Designers Help To Raise Money For Solar-Powered Hospital

Daughter of Isabella Rossellini, Elettra Wiedemann, has recently founded JustOneFrickinDay.com, an organization that is raising funds to build the first solar-powered hospital in Kigutu, Burundi.

So far the Burundi Solar Project has designers Chris Benz, House of Diehl, Rogan, Rag & Bone, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Giambattista Valli signed up to create an energy-inspired, limited edition t-shirt to be sold on Wiedemann’s website.

All the t-shirts are made from 100% organic cotton and are available in men’s and women’s at $60 a pop. To make the shirts even more special, there are only 100 available in each style.

The designers have already made sketches of their t-shirts and Chris Benz’s will have two African flamingos, Rogan’s is in a black and white African print, and Phillip Lim’s is an image of Africa rendered in light bulbs.

Amazingly, to equip the hospital with solar power for the entire term of its existence only $450,000 needs to be raised! If you would like to help out the cause the shirts will be available beginning August 25 at JustOneFrickinDay.com.

In other news….

California designer, Geren Lockhart, will be launching her first Spring 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week on September 3 from 6-8 at the Bowery Hotel.

The buzz is that Lockhart will present an installation, which will give a nod to Vanessa Beecrft and her collection of deep colors and wovens was inspired by travels to Capri, Buenos Aires and Sydney.

Wiedemann image courtesy of Papermag.com and Lockhart image courtesy of Gen Art Pulse