The Destination is Fashion

My pal Martin travels a lot for work and fun. In one of the local papers, he read about a fashion show to benefit a local charity called Destination Foundation. They help terminally ill people take a trip of a lifetime. He decided to help them out in a big way, so he bought two tickets to the fundraiser and invited me to tag along... he also donated a bunch of air miles. It's a great program and totally run on a grass roots effort. They started a couple of years ago with the goal of helping one person a month. Things have snowballed quite a bit and now they help a lot more than twelve people a year! For more information about Destination Foundation, check out their web site.

Focus on the fashion

It was all I could do to refrain from weeping openly during the introductory video. They profiled some of the people that Destination Foundation has helped, like a guy in a wheel chair with oxygen that wanted to take his family to Disneyland before he made his transition. I thought about his kids and how the simple gesture of paying for their vacation would create lasting memories that those kids can cherish for the rest of their lives. Of course I felt like crying when the models hit the runway too. Not coz some of them couldn't walk but because I realized how much of an impact Vivian Westwood has had on fashion. She made deconstruction cool and hip over thirty years ago and these designers are still taking razor blades and safety pins to their garments...

Of course YOU'RE here

I wasn't too surprised to see Jason El Diablo at this event. He's always quite fashionable and willing to support a good cause (Yes that says 'cause' NOT cock!)

You clean up nice...

A little surprised to see my old pal Santiago on a wander through the crowd. His date for the evening was local celebutante, Juanita Moore. Their matching yellow accents were so FASHIONABLE and just in time for summer.

HEY! I know you!

Seeing Shazza anywhere is always a brilliant surprise. When the mega celeb deigns an appearance, it's always cause for celebration! She donated her time and talent to help pull the show off without a hitch. Don't know if you can tell from the photo, but the gold brocade fabric from her jacket is the same knoll fabric in the "levi" jeans (Pictured above right)