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Project Angel Food’s 16th Annual DIVINE DESIGN

Divine Design 2008 to Honor
JADA PINKETT SMITH as Woman of Style
DAVID FURNISH as Man of Style
TADASHI SHOJI as Divine Designer

The Holidays are around the corner, and so is DIVINE DESIGN – the West Coast’s premier shopping event offering a huge selection of designer fashion and home furnishings, décor and accessories all sold at deep discounts to benefit Project Angel Food. In the spirit of giving, shoppers can choose from incredible deals for everyone on their Holiday list and help feed those struggling with a life-threatening illness.

Divine Design kicks off Thursday December 4th in the heart of Beverly Hills with a special gala evening to be held at the Beverly Hilton featuring a runway show presented by Divine Designer, Tadashi Shoji and an awards presentation.

Internationally recognized fashion designer and Divine Designer 2008, Tadashi Shoji, has been designing special occasion dresses from women worldwide for the last 30 years. His dress lines, Tadashi and Tadashi Shoji, have sold in more than 4,000 department and specialty doors worldwide including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, and Macy’s. Tadashi Shoji has also had a long career of creating unforgettable red carpet designs for A-List Hollywood including Elton John, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Helen Mirren, Queen Latifah, Emmy Rossum and most recently Christina Hendricks of “Mad Men”. This year, Tadashi Shoji Spring 2009 Collection showed with rave reviews in New York Fashion Week and will be presented in a special runway show at Divine Design. Mr Shoji states, “I am so honored to be selected as this year’s Divine Designer and am an avid supporter of Project Angel Food and the valuable work they do everyday for the Los Angeles community.”

For more information including designers updates, ticket information and to purchase tickets, log on to www.divinedesign.org

The Fall issue of Hollywood Life presents us with this elegant photo of the black rosette silk organza strapless evening gown from the Fall/Winter 2008 Tadashi Shoji line.

The December issue of Oprah magazine features this lovely shot of Oprah herself in a Fall/Winter 2008 Tadashi Collection dress.

The Susan G. Komen pamper tour began on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Grand Ballroom D of the Atlantis Hotel with An Evening with Xernona. Susan G. Komen for the Cure®’s Circle of Promise has partnered with civil rights icon, television pioneer and national ambassador of Circle of Promise, Ms. Xernona Clayton and the Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative to engage, educate and empower women in the Bahamas to end breast cancer. In the photo are nine beautiful women with breast cancer all dressed in Tadashi dresses. For more info, please visit www.circleofpromise.org or www.komen.org.

The December issue of Glamour magazine uses a Tadashi dress to illustrate how to find the best dress for your shape.

On the November 26th cover of Women's Wear Daily is this wonderful picture featuring a stretch cotton shirt and wool pants from the Spring/Summer 2009 Tadashi Shoji line.

(Better image coming soon)