Handbag Designers Create Christmas Trees for AIDS Charity

Posted on: Dec 19

Some of our favorite luxury bag designers turned their creative hands to Christmas trees recently, all in the name of charity. Around 44 designer Christmas trees were auctioned off at the Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs charity auction in Paris.

The chic trees included this golden beauty crafted with hundreds of LV emblems by none other than Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney's eco-friendly tree created from cardboard tiers, and Jerome Dreyfuss' unique umbrella and plastic bag design!

But the biggest seller of the night was a tree by Zaha Hadid, the British Iraqi architect who designed the recent Chanel Pavilion in Central Park. Her unusual tree, made of a white column of circling shapes, fetched €46, 000.

A total of €101, 000 was raised on the night for the Sol En Si organization, a group which assists children and families living with AIDS. Some of the proceeds will be used to create a residence in Togo for AIDS orphans. However, as the funds raised were three times the expected amount, organizers can do much more than that.

[Source: International Herald Tribune]
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