1. A Child's View.
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Zalopany, Chelsea
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DESIGNERS , *BAGS , *CHILDREN'S stories , *FAIRY tales - Abstract
''We told children to think about how pictures tell a story like in fairy tales,'' says the Marni designer Consuelo Castiglioni about the latest chapter in her ongoing project to help underprivileged children. ''We hoped to stimulate their creativity and make something that could be sold with the proceeds going back to bettering their hospitals and schools.'' The three resulting tote bags feature vintage Marni prints on one side and drawings by children from East Asia and South America on the other. Eighty percent of the proceeds will go to children's developmental programs geared toward learning and creativity. ''It seemed like the natural thing to do around the holidays,'' adds Castiglioni. ''To celebrate the innocence of a child's imagination.'' The bags are $175 at Marni boutiques and Marni.com. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2010