Partners presents a little bit of Brazil!
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Saturday,
August 16, 2008
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Partners Village Store welcomed their next guest on
Saturday in the Nice
to Meet You Series, a Fairloom Fashion Show
put on by Fairloom
from 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Partners’ deck was bumping to the beat of BRAZILI, a female Afro-Brazilian band featuring members from
Zilimisik; Lexi Havlin (guitar), Himako
"Coco" Santo
(keys, vocals), Joanna Mario (bass), Joe Bess Umali (drums) and Leenie Doran
(trumpet, vocals). A little bit of Brazil in Westport!
Westport resident Annie Doran (immediate left), the
founder and director of Fairloom,
is combining a commitment to cultural exchange and education with their
original vision of community economic self-sustainability and the dignity it
brings. Fairloom
is creating a safe environment, where young people from the United States,
Brazil, and beyond can work together to gain the skills necessary to foster
social justice in their everyday lives.
Many came
to celebrate Fairloom's
first line of Brazilian Bobbin-Lace Clothing! The fashion show featured
clothing and accessories created by fashion design students from Massachusetts
College of Art and Design. This June they spent two weeks living and working
with the lace makers of Terra Prometida, Brazil.
Area
residents and out-of-town visitors alike were fascinated by the South American style
clothes and accessories on display and modeled by fashionable young men and
women who volunteered their time to assist Ms. Doran.
Westport
residents Mary Kilroy (left in far left photo) and
Elaine Oliveira admired the colorful summer clothes made under the tutelage of
the lace makers of Terra Prometida, Brazil.
The
party-like atmosphere generated a lot of excitement as Partners continues to
bring energizing and informative events to Westport’s Central Village. “The Samba-Xe Bazilian dancers were
marvelous,” Jan Hall of Partners said. “With their plumes and sequins, we had
so much fun!”
Whether you
brought your dancing shoes and moved to the music of BRAZILI, or joined your kids in
some Brazilian Children's Play, there was something for everyone at this Nice to Meet You
Series with Fairloom!
From the
left: (1) from the left: model Rob Pike, Ruth Doran (Annie's mother), and model
Juan Jimenez; (2) from the left: Fashion models Alicia, Rye, and Octavia; and
(3) our own Linda Richter of Westport Massage was asked by Annie Doran to model
Fairloom's fashions!
From the
left: (1) Annie Doran’s sister, Leenie Doran of BRAZILI, on the trumpet with Lexi
Havlin on the guitar; (2) Partners deck was hoppin’; and (3) a shopper browsing the Brazilian
Bobbin-Lace clothing and accessories!
For more
information about Fairloom,
please visit www.fairloom.org. For more information about Partners Village
Store, call (508) 636-2572, or visit online at www.partnersvillagestore.com.
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