Join the FIDM Museum in #4for400, our social media fundraising campaign to acquire the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. This remarkable collection of 1,400 rare objects represents 400 years of fashion history. The Helen Larson Collection would serve as a one-of-a-kind cultural treasure for our communities – an inspirational and educational tool for generations to come.
Help Save 400 Years of Fashion:
- Donate $4, $40, $400, $4,000 (or any amount!) by texting MUSEUM to 243725
- Share the message on Twitter
- Attend our free #4for400 Launch Party on Tuesday, August 4 from 3 – 7 p.m. to celebrate with food, music, raffles, and tours
- Follow the FIDM Museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates
- Share, Like, Re-Gram, and Re-Tweet #4for400 posts from the FIDM Museum
- Create original #4for400 posts on your social media platforms
- Ask your favorite celebrities and fashion industry personalities to support #4for400
Collection Highlights:
- A man's red velvet doublet is the earliest piece, dating to 1610
- Garments worn by European royalty (including Queens Victoria, Alexandra, and Mary)
- Twenty-two haute couture designers represented, including Paquin, Doucet, Chanel, Callot Soeurs, Worth, Fortuny, Lucile, Félix, Beer, and Lanvin
- Collection assembled by one woman, Helen Larson, in Southern California over a fifty-year period
- The only collection of this caliber in the world – and impossible to duplicate today!
I think it would be a great idea to have a donation tracker for this fundraiser, so people have an idea of how much has been donated and what contributions need to be made!
When you text to donate, you’ll see the current total! A live scoreboard will be available by our official August 4th launch date. Watch the FIDM Museum Facebook and Twitter feeds for updates. Contributions of any size are very welcome!
Looks awesome…but either the earliest piece cant be the doublet from 1610, or you don’t have clothing from Queen Mary. She died in 1558…so if something in the collection was worn by her, it would have preceded the doublet.
What is the campaign’s $$ goal?
I don’t have texting capability…how can I donate?
Thanks for your support Sheila! You can donate online or by check here: http://fidmmuseum.org/support/donate-online/
Our goal is $2.5 million, and we’ve already raised more than 20 percent of that! Follow our progress here: http://t2g.bidpal.net/Scoreboard/slideshow
I love the social media campaign!
Sorry about that, Hope! Try this link:http://t2g.bidpal.net/Scoreboard/slideshow
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Social Media Manager
FIDM Museum Galleries
919 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213.623.5821 x7708
http://www.fidmmuseum.org
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That is great initiative keep it up.