The organization of the event has shared the details of the
We Swim Together charity parade , which will take place coinciding with the
International Breast Cancer Day on October 19, in the context of the Gran
Canaria Swim Week by Moda Cálida.
Ana Locking, Spanish designer and photographer, will attend
the show as a godmother. She overcame breast cancer in 2020 "which makes
her personally a symbol of courage, bravery and an example of how this disease
can be overcome," the company considers in its press release.
And it is that this day will have as triple objective to
raise awareness, support the prevention and research of this disease, basic pillars
that have established the survival rate in the battle against Breast Cancer at
90 percent.
To this end, the gala will also have a charitable nature and
all proceeds from the sale of tickets will be allocated 50 percent to the
Spanish Association against Cancer, and the Canary Association against Breast
and Gynecological Cancer. These can be purchased on the Expomeloneras website
for a price of 20 euros, and it has also been made available to the public to
contribute financially to the cause through "Row 0". Also on sale
will be some limited edition t-shirts by the Canarian designer Arcadio Domínguez
that will be sold through his website and during the catwalk, while stocks
last.
On the catwalk
We Swim Together will show collections adapted to the
physical consequences of this disease and both specialized brands and
peninsular, international and Canary Islands swimwear brands will participate
in it. Women who have experienced this disease will parade on the catwalk. They
will be in charge of showing a selection of designs from different brands
specially created for those who have undergone interventions related to breast
cancer, such as mastectomy.
Anita Care, Amoena, Sunflair, and Maryan Melhorn are some of
the international brands that will share their designs on the We swim together
catwalk , creations adapted to the particular needs of women who have suffered
from this disease. The Canarian firms Aurelia Gil, Román Peralta, Nuria
González, Arcadio Domínguez, Carlos San Juan, Elena Morales and Como la Trucha
al Trucho, and the national companies Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Dolores Cortés,
Bohodot, Red Point or All That She will also parade. You see it.
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts of the Cabildo
de Gran Canaria, Minerva Alonso , has shown the commitment of the Cabildo de
Gran Canaria with this social cause of the first order. “Gran Canaria Moda
Cálida has worked so that the Island becomes an international stage for
swimwear, and there are different realities that we have always wanted to
include and represent, we believe that that of women who have suffered from
breast cancer is one more that deserved its space ”.
Photographic exhibition 'Renacer'
As a parallel activity this morning a photographic
exhibition was inaugurated in the Cabildo de Gran Canaria that under the name
'Renacer' will be outside the Cabildo from until October 24. It is an
altruistic project by photographer Elizabeth Amador, to honor the women who
have fought this battle. An exhibition to make beautiful women who have learned
to love their marks of war visible in a different way, with images taken in
natural environments of Gran Canaria, mimicking their beauty and facing the
vertigo of showing themselves telling their personal story.
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