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The Heart
Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2007 Fashion Show
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Who: |
The Heart Truth, a national awareness
campaign for women about heart disease, is a program of the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of
the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. |
What: |
With the continued support of the fashion
industry, The Heart Truth is returning to Bryant
Park for the fifth year to spotlight the Red Dress as the
national symbol for women and heart disease. A fashion show
featuring celebrities wearing Red Dresses designed by America’s
top designers will take place on February 2, 2007, which
is National Wear Red Day. |
When: |
Friday, February 2, at 11 a.m. |
Where: |
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
“The Tent” at Bryant Park
Sixth Avenue entrance between 40th and 42nd Streets
New York City |
Additional Information: |
The 2007 program will bring together “celebrated
women” from the performing arts, literature, fashion, business,
food, media/journalism, and sports on one runway to support
the issue and prompt women to take action to protect their
heart health. They will be wearing Red Dresses created by
the following top designers: Betsey Johnson, Calvin Klein,
Carmen Marc Valvo, Carolina Herrera, Daniel Swarovski, Diane
von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Jovovich-Hawk, Kenneth Cole,
Max Azria Atelier, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Nicole
Miller, Oscar de la Renta, Peter Som, Ralph Lauren, Tracy
Reese, Vera Wang, Zac Posen, and more. The Fashion Show is
presented by Johnson & Johnson and affiliated companies,
with national sponsors Celestial Seasonings and Swarovski,
and media partner Lifetime. |
Photo Opps : |
Angela Bassett, Billie Jean King, Danica Patrick,
Katharine McPhee, Kelly Ripa, Kerry Washington, Paula Zahn,
Phylicia Rashad, Rachael Ray, Rihanna, and more. |
Contact: |
The Heart Truth media team at media@hearttruth.org,
or Megan Salt at megan@hlgrp.com. |
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Part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans, conducts, and supports research
related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart,
blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders. The Institute
also administers national health education campaigns on women and heart
disease, healthy weight for children, and other topics. NHLBI press
releases and other materials are available online at: www.nhlbi.nih.gov.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical
Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is
a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is
the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical
and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments,
and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about
NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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