23 Mar 2007 - UCD Arts Fashion Show 2007: In aid of Down Syndrome Centre
Venue: Point Theatre
Time: 8pm
A cast of 120 student models and dancers will take to the catwalk in the Point Theatre on Friday 23rd March for the UCD Arts Fashion Show 2007 - the largest student fashion event in Europe.
Over 5,500 people will take their seats for the two hour event styled by Catherine Condell. Grainne Seoige will act as MC for the night and Irish rock acts, Director and The Revs, will play live on stage as a backdrop to the catwalk action.
High Street Fashion...Model, Ruth O'Neill, a student at UCD pictured here with fellow Model students on an open top double decker bus in Dublin at the launch of the UCD Arts Fashion Show 2007 which takes place on Friday the 23rd of March in the Point Depot, Dublin in aid of Down Syndrome Centre
All 120 models and dancers have successfully auditioned for their place in the Show and a shortlist of six female and six male models has been selected to go forward for the title of Female/Male Model of the Year Award. The prize will be a modelling contract with Assets and former winners of this title include Rosanna Davidson and Roz Lipsett.
Ten fashion design students from colleges across Ireland are competing for the title of Fashion Designer of the Year. Peter O’Brien will be among the competition judges. The winner will receive a month’s work experience with a leading Irish fashion designer.
Ruth O'Neill, Castleknock, Dublin (left) with Olasumbo Taiwo,
a student from Nigeria and Edwina Buckley, Listowel, Co. Kerry (right), pictured here in Dublin at the launch of the UCD Arts Fashion Show 2007 which takes place
on Friday the 23rd of March in the Point Depot, Dublin
in aid of Down Syndrome Centre
Peter O’Brien has also lent his support by producing an illustration for the marketing campaign which will also be used in the production of a special commemorative t-shirt to be sold in aid of the Down Syndrome Centre.
Proceeds from the UCD Arts Fashion Show for three years (2007 – 09), will be donated to the Down Syndrome Centre, a registered charity fundraising to build Ireland’s first centre to provide specific medical and developmental services to people with Down syndrome from birth.
Neasa Ni Ghrada, from Clonskeagh (front left) and Daniel McMahon, Killenard, Co. Louis (front right), pictured here with fellow Model students in Dublin at the launch of the UCD Arts Fashion Show 2007 which takes place on Friday the 23rd of March in the Point Depot, Dublin in aid of Down Syndrome Centre
Sponsors for the 2007 event include Sherry FitzGerald, Dundrum Town Centre and Spin 1038.
Tickets for the Show are available from ticketmaster outlets countrywide or from www.ticketmaster.ie and are priced at €100 for a corporate ticket (includes access to a pre-Show reception in the O2 Bar), €50 for an adult ticket and €30 for students.