Studio Festi sells its designer costumes, the proceeds for Haiti

More than 200 garments designed by Armani, Chanel, Max Mara, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermes and Agogna, which were created to clothe the stars of stage and screen, together with original ethnic jewellery and accessories from some of the most sophisticated film and theatre productions of the last 15 years, are being offered by the Studio Festi in order to collect funds for the Fondazione Francesca Rava, and to sponsor at least 10 Haitian children.

The clothes and accessories, which come from the collection that Monica Maimone and Valerio Festi made during their forays onto sets all around the world, will be available to the public, from 28 to 31 January, at their home in Velate, in Piazza Zambeletti, at the following times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Studio Festi website will explain how much money is collected, and what it is used for. 

In the capital, Port au Prince, the non-profit organisation for community work, Fondazione Francesca Rava – N.P.H. Italia ONLUS, has numerous projects, including a paediatric hospital, an orphanage and street schools in the districts most hit, and is involved in bringing aid to the people of this country, a genuine inferno in the land hit by the earthquake that has caused thousands of deaths. 

The “Saint Damien” paediatric hospital, the only one on the island, and the largest in the Caribbean, cares for 25,000 children every year; opened in 2006, it has been severely damaged, and the 150 child in-patients have been evacuated; the casualty department continues to operate, it is an important reference centre for assistance, with hundreds of seriously injured people continuously arriving, in search of aid.

For more than 25 years, the Festi Studio has produced shows and large, unique installations, which have been acknowledged around the world as a reference point, for their poetry and aesthetics.

Designed by Valerio Festi, and produced by Monica Maimone, the works are the result of unequalled experience in creating open-air events.

For information, visit: Festi Studio, Tel. 0332 212631, studiofesti@studiofesti.it.