. Sozzani, first UN ambassador for fashion in the world, yesterday received the award in New York Fashion and Humanity Award for her work in F4D initiatives and for her remarkable project leading. Fashion 4 Development is an operating partner of the United Nations and, through fashion, has the ambitious goal to implement strategies for the independence and female assertiveness. So fashion as a tool to support the development of emerging countries, Africa in first place. Franca Sozzani presented the progress made during her first year as Goodwill Ambassador, stressing the achievements of F4D in the African continent. Later, Evie Evangelou, co-founder and president of F4D, announced that Asia will be the region on which F4D will focus its new efforts. This announcement was made during the fashion show of two Indonesian designers, Priyo Oktaviano and Sebastian Gunawan. In the event, Chung, Co-President of the World Fashion 4 Development (WF4D) Asia, outlined the development of the scholarships programme sponsored by F4D. WF4D is the non-profit division of F4D and represents the collaborative program between F4D and a number of strategic partners that collect funds to educate, train and provide all kinds of support to the poorest communities. (red)
