H-Couture Runway Show for Humane Society

By Laura Medina

Here's another way to spend your Saturday, at The Mark on 9320 West Pico Blvd. in Beverly Hills, H-Couture is throwing a fur-free fundraising runway show for the Humane Society.

CW's Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto from the "Vampire Diaries" will be hosting the likes of Kimberly Ovitz, Charlotte Ronson, and Marc Bouwer from 7pm until 11pm.

 

“We are excited to be hosting the first ever H-Couture event on behalf of The Humane Society of the United States because we both support events that promote compassion for animals,” says Wesley.

DeVitto adds, “Fashion should be fun, and I don’t see how wearing animal fur can be anything other than cruel and unnecessary. This event will show that anyone can be fashion-conscious without animals having to pay the price.”

This new fashion event takes fur off the runway and puts compassionate style in its place, featuring several leading designers in humane fashion such as: John Bartlett, Victoria Bartlett, Marc Bouwer, Kimberly Ovitz and Charlotte Ronson, who count among their celebrity clients Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Blake Lively, Kirsten Dunst, Madonna, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Halle Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, and many others.

Proceeds from H-Couture 2012 will benefit The HSUS’s Fur-Free Campaign and the Hollywood Outreach program. The HSUS’s Fur-Free Campaign works with designers, retailers and fashion students to encourage the use of alternatives to animal fur. It also has publicly exposed major retailers selling animal fur as faux, and most recently revealed domestic dog fur being sold in the U.S.

“We’re delighted that Paul and Torrey are on board for our first major fashion event. Designers and their celebrity clients are key to setting new trends that can affect societal values, and supporting fur-free fashion can help prevent the suffering and save the lives of millions of both wild caught and captive-bred animals,” says Beverly Kaskey, senior director of The HSUS’s Hollywood Outreach program.

The HSUS’s Hollywood Outreach program is dedicated to promoting animal advocacy through the entertainment media and popular culture in the quest for a more humane society.