{"id":3021,"date":"2008-03-22T04:03:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T04:03:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-03-22T04:03:15","modified_gmt":"2008-03-22T04:03:15","slug":"Discarded-to-Divine-charity-event-with-Colleen-Quen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Discarded to Divine charity event with Colleen Quen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bay Area fashion designers such as Jessica McClintock, <b>Colleen Quen<\/b>, Nice Collective, Cari Borja, Verrieres &#038; Sako, Michael Boris and Sara Shepherd join students from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), City College of San Francisco and Academy of Art University in designing one-of-a-kind fashions in &#8220;real&#8217; sizes made from recycled materials and inspired by the de Young Museum&#8217;s permanent collection for the third annual Discarded to Divine charity auction and fashion show. <\/p>\n<p> Bay area designers and students create accessories, gowns and garments from donated materials that St. Vincent de Paul Society cannot use.  The items must be created from at least 50% recycled materials. Proceeds benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco and have piqued national interest in sustainable design while touting the four R&#8217;s of life: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Respect. <\/p>\n<p> <b>Click to learn more about one of our favorite designers, Colleen Quen, who has designed for Tyra Banks and Paris Hilton<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y-MocapGLtE\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y-MocapGLtE\" wmode=\"\" quality=\"high\" menu=\"false\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object> <\/p>\n<h2>Discarded to Divine Preview<\/h2>\n<p> Friday, April 4, 2008 &#8211; 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