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00:09The who's who of fashion, arts, and culture have converged on Doha, and it's all for a good cause.
00:14The Franca Fun Gala is being held at the Museum of Islamic Art,
00:19bringing together celebrities in honor of the late Vogue Italia editor, Franca Sozani.
00:23People all over the world involved with fashion, the arts, culture, the sense of oneness.
00:35Qatar, Doha is really showing the world how to use the arts to bring people together.
00:42Among those paying tribute, supermodel Giselle Bündchen, who worked closely with Sozani for years.
00:49She was a very soft-spoken lady, but very strong in her italian.
00:53Very Italian, and very loving, you know, a very nice person who was very great at what she did.
01:01She was someone who supported me when I was young,
01:03and she knew how much I loved to be in front of the camera when I was young
01:07and in front of the great photographers, and she made that happen for me.
01:12She put me on the cover of Italian Vogue twice.
01:15The gala was co-hosted by Vogue's Anna Wintour, who shared a decades-long friendship with Sozani.
01:21She was an extraordinary, fearless, courageous woman who took endless risks and really stood
01:29up for everything that she believed in, whether it was climate change or women's rights.
01:34After Sozani's passing in 2016 from a rare lung cancer, her son created the Franca Fund for
01:40Preventive Genomics, partnering with Harvard geneticist Dr. Robert Green to push DNA-based
01:46medical research forward. The Doha Gala raised more than $4 million.
01:52We now have some sense of what is going to put you at risk for cancer, heart disease,
01:59some types of autism, a whole range of things. If you have these DNA changes, it's not necessarily
02:05that you're going to get the condition, but you have a clue that you're at risk for it.
02:09And if you're at risk for it, you can do something to protect yourself.
02:15It's something that a lot of scientists know a lot about, but not people. And we want to bring
02:20it to people. And that's why fashion and arts in general try and empower people to know more about
02:27this.
02:27For many here, Sozani was a trailblazer, a champion of diversity, creativity, and emerging talent.
02:36Creating opportunities for models of color that would have never graced a cover. And it
02:44had such a huge hand in Vogue blast. Often, I feel like we establish style, but don't get the credit for it.
02:54I found her to be so warm and so welcoming, while also being a visionary and edgy and cool, but mama.
03:02And, you know, so she's just had like this dichotomy of this beautiful mix. And she is very missed,
03:07but will never be gone.
03:10This year's gala arrives in Doha through a partnership with M7, reflecting Qatar's growing
03:15role as a hub for creativity, design, and philanthropy.
03:19It's really important for us, working in the industry, to understand the power of what we're
03:26doing. And the idea of, we can tell our own stories and have representation in the global scene.
03:35From personal stories to cultural identity, Threads of Impact showcases over 80 designers
03:41redefining what Arab fashion looks like. Supported by Fashion Trust Arabia, this exhibition
03:48is a celebration of culture, storytelling, and style from across the MENA region.
03:57So, this exhibition is a retrospect of seven years of Fashion Trust Arabia since it launched.
04:04And we wanted to present all the winners and the finalists from the past seven years.
04:10A lot of the designers are from the region, but we do have some guest countries.
04:17The exhibition revolves around seven main themes. So, those are the threads that join,
04:23that bring together some of the designers.
04:25For the first time, M7 is showcasing the work of 100 regional designers under one roof.
04:31What was important for us in this exhibition is to present it at a very high standard. So,
04:38we treated this exhibition like we do any other world-class exhibition. And we wanted people to
04:44come and see the talents that we have in the region.
04:48A milestone, Al-Sulaitis says, is essential for elevating emerging talent and presenting it
04:54at a world-class standard.
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