ELEPHANTASIA
2012-2016

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1 Elephant Dies Every 15 Minutes. That adds up to an average of 96 each day, 35,000 elephants a year. 

Elephantasia, a unique pachyderm-inspired collection by 12 international designers, aims to bring conservation into couture. This traveling exhibition will raise awareness and funds for the African elephants killed for their ivory and their babies suddenly orphaned as a result.

As featured by the The New York Times, The Huffington Post and UK Vogue, Elephantasia 2016 premiered at Vancouver Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016.

Elephantasia is one branch of a movement “fashion for conservation,” highlighting conservation through the arts. Elephantasia’s producer, Ava J. Holmes of A-DOT Productions, invites you to partake in this high-profile, international effort to infuse the fashion industry with sustainability, charity and creativity. “Just as fashion increases the demand for ivory it can also be used to slow the slaughter of these beautiful creatures,” states Holmes. 

Elephantasia will return to the runway at  Eco Fashion Week, November 2016. 

PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS

Annafora |  Amit Ayalon | Alex S. Yu, Studio | Brigid Ko | Danny Reinke, Dawson & Deveraux | Devonation | Eria Lamarque | FESVEDY | Jacqui Bennet | Katherine Soucie | KYOKO KONDO | Marita Wrong |  Milia Hermanvski | Tatiana Shebalnick

PUBLICATIONS

1. Vogue UK – “Elephanatics” 
2. The New York Times – “ How the Elephant Became the Newest Celebrity Cause “
3. HelloVancity.com – “VFW: Highlights and Trends for Fall/Winter 2016/17”
4. The Georgia Straight online – “Elephantasia Turns Spotlight to Endangered Elephants at VFW”
5. ZaychishkahStyle.com – “Elephantasia ‘Fighting With Fashion’ at VFW 2016”
6. HuffingtonPost.com – “VFW: All the Highlights From the Fall/Winter 2016 Season”
7. VanFashionWeek.com – “Elephanatics”
8. Suley Era Magazine – “Elephantasia Invites Us to Stop the Slaughter and Fight With Fashion”
9. Vancouver Fashion Week’s Pinterest – “F/W 16: Elephanatics”
10. ADotProductions.com – “96 Elephants Die Each Day”
11. LatestCanada.com - “Elephantasia Turns Spotlight to Endangered Elephants at VFW”
12. Selfietagram.com – “Elephantasia 2016”