A Dress Fit For A Fairy-Tale Princess—Courtesy Of Donatella Versace
Posted by: Rory Tunbridge
July 3rd, 2011 >> Fashion Quotes

Cheburashka. Bremenskie Muzikanti. If you have a hard time pronouncing the table names at Natalia Vodianovas White Fairy Tale Love Ball, you wont be alone. Natalia is driving the calligrapher crazy, Giancarlo Giammetti said yesterday at his Left Bank home. The Russian supermodel is, as she put it, in the last few hundred yards of a marathon, preparing for the fundraiser for her Naked Heart Foundation being held at Valentinos Chateau Wideville outside Paris tomorrow night. Vodianovas kids favorite Soviet-era cartoons (Google the Russian names above for vintage clips) partly inspired the gala. A charity fashion show isnt a new idea; its been done by many people, she said. But I thought fairy-tale dressesthe ultimate Cinderella dressesby the worlds top designers would be something interesting. Forty-five of fashions finest agreed to create gowns for the evenings auction. Vodianova thinks Donatella Versaces kokoshnik dress (pictured) will be a hit. She went for it, she said. The funds raised will go to Naked Hearts new efforts to support children with special needs. And what is the fairy-tale spinner herself wearing for the occasion? Valentino red, of course, like Little Red Riding Hood.

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