On Tues., Oct. 13, on the basketball courts of P.S. 110, the Florence Nightingale School, on Delancey St., students came out in force and with enthusiasm to shoot a video plea directed to the French fashion label Givenchy.
They were asking for a donation to the P.S. 110 P.T.A. Family Giving Fund. The fashion label last month paid big bucks to rent the parking lot next door to the school for their New York Fashion Week after-party. Givenchy emptied out the lot and closed off the sidewalk leading to the school for its celebrity-studded soiree.
Walking to Deee-Lite’s song “The Power of Love” — the after-party’s theme — 110 kids walked the runway, which included pallets donated from Key Food, which were very similar to the wooden staircases constructed for the actual fashion show.
The students wore deconstructed and embellished P.S. 110 T-shirts, styled by the wardrobe department of “Law & Order: SVU,” as they each held up poster boards detailing the reasoning for their “ask.”
The video was shot by P.S. 110 parent and director Chris Roberson. The final cut is being sent directly to designer Riccardo Tisci and others at the House of Givenchy.
“I don’t know how they are going to say no to these bright, talented and deserving kids after they see this video!” said Kathleen Keene, P.S. 110 P.T.A. president.
