{"id":1355,"date":"2008-10-15T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2008-10-15T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T05:00:21","slug":"discarded-to-divine-2009-help-raise-money-for-the-homeless-with-st-vincent-de-paul-society-of-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/discarded-to-divine-2009-help-raise-money-for-the-homeless-with-st-vincent-de-paul-society-of-sf\/","title":{"rendered":"Discarded to Divine 2009: Help Raise Money for the Homeless with the St. Vincent de Paul Society of SF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2008\/04\/23\/discarded-to-divine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discarded to Divine<\/a> is <strong>CALLING ALL DESIGNERS <\/strong>for their annual spring gala&#8230;<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1356\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/discardedtodivine31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/discardedtodivine31.jpg 562w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/discardedtodivine31-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco is now seeking professional and aspiring designers to transform discarded, donated clothing into couture fashions and exquisite home d\u00e9cor, which we will auction to raise funds to help the poor and homeless at our annual fashion show and auction, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discardedtodivine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discarded To Divine 2009<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For information on submitting a design by deadline date of<!--more--> January 12 2009, check their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discardedtodivine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a> for details. This is an amazing opportunity. In previous years, the collections have been shown on the runway as well as featured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svdp-sf.org\/DISCARDED\/deyoung\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">De Young Museum, San Francisco<\/a>. This is an amazing way to help raise funds for the poor, with all the profits from auctioned items going to the homeless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DESIGNER INFORMATION <\/strong>includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designer Pamphlet containing the instructions to follow: <span class=\"style30\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.svdp-sf.org\/DISCARDED\/Designer%20Pamphlet_2009%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Designer Entry Form: <span class=\"style30\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.svdp-sf.org\/DISCARDED\/Designer%20Entry%20Form_2009%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Develop a Design: <\/strong> &#8220;<em>We are looking for classic, timeless designs that flatter many: clothes that are beautiful, durable, wearable and functional, decorative accessories that are stunning but sturdy enough for everyday use. The lines may be simple, but the combination of fabrics and couture details make the wearer look and feel special.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You may submit <strong>one piece for consideration <\/strong>in one of the following categories :<br \/>\n\u2022 Women\u2019s Day Wear<br \/>\n\u2022 Women\u2019s Outerwear<br \/>\n\u2022 Women\u2019s Accessories<br \/>\n\u2022 Men\u2019s Outerwear<br \/>\n\u2022 Women\u2019s Evening Wear<br \/>\n\u2022 Women\u2019s Separates<br \/>\n\u2022 Men\u2019s Wear<br \/>\n\u2022 Men\u2019s Accessories<br \/>\n\u2022 Home D\u00e9cor (new)<br \/>\n\u2022 Elegant Pet (new)<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;In most categories, the judges will particularly look for versatile pieces that can be worn over and over again in a variety of settings. <strong>We want people to fall in love with the designs, and stay in love with them<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Collaged images above via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discardedtodivine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">discardedtodivine.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discardedtodivine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\/img\/e5169066304623a98410516b18d6e09bc9585173.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discarded to Divine is CALLING ALL DESIGNERS for their annual spring gala&#8230; &#8220;The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco is now seeking professional and aspiring designers to transform discarded, donated clothing into couture fashions and exquisite home d\u00e9cor, which we will auction to raise funds to help the poor and homeless at our [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/discarded-to-divine-2009-help-raise-money-for-the-homeless-with-st-vincent-de-paul-society-of-sf\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[2,106,75],"tags":[2323,821,237,2324,238,2325],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/discardedtodivine31.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}