I was going to an event called “Fashion Fights Poverty” (co-sponsored by the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area), the reaction was a mixture of amusement and interest on the one hand, and distaste and ridicule on the other when I told my co-workers. Those of us who work in development are likely to respond the way that is same we come across a-listers posing with bad African kids.
How does the trendiness that is growing of result in the development community squirm?
The function to advertise socially-conscious developers happened at an upscale clothing shop in an up-and-coming section of DC. The space had been crowded with costly clothes and photographers. Music played because gorgeous individuals sipped cosmos and passed away copies for the Millennium developing Goals Report (pdf).