Toy2R came together to collaborate alongside Colette (best known forre-inventing retail and adopting the tagline "styledesignartfood") & Christie's (the worlds leading art auction business), to sponsor a16-inch D.I.Y Qee exhibition and charity auction that featured 120 ofthe world's best people in art design fashion and Flim including:
Stark, the director movie Luc Besson, Victoire de Castellane famousfashion designer as she makes all the jewelry for Dior Jean Charles deCastelbajac, Rick Owens, Alber Elbaz who is the fashion designer ofLanvin, Luc Besson, Nada One, Sonia Rykiel and Philippe Starck.
With each custom Qee starting at 300 Euros, some pieces have been sold 14 000£á
Founded in 1992 as a non-profit organization Paris Tout P' tits [http://www.paris-toutptits.com/v02/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1] provides material help to needy families with infants, while correspondingto their basic daily needs in terms of sustenance and hygiene. Theexhibition for their cause (Located at Colette's, 213 rue Saint-Honore,75001 Paris, France) was held from June 9th - 14th, 2008 and was free tothe public and supporters.
On June 17th and 18th, Christie's held a one-of-a-kind Qee auction thatmade 364,000 £á ($578, 000 USD) for the French children's charity. all of the artists involved!:
Aldebert, André, Caroline Attia, Marguerite Bartherotte, Lorenz Baümer, Ben, Carole Benzakem, Pascal Bernier, Luc Besson, Adeline Blondiau, Jaya Bludeau, François Boisrond, Jacques Bosser, James Brown, Bunka, Christophe Brunnquell, Laure Callens, Jorge Camacho, Rebecca Capeau, Antoine Camus, Cassandre M., Victoire de Castellane, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Eki Chow et Léna Schiltmans, Lucien Clergue, Philippe Cognée, Vicky Colombet, Comoseta, Jean Cortot, Cecilia Cubarle, Paul Davis, Nathalie Decoster, Alber Elbaz, Jaek El Diablo, Jean Faucheur, Jeff Fisher, Sylvie Fleury, G., Stéphane Goddard, Isabelle Gros, Mozart Guerra, Laurent Gugli, Troy Henriksen, Catherine Henriette, Camille Henrot, Nick Higgins, Philippe Hiquily, Paul Holland, Arnault Joubin, Yann Kempen, Stéphane Kiehl, Kika, Peter Klasen, Michel Klein, George Koskas, Titouan Lamazou, Sophie Leblanc, Frédéric Léglise, Yoann Lemoine, Charles Léonard, Momo Maréchal, Federica Matta, Pierre Mathieu, Philippe Mayaux, Nada One, Ora Ito, Rick Owens, Philippe Pasqua, Catherine Pioli, Mina Poe, Patrice-Flora Praxo, Andrée Putman, RCF1, Claudia Ravnbo, Hervé di Rosa, Julianne Rose et Betty Rose, Sonia Rykiel, Benjamin Sabatier, Sich, Alexandra Soubies, Ara Starck, Philippe Starck, Anne Steinlein, Hervé Van Der Straeten, Sunset, Jeanne Susplugas, William Sweetlove, Tanc, Teurk, Janine Van Thungen, Joana Vasconcelos, Xavier Veihan, MariaManuela Vintilescu, Kathy Wolff, Esther Wuhrlin, Yom, Kimiko Yoshida et Zao Wou Ki.
Toy2R would like to give a shout out and huge thank you to Colette,Christie's, artoyz and all of the artists involved. Due to such anoutstanding event we will be rereleasing commemorative Qees in both the2.5 inch regular Qee and 1.5 inch zipper-pull (branding to be includedon front and back), part of the proceeds went to the Paris Tout P' tite Association.
Toy2r is releasing commemorative Qees, featuring the Paris Tout P’tits branding (on front of Qee and back of zipper-pull).
