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Collars & Coats gala ball To Celebrate 151 Years Of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.

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Collars & Coats gala ball

This year to celebrate the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home 151st anniversary, some of the biggest names in fashion have come out in force to show their support for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and its prestigious annual fundraising event The Collars & Coats Gala Ball, taking place on 11th November 2011 at Battersea Evolution.

Prada, Mui Mui, Oliver Goldsmith, Grace Woodward and Matthew Williamson are just some of the designers who are in support of this glamorous event and have donated exclusive gifts for the auction prizes. Items such as beautiful handbags, sunglasses, boots, exotic holidays and spa treatments will be up for grabs at one of the biggest events in the London calendar.

Please find information below for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home’s prestigious annual event COLLARS & COATS GALA BALL 2011:

EVENT: Collars & Coats Gala Ball

DATE: Friday, 11th of November, 2011

VENUE: Battersea Evolution, Chelsea Bridge Entrance, Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ

ABOUT: The Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is organizing its prestigious annual fundraising event the COLLARS & COATS GALA BALL in the presence of the Home’s President, HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO.

This spectacular night of glitz, glamour and high octane entertainment will, once again, be one of the biggest events in London’s calendar, supported by a high end national press and broadcast campaign and media attendance. In line with the stature of the event, the Collars & Coats Gala Ball attracts an extremely distinguished and influential list of guests, spanning ultra-high net worth individuals, British Aristocrats, Royalty, FTSE 100 corporates, VIPs and socialites, public figures and A-List international celebrities from film, music, art, literature, popular culture and sports, making the event an excellent corporate hospitality and networking occasion.

Last year Catherine Tate, Amanda Holden, Alexandra Burke, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, Roger Daltrey CBE, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Patti Russo, Craig Revel Horwood, Jeremy Hackett, and Mark Foster were among the high profile guests who helped to raise vital funds to help the home continue it’s work with stray, abandoned and neglected animals(please see attached images). Previous attendee’s and supporters include Simon Cowell and Dame Judy Dench.

Limited tables and bespoke brand sponsorship opportunities available.

TICKET/TABLES: Silver Package: £3500 for a table of 10. (individual tickets at £350)

Gold Package: £5000 for a table of 10. (Individual tickets at £500)

Platinum Package: £10000 for a table of 10. (Individual tickets at £1000)

TO BOOK: Sterling Media: Tel: 020 7801 0077. Email: natasha@sterlingmedia.co.uk

Celebrity wildlife hero Brian May supports BUAV's call for an end to the UK's role in cruel monkey trade.

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Rock guitarist Brian May and TV wildlife expert Bill Oddie have joined the BUAV in its call on the UK Government to stop supporting the cruel trade in wild-caught monkeys. Brian May and Bill Oddie joined a host of MPs, primatologists and other scientists who attended an event at the House of Commons for the BUAV’s Stop the Baby Trade campaign to end the cruel trade in monkeys for research. The event was hosted by Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas MP, with guest speaker, field biologist and conservationist Ian Redmond OBE.

Brian May and Bill Oddie were shocked to learn about the cruelty and suffering involved in the capture of wild primates. Despite a UK ban on the import of wild-caught primates since 1997, there is not a similar ban on their offspring. Since 2009, over 2,000 monkeys born to wild-caught parents have been imported into the UK. The majority of these came from Mauritius which is the UK’s main supplier of primates.

Dr Brian May CBE said:

“The imprisonment and abuse of wild animals must stop. BUAV has uncovered evidence of monkeys ripped from their jungle homes and families, and forced to produce babies who will be shipped to laboratories around the world. The UK plays a major part in allowing this cruel trade to continue by importing monkeys from countries such as Mauritius for British laboratories. On behalf of the Save-Me foundation, I call on the Government to cut all ties with this cruel trade immediately, and fully support the BUAV’s campaign to Stop the Baby Trade.”

Bill Oddie OBE said:

“To me this issue is not whether or not animals should ever be used in medical research, it is about the utterly unacceptable and blatantly cruel conditions in which monkeys are trapped, transported and kept. I fully support the BUAV’s campaign to Stop the Baby Trade.”

Caroline Lucas MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 957) calling on the Government to completely disassociate the UK from the cruel trade by banning the use of primates born to wild-caught parents, as well as those from facilities which trap wild primates for breeding purposes. The EDM has to date been signed by 80 MPs.

Other famous supporters of the campaign include comedian Ricky Gervais and celebrity designer Meg Mathews.

http://www.stopthebabytrade.org

EDM:

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41946&SESSION=905

Musical Style {Style}

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With new artists continuously emerging from all walks of life there is constantly something fresh on the music scene however when an artist comes to the forefront of the public eye, it’s not just their music that makes them famous. It is their personality, their style and of course their fashion.

Fashion and music are inexplicably linked.

This idea is of course, is not a new phenomenon, think back to ‘The Beatles’ and their iconic suits, ‘Kiss’ and their unmistakable face paint, as well as Run DMC and their Adidas. In the case of Run DMC, fashion even influenced their music with the song ‘My Adidas’ which was a result of the group “rockin” their “superstars/shelltoes” with the tongue sticking out and no laces, making a huge impact on both hiphop and future generation styles.

More recently, Lilly Allen started the idea of wearing prom style dresses accompanied by trainers and Oasis set an example which Manchunians especially still emulate to a certain extent, with the casual-smart way of dressing.

Even hair styles are copied, this is seen again with the Oasis style; they are more dated now but even back in the 1980’s the long curls on men were copied from artists such as Brian May from Queen, amongst others.

A lot of these music producing fashion trends emerge and continue to appear for years to come. For example, Run DMC’s style; the fashionable street/sports wear, this is still very obviously apparent within the hip-hop music scene, take a look at Jay-Z or Justin Timberlake, but new versions are constantly evolving as well such as the N-Dubz, ‘Dappy-hat’ is a particularly obvious and surprisingly popular one of these.

An infamous trend which emerged some time ago is the Punk Music scene, which although materialized up to thirty five years ago, remnants of it are still constantly surfacing.

Vivienne Westwood is a prime and noted example of this but these characteristics are seen across the board with even high street stores using qualities of the style. For example tartan dresses and ripped jeans.

Fashion will always be influenced by music, the only question is, whose is your favourite artist?