Nokia-Inspired Fashion Sold For Charity

Society | May 18, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
Nokia-Inspired Fashion Sold For Charity This young Bulgarian lady added to her wardrobe two silk gowns inspired by Nokia phones. Photo by Nokia/ Capasca

Three gowns created in Bulgaria to celebrate Nokia's L'Amour series have sold for EUR 2,100.

The money will be granted to a children medical and social care center in Pernik, south of Sofia, organizes of the tender announced.

A young woman bought two of the elegant evening dresses, the third one was sold to a businessman.

Capasca, the fashion company of Bulgaria's tennis legend Magdalena Maleeva, had created the three feminine, champagne-coloured gowns, inspired by the three mobile phones of Nokia's latest fashion series.

Both the phones and the dresses are a result of special attention to every detail, their creators say.

In Capasca's case, those were the delicate hand-embroidered decorations on the smooth silk.

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