FASHION For Life, a charity fashion show for suicide prevention, will take place at the Strand Hotel this Friday, August 8 at 7pm in aid of the Corbett Suicide Prevention Patrol and Limerick Marine Search and Rescue.
A pop-up shop of preloved, donated clothes will be held at the event and all of the pieces will be on sale for 20 euro or less.
Models from the Holman Lee Agency will be donating their time to show the attendees what is up for grabs.
The fashion extravaganza is the brainchild of University of Limerick journalism student, Jennifer Purcell, who wanted to help raise suicide awareness in Limerick.
She said: “Everyone in Limerick seems to have been affected by suicide in one way or another. When we hear that (rescue) helicopter, it gives you a shiver down your spine. Those men and women risk their lives every weekend trying to help those in distress. They deserve every bit of help they can get.”
“When girls wear dresses on a night out, they’re thrown into the back of the wardrobe afterwards because they can never be seen in the same dress twice. So why not take all those clothes that girls will never really wear again and sell them to others for a fraction of the price for a good cause.”
There will be live music on the night from a surprise act as well as Rachel Prior, aka Rachy P. For more information, go to: www.facebook.com/percyspost.
