Floral ImPACT Fashion Show - Wednesday 30 July 2008, The Walnut Club, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield
flowersforlaura.com, a Sheffield based florist designing contemporary and traditional flowers to help children with cancer, joined forces with four other Sheffield businesswomen Elizabeth A Edwards, fashion designer , Wendy Carlton, floral artist , Tracey Welch, photographer and Cheryl Galsworthy, Media and PR Consultant to stage Sheffield's first floral themed fashion show in aid of local children's cancer charity, PACT (Parents' Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia).
Donating their own time and led by Jaime-Lee Faulkner, Miss Sheffield, six women and two men took to the catwalk modelling the exquisite eco-couture from Elizabeth A Edwards at Hope&Glory and carrying beautiful floral designs by Sarah Turpin from flowersforlaura.com. Attended by over 100 people, the Floral ImPACT Team successfully raised in excess of £1,000 for the local charity, PACT. Visitors to The Walnut Club enjoyed mouth-watering food including a floral themed cocktail and dessert to the tunes of Cole Porter and the like as the models paraded through and around the restaurant pausing at tables to show off the stunning floral clothes and fresh flowers. Wendy Carlton's paintings provided a wonderful floral backdrop and the modern ambiance of the restaurant was enhanced with contemporary floral displays of white calla lilies decorated with black aluminium wire and pretty white germini sparkling in glass fishbowls on all the tables.
The Sheffield First for Business magazine published an article about the Floral ImPACT team in August 2008.
flowersforlaura.com, a Sheffield based florist designing contemporary and traditional flowers to help children with cancer, joined forces with four other Sheffield businesswomen Elizabeth A Edwards, fashion designer , Wendy Carlton, floral artist , Tracey Welch, photographer and Cheryl Galsworthy, Media and PR Consultant to stage Sheffield's first floral themed fashion show in aid of local children's cancer charity, PACT (Parents' Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia).
Donating their own time and led by Jaime-Lee Faulkner, Miss Sheffield, six women and two men took to the catwalk modelling the exquisite eco-couture from Elizabeth A Edwards at Hope&Glory and carrying beautiful floral designs by Sarah Turpin from flowersforlaura.com. Attended by over 100 people, the Floral ImPACT Team successfully raised in excess of £1,000 for the local charity, PACT. Visitors to The Walnut Club enjoyed mouth-watering food including a floral themed cocktail and dessert to the tunes of Cole Porter and the like as the models paraded through and around the restaurant pausing at tables to show off the stunning floral clothes and fresh flowers. Wendy Carlton's paintings provided a wonderful floral backdrop and the modern ambiance of the restaurant was enhanced with contemporary floral displays of white calla lilies decorated with black aluminium wire and pretty white germini sparkling in glass fishbowls on all the tables.
The Sheffield First for Business magazine published an article about the Floral ImPACT team in August 2008.
