Calling all Tiga fans!
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We just heard from H&M that there are still a few organic cotton jackets for sale that Tiga designed for the 'Fashion against AIDS' campaign (blue or beige with white hoodies for men, red or black with white with a high collar for girls). They cost 29.90 euros each and 25% of the net proceeds go to AIDS prevention campaigns coordinated by Designers against AIDS. Run to your nearest H&M to secure one -and if they don't have it there anymore in your size, ask them to order it for you in another store that still might have it.
Thanks for yoursupport!
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Belgrade went wild after Ani Lorak's "Shady Lady"
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(Picture: AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
Eurovision audience couldn't stop clapping after Ani Lorak's (Ukraine) performance at Belgrade Arena last Saturday May 24th. Her exuberant look and breath-taking energy on stage, banged her straight to the 2nd position -after the Russian contestant, who performed at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. We kept our fingers crossed till the last vote when Ani eventually got a deserved ovation and honorable position. CONGRATULATIONS Ani!
From DAA we wholeheartedly thank Ani for her personal fight against AIDS and bringing DAA to a massive audience such as Eurovision's, the internationally acclaimed event that summons families and friends in front of their TV to have a good time, randomly feeling proud of their countries.... while we hope they keep in mind the safe sex factor afterwards too!
*Ani pictured some days before the ESC in a special party -which took place in Belgrade to support her song "Shady Lady" at the contest. She poses in front of Erwin Olaf canvas -DAA's promotional image. The picture was present during the whole event showing the collaboration between Ani Lorak and DAA for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Cheek(y) Image
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Our Canadian friends from Cheek magazine have produced this image specially for DAA! This gorgeous warrior against AIDS will be our next promotional image and it will appear in our upcoming events. Mind your steps! she can be closer than you think, so be wary and do "it" safely!
DAA team wants to thank all the people involved in this fabulous picture.
Credits:
Photographer: Hamish Kippen
Model: Chelsea (Elmer Olsen models)
Dress: Mikhael Kale
Headpiece: Jaime Galindo
Creative direction: Cheek Magazine
Stylist: George Antonopoulos
Hair and makeup: Diana Carreiro
Assistant stylist: Allison Bouras
www.cheekmagazine.com/
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Dita Von Teese's stockings are sold out!
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NINETEEN74 is born!
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If you have a passion in fashion, this new website will connect you directly with like-minds anywhere and everywhere in the world.
Developed by leading fashion insiders and graphic designers, and using state-of-the art web technology, NINETEEN74.com brings together an enitre international network of real people with a real interest in fashion, making contact and exchanging ideas via their web connection around the world.
And there we are. You will be able to find Designers Against AIDS in this new cool website very soon!
nineteen74.com/
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The 'Fashion against AIDS' campaign's been nominated for a Webby Award!
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Great news: the Fashion against AIDS campaign (created by Great Works in Stockholm) that accompanied our coop with H&M was nominated for a Webby Award in the category 'Activism'!
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet -presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities. We must say we are over the moon with these news, even if finally our campaign was not the winner!
You can check the whole list of winners at: www.webbyawards.com/
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Ani Lorak brings Designers Against AIDS to Eurovision
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Ani Lorak, Ukrainian Eurovision 2008 representative, has joined DAA in her aim to fight against AIDS. In doing so, the singer is planning to use the Eurovision Song Contest, that takes place on the 24th of May, to raise AIDS awareness and to spread a "safe sex" message among the huge audience that watches this popular contest.
Why Ani? She has already served as UN Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS in 2004 and since then she hasn't stopped working to eliminate the stigma HIV-positive people suffer from through social campaigns. According to Ninette Murk -DAA's founder and Director: "Designers against AIDS are very happy and proud to have found such a strong and convincing partner in Ani Lorak". We feel that such a big event can be really useful to promote the AIDS debate, therefore we are glad to reach out to the Eurovision Contest and fill it with social responsibility!
*Pictured: Javier Barcala (DAA's Creative Director), Ani Lorak and Ninette Murk (DAA's Director) -in Fashion Against AIDS clothes.
