An online charity auction set to benefit the Long Island, NY arts institute, The Watermill Center, has placed a series of fashion experiences up under the hammer.
Always dreamt of sitting front row of the Milan Fashion Week show and rubbing shoulders with the biggest who's who of the fashion industry? An online charity auction set to benefit the Long Island, NY arts institute The Watermill Center has placed a series of fashion experiences up under the hammer.
Priced at $95,000USD (RM301,300) with a starting bid of $25,000USD (RM79,300), the charity auction lot is offering one lucky bidder the full front-row experience at Milan Fashion Week next February. Click here to place your bids.
The top bidder will get their hands on '2 Exclusive Front Row Seats with Backstage Access at the Fendi Women's Fall/Winter 2015/2016 Fashion Show', '2 Seats for the Fall/Winter 2015 Giorgio Armani Ready-to-Wear Show', and '2 Exclusive Front Row Seats at the Prada Women's Fall/Winter 2015 Fashion Show'. A pretty unreal experience for fashion fans, and one normally out of reach for all but the industry's biggest players.
If you prefer Paris, Miuccia Prada's taken care of you too. Another lot offers '2 Exclusive Front Row Seats at the Miu Miu Women's Fall/Winter 2015 Fashion Show in Paris next March 2015' with a starting bid of $10,000USD (RM95,150) and a 'buy now' option at $25,000USD (RM79,300). Other fashion-related lots include a portrait of Valentino Garavani by German photographer Martin Schoeller. You'll have to hurry though, the auction closes in three days.
The seat sale is part of a wider trend which sees brands allowing people outside of the industry behind the normally closed doors of shows, which are typically restricted to buyers, press and the odd A-list celebrity. In May this year, Oscar de la Renta showed off 60 looks from his Fall-Winter 2014 collection in Singapore as part of the four-day Audi Fashion Festival, and lucky punters were able to buy their tickets from the show in advance.
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