Hermes, Gucci, Louis Vuitton & More Designers Create Christmas Trees For Charity

above: Louis Vuitton 2009 Christmas Tree


The 14th annual “Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs” (Designer Christmas Trees) Charity Auction by the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation was held on December 8, 2009 in Paris, France.



24 Christmas trees designed by some of the top couturiers, architects and designers- all in the name of a good cause. The opening night of the fourteenth exhibition of the Designers’ Christmas Trees took place in the museum of the City of Architecture and Patrimony in Paris, where more than 1000 guests and some of the artists themselves, including Mireille Darc, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Nathalie Rykiel, came to admire the works of art, which were all auctioned off- with all profits going to the Carla-Bruni Sarkozy foundation for Sol en Si, hospitalized children affected with AIDS.


above: Carla Bruni-Sorkozy, model and France's First Lady

Trees by designers such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Ora Ito, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stella McCartney, Thierry Mugler, Marité & François Girbaud, Sonia Rykiel, India Mahdavi, Christian Ghion, Isabel Marant, Jakob+Macfarlane, Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, DSquared, Olivia Puttman, Mireille Darc, Paco Rabanne and architect Christian Beicher were among the 24 and I have pics of all of their trees for you.

Christian Biecher Christmas Tree:

Christian Ghion Christmas tree:

DSquared Christmas Tree:

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Gucci Christmas Tree:

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Hermes Christmas Tree:


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India Mahdavi Christmas Tree:

Isabel Marant:

Jakob+Macfarlane Christmas Tree:

Jean-Paul Gaultier Christmas Tree:

Louis-Marie de Castelbajac Christmas Tree:


Louis Vuitton Christmas Tree:

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Marité & François Girbaud Christmas Tree:

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Mireille Darc Christmas Tree:

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Olivia Puttnam Christmas Tree:

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Ora Ito Christmas Tree:

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Paco Rabanne christmas Tree:

Sonia Rykiel Christmas Tree:

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Stella McCartney Christmas Tree:

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Thierry Mugler Christmas Tree:

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all images courtesy of Getty, ©DR, Lidia Bardina and Wire images




All proceeds from the annual auction go to Paris' Sol en Si charity, dedicated to helping children affected by AIDS.

Snoopy Dons Designer Duds For Japan's Fashion Week, But It's Not The First Time.

above: The CHANEL Snoopy and Belle at the 2004 Snoopy In Fashion show in Japan

For Tokyo Fashion Week and Snoopy's 60th Birthday year, designers displayed the plush pup clad in couture.

Snoopy will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year, 2010, and as a kick-off event to celebrate the anniversary, original costume designs for Snoopy by Japan Fashion Week participating designer, G.V.G.V. and global brands such as Chanel, Hermes, Balenciaga DVF, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and Chloé were exhibited at Time & Style, Galleria 3F in Tokyo Midtown from October 22nd to 29th. The event was cosponsored by the Design Association NPO, United Media K.K.

Bloggers, facebookers, twitterers and online mags are going crazy sharing the images of CHANEL and Hermes-clad Snoopy, but this isn't new news, or even new designs. Apparently, Snoopy doesn't wear things just once.


above: the 2004 Snoopy In Fashion show in Japan

What most people don't realize is these outfits for the beloved Peanuts® comics dog, Snoopy, and his sister, Belle, aren't new. In 2004 there was a large Snoopy In Fashion show in Japan where the CHANEL Snoopy and tons of others appeared. Even multiple books were published of the event, but are no longer in print.



While most bloggers got their five images of Snoopy and his sister Belle clad in luxe fashion, from the post WWD, they only had five. Here's more of them for you from this year's Japan fashion Week along with a bunch from the 2004 Snoopy In Fashion show (courtesy of webshots member kathysui).

The Snoopy in Fashion show then traveled all over sponsored by Met Life and appeared at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NY in 2007.

Resurrected for Japan Fashion Week, here are some of the ones shown in Tokyo:

G.V.G.V.:

Balenciaga:

Hermes:

Chloé:

Karl Lagerfeld:

Givenchy:

Diane von Furstenberg:

Jean-Paul Gaultier:

above photos courtesy of Yukie Kasuga and beatrice

Now a look at 17 more Snoopy fashions from Marimekko to Missoni taken at the 2004 Snoopy In Fashion Show by Kathysiu (photos altered for better visibility):

Andrea Kim:

Bill Blass:

CHANEL:

Chantal Thomas:

Diane Von Furstenberg:

Eileen West:

Enrico Coveri:

Fendi:

Guy Laroche:

Hermes:

Issey Miyake:

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (JCDC):

L.L.Bean:

Marimekko:

Missoni:

Oleg Cassini:

Popy Moreni:


I'm sure come 2010, we'll be seeing a lot more of Snoopy.