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Iqons.com presents: DESIGNERS AGAINST AIDS at WHITE SHOW in Milan
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Designers against AIDS invites you to discover their new collection at WHITE SHOW in Milan from February 21st to 24th. SPACE 31 at WHITE will show DAA's forthcoming international T-shirt collection (available in stores in F/W '08 '09) plus a FASHION AGAINST AIDS exhibition that shows some of the highlights of Fashion Against AIDS campaign (in partnership with H&M): the perfect marriage between a creative charity brand and a high street retailer. If you're interested in viewing/buying DAA's new collection, please visit us: WHITE SHOW fair (SPACE 31) Via Giovanni Prati 8, from February 21st until 24th.
www.whiteshow.it
www.iqons.com
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Record your own short-movie and join the FAA campaign!
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 As soon as you get in the H&M new website you are welcome for all our artists involved in the Fashion Against AIDS Campaign. They, surrounded by hundreds of anonymous people who have already uploaded their own videos, ask you to protect yourself (and the people you love) by using a condom. So, are you ready for your most exciting close-up? Yeah, show us your best face!
Record your own short-movie with our quote "Protect yourself and the people you love, use a condom"! In doing so, you will help us to spread our prevention and protection message among millions of people all around the world.
Isn't it amazing?
We wait for you at http://www.hm.com .
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FAA launch event New York City
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Fashion Against AIDS launching in Colette!
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STRIP SONG
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 Listen to STRIP SONG
What better way to launch 'Fashion against AIDS' than to listen to this fabulous version of 'Strip Song' by our friends and supporters Chicks on Speed? Enjoy!
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Dress Up Against Aids Condom Fashion Show
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A multi-coloured gown made entirely from condoms has been unveiled at the 'Dress Up Against Aids Condom Fashion Show' in Kuala Lumpur – said by organisers to be the first of its kind hosted in the predominantly Muslim nation.
About 30 young Malaysian designers showcased their creations, constructed using contraceptives, as part of a campaign to increase awareness of HIV/Aids, which remains a serious issue in the country.
According to the United Nations, the number of cases of HIV and Aids in Malaysia have risen dramatically since the first incidence was reported two decades ago. By the end of 2004, about 64,000 people were recorded to have been infected with HIV, of whom 9,400 had developed Aids.
Source: The Times
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Know Your Rights 2008
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On December 11th the website www.knowyourights2008.org was launched, an initiative of UNRIC (United Nations Regional Information Centre) and celebrating 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
As the right to information is one of those rights, UNRIC kindly offered DAA a space on their Wall of Events. We hope that many people will find us there and take an interest in our work. Learn more about UNRIC on http://www.unric.org
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Watch our new clip 'Turn Me On/Safe Sex' on YouTube
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New figures on HIV/AIDS from UNaids
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2 million people died of AIDS in 2006 and 2.5 million persons were newly infected -this means about 6,800 new seropositive people every day*
Still, changes in behaviour have caused a drop in new HIV infections in certain countries: condoms are less of a taboo in India and Kenyans and Zimbabweans are having fewer sex partners, for example.
The good news is that medications have worked in keeping HIV-positive persons alive. “But this doesn’t mean that the epidemic is going away, that everything is fine and that now we can forget about it — not at all!” says Harvard School of Public Health HIV expert Daniel Halperin. According to the United Nations Aids-fighting agency UNAids, 0.8 per cent – almost 1 out of every hundred adults alive – of all people worldwide is HIV-positive.
In 2007, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis received pledges of only $9.7 billion - half of the amount that it had hoped to raise. “There’s still a huge epidemic out there that needs huge resources so we're able to win the battle,” said Global AIDS Alliance executive director Paul Zeitz.
Everyone has to play a part.
*according to UNAids http://www.unaids.org
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DAA@ModeNatie Antwerp
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On December 1st (World AIDS Day) we will be present in the hall of the fashion museum in Antwerp where we will give away red AIDS ribbons, sell DAA T-shirts by Belgian designers from earlier collections for 20 € each and distribute flyers with info about our work. We hope to see you there!
Modenatie, Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerp.
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