PRESENTERS OF SWAROVSKI FASHION ROCKS
UMA THURMAN TO CO-HOST SWAROVSKI FASHION ROCKS FOR THE PRINCE’S TRUST 2007
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Academy award nominee Uma Thurman will co-host Swarovski Fashion Rocks for The Prince’s Trust 2007. Uma will join Samuel L. Jackson in hosting the spectacular live fashion and music event at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall on 18th October 2007.
Following massive success in London, 2003 and Monaco, 2005, this year’s Swarovski Fashion Rocks promises to be more outstanding than ever. The line up will feature shows by international designers accompanied by performances from the world’s top music artists including multi Grammy award winning R&B singer Alicia Keys, NME’s ‘coolest person in rock’ Beth Ditto and The Gossip, multi platinum sultry soul singer Joss Stone, London’s favourite Lily Allen, 80’s new romantic legend Marc Almond, twice BRIT nominated Razorlight fronted by fashion trend setter Johnny Borrell and award winning super-producer and artist Timbaland, and many more to be announced.
Confirmed designers to date include Armani, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christopher Kane, Dolce & Gabbana, Marchesa, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent.
Swarovski is proud to sponsor this year’s event, Nadja Swarovski, Vice-President of International Communications for Swarovski confirms, “We are delighted that Uma Thurman will co-host this year’s Swarovski Fashion Rocks. Uma is the ideal woman for the job - she combines style and beauty with natural charisma. Swarovski have a long established relationship with the legends of Hollywood, and it is fantastic that we can continue this with Uma Thurman and Samuel L Jackson, two of Hollywood’s greats.”
Elizabeth Saltzman, Chairperson of Swarovski Fashion Rocks for The Prince’s Trust says “After 20 years of friendship and watching her immaculate style and fashion in both her private and public lives - from the first purple Prada dress she wore to the Oscars - Uma really wears the clothing, the clothes don't wear her. Uma has charisma and knowledge, it's what makes her so real - she is it - and who better to front such an event.”
Nick Scott, Executive Producer of the event adds, "We are thrilled that Uma Thurman has agreed to co-host this year’s event. Uma is regarded as one of the most versatile actresses of her generation and is renowned for her impeccable sense of style both on and off-screen. Uma’s ethereal personality holds audiences captive worldwide, and her long-standing friendship with Samuel L. Jackson will make the pair an incredible team in hosting Swarovski Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s Trust 2007.”
Esteé Lauder will head up the largest ever team of make-up artists at one event, to transform the models for each designer segment.
Swarovski Fashion Rocks for The Prince’s Trust will be televised on Channel 4 in the UK and also worldwide from late October. Iconic fashion, music legends and the world’s top models - Swarovski Fashion Rocks for The Prince’s Trust is set to be the hot ticket of 2007, tickets available.
Please go to www.swarovskifashionrocks.com for updates
For information on Swarovski:
Izzy.Ash@swarovski.com +44 207016 6787 or Jaye@tcs-uk.net +44 207938 1010
Notes to editors:
• Youth charity The Prince's Trust helps change young lives. It gives practical and financial support, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. It works with 14- to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. The Prince of Wales’s charity has helped more than 550,000 young people since 1976 and supports 100 more each day. Three in four young people The Trust helped last year moved into work, education or training. Further information about The Prince’s Trust is available at www.princes-trust.org.uk or on 0800 842 842.
• Over a hundred years ago, in 1895, Daniel Swarovski I, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his newly-invented machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewellery stones. From these beginnings, which revolutionised the fashion world, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal, for fashion, jewellery and more recently lighting, architecture and interiors. Today, the company, still based in Wattens, family-owned and run by 4th and 5th generation family members, has a global reach, with some 20,000 employees, a presence in over 120 countries and a turnover in 2006 of 2.33 billion Euros. Comprising two major divisions, one producing and selling loose crystals, the other creating design-driven finished products. www.swarovskisparkles.com www.swarovskisparkles.tv
• To book tickets please go to: www.fashionrocks.co.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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