May 15th, 2009
Tulips and Pansies: The Headdress Affair
A charity fashion show to benefit Village Care New York
This year in the Fifth Annual Tulips & Pansies event, Rachel Cho was chosen from among NYC's finest floral designers to be paired with a prestigious roster of top tier fashion designers to create a festive, high-fashion runway show of elaborate floral headdresses made entirely from living plants and fresh cut flowers. The event raised funds for Village Care of New York (www.vcny.org), a non-profit organization providing vital healthcare programs to people living with HIV/AIDS. Guest judges honored the headdress design teams in several different categories including “Most Beautiful, Most Original and Most Outrageous”.
From Fashion Wired Daily:
If you hadn't yet become savvy to the fact that pollen season has begun in New York City, then the "Tulips & Pansies: The Headdress Affair" fashion show fundraiser thrown by Village Care New York on Thursday, May 14, was a true spring awakening, merging fashion and flowers for a good cause.
Fashion designers and florists, 17 duos in total, teamed up for the eighth annual VCNY event where there was more coming down the catwalk to look at than just a pretty dress. Each florist worked with a clothing designer to come up with an extravagantly decorative headpiece that models adorned, complementing the runway look. Lilies, orchids, poppies, roses and even palm leaves all served in the cast of foliage that stood high atop the models' crowns.
The event was hosted by James Aguiar from Full Frontal Fashion and Style Network and featured apparel designers including Tory Burch, Pamella Rowland, Ralph Rucci and Cynthia Steffe.
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select photos courtesy of Lindsey Belle
April 28th, 2009
The New York Horticultural Society
Flowers and Design Spring Gala
On Tuesday, April 28, the Horticultural Society of New York hosted their much anticipated annual Flowers and Design Spring Gala. Along with the top floral, fashion, and interior designers of New York, Rachel Cho was invited to create and design a table floral display for this worthy fundraiser inspired by this year's theme, "This Side of Paradise". It was an occasion for guests to celebrate and escape reality for an evening.
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