Nicole Miller for Indego Africa

 

 

 

Thursday, October, 28, 2010
6:00PM

Nicole Miller is collaborating with Indego Africa to empower Rwandan women on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at her New York Soho Boutique. Designer Nicole Miller will personally host the event and launch an exclusive collection of multi-colored textile bangles and woven bracelets that were created in partnership with Indego Africa’s artisan cooperatives Cocoki and Covanya. Fifteen percent of the event’s proceeds will be donated to Indego Africa to help support training for Rwandan women in long-term skills like literacy, business, financial management, and computers.
 
Guests are invited to shop the exclusive bracelet collection and Nicole Miller’s in-store merchandise, which includes ready-to-wear, dress collections, shoes and jewelry. The evening will additionally include a live performance by the talented Cape Verdean singer, Fantcha Mendes.
Who:    More than 200 guests will join Nicole Miller and Indego Africa advocates to celebrate and support the mission.
 
 
Nicole Miller Soho Boutique
77 Greene Street
New York, NY 10012
212.219.1825
 

Nicole Miller is a fashion designer with a modern, ageless aesthetic. Her silhouettes are artfully draped to achieve a unique body consciousness. Her signature is feminine, sexy and refined.
 
The nonconformist glamour of Miller’s clothes is a favorite of many in Hollywood. Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Lauren Hutton, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria Parker have recently appeared in her designs. Her work is often show on the covers and in the pages of leading fashion and lifestyle magazines world wide – and in cyber space, Nicole Miller is one of the most visible designer brand names anywhere.
 
About Indego Africa

Indego Africa is an innovative 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise, currently the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, that partners with hundreds of women artisans in Rwanda on a fair trade basis to drive forward a market-driven, long-term solution to poverty in Africa. The Indego Africa social enterprise business model is simple yet ground-breaking: partner with co-ops of women artisans in Rwanda; sell the co-ops’ contemporary accessories and home décor products online and at 40+ high-end retailers in the U.S.; and return 100% of its profits to the co-ops for Indego Africa’s award-winning training programs in business, literacy, and computers – all taught by Rwanda’s top university students.

By forging a strategy based on transparency, long-term partnerships, and measuring social impact, Indego Africa, which was recently honored with an award for “Most Impact in a Partner Community” by the Fair Trade Federation, re-defines an outdated handicraft model of economic development and maps out a replicable blueprint for unleashing the power of women entrepreneurs in Africa.

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