Fashion Show at Meena

I watched Trill Zapatero as she prepared for her runway show at Meena, her new store. Trill , a well known artist in Second Life is very involved in the peace movement with a special emphasis on RAWA. Some of you have visited her Afghanistan Museum in SL. BoHo HoBo presents Meena, a new shop and a runway show as part of Peacefest 2011. The fashion show will be at 1pm on November the 13th. The shop will appear immediately after the show.

The shop’s name "Meena" is in honour of Meena the founding member of RAWA, the revolutionary association of the women of Afghanistan which has been fighting for human rights, democracy and social justice in Afghanistan since 1971. All proceeds from the sales of both Meena, and BoHo HoBo go to RAWA in order to help fund schools, orphanages, clinics and income generating projects for Afghan people.

Trill says, “The style of clothes is 'Afghanistan Bohemian'. It is a hybrid of traditional Afghan styles and western styles of clothes.” Her clothes are great for the winter in SL. I have several outfits I have bought from her BoHo HoBo store and already spotted several items I am going to buy after the new shop opens.

There will also be a tour of the Afghanistan Museum on Saturday at 8pm slt. You can find all the events for the Peace Festival listed on this web page: http://imaginefestival.wordpress.com/

Trill's show will take place on Sunday at 3pm SL time at this location:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Exhibit/31/27/55

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Boho Hobo

What a surprise! I received a landmark for a store that I did not know existed. You may remember last year I wrote an article about the fantastic interactive Afghanistan Museum. Well, the creator of this magnificent museum in Second Life, Trill Zapatero, has a shop, Boho Hobo, which has delightful clothes with some Afghan influence but also very hip for sale in SL . Every penny of the purchase goes to support the building of schools for children in Afghanastan.

I went to visit and bought several outfits , really cute skirts, tops, jeans and caps. When you land there you can pick up a catalog outside the entrance that will give you an idea of what is inside and you can pass it along to friends you know may be interested in the cause of educating young women in that country. I plan to pass this along to friends. If you take a walk next door you will find another store owned by Rudy Fehr where you can find some sharp looking casual outfits for men and all the proceeds here go to the same cause.

Take a trip over there and contribute to the cause and also get a cute new outfit! And if you have not been to that Museum yet take that trip also. You will find the landmark for the Museum inside the shop.

Here is the SLurl for the store: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Exhibit/236/9/2001

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