Celebrities Take Ten Before The Academy Awards
FOR RELEASE: March 21, 2002Celebrities Take ten Before The Academy Awards
General Motors, Fashion Designers and Fashion-Forward Celebrities Team Up for an Evening of High-Design and Entertainment for Charity
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Celebrities including Minnie Driver, Jane Leeves, Kate Beckinsale and LeAnn Rimes take a "brake" for charity before the Academy Awards for ten, a modernistic fashion show featuring stars modeling couture fashion and a runway show highlighting Americans' most visible accessory - the car.
Celebrity models, fashion designers and innovative General Motors' concept and production vehicles will take the runway at the Hollywood Palladium for the ten fashion show, a Jeffrey Best creation. In a designer-inspired setting, the evening begins with cocktails & hors d'oeuvres at 9 p.m. followed by the runway show and culminating with an after-party and special performance by The Wallflowers.
The fashion and entertainment industries have long been the dominant forces in setting styles and trends, but today vehicles play a major role in leading the image-defining perceptions of a generation. The ten fashion show will illustrate the connection between automobiles and high fashion as GM showcases vehicles with strong styling cues and celebrity models walk the runway in equally inspiring fashions.
"GM is transforming the automotive landscape with imaginative new vehicle designs," said Wayne Cherry, GM Vice President, Design. "Our design teams keep a constant eye on the world's fashion runways for inspiration and insight into cutting-edge trends from the fashion and entertainment industries that can be translated into our products."
The designer styles worn by celebrities in the fashion show will be auctioned on eBay with winning bids being matched by General Motors and all proceeds going to each celebrity's charity of choice.
Celebrity fashion show participants include Minnie Driver, Kate Beckinsale, LeAnn Rimes, Shiva Rose, Jane Leeves, Rose McGowan, Jeri Ryan, Janel Moloney, Christina Applegate, Jules Asner, Leonor Varela, Rachel Weisz, Christa Miller, Marley Shelton and Vivica A. Fox wearing fashions from Valentino, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Badgley Mischka, Donna Karan, Carolina Herrera, Matthew Williamson, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Vera Wang and Luella Bartley and jewels by Bvlgari.
Innovative, cutting-edge GM concept and production vehicles include the Bel Air, Cien, Corvette, CTS, Escalade, EXT, H2, Imaj, LaCrosse, Rendezvous, Solstice, Sky, SSR, Vibe, VUE, XLR, 9X and the 9-3 Viggen grace the runway highlighting the future of car design.
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