Heart Evangelista (MNS photo)
Heart Evangelista is really taking art and fashion to the next level.
It was in August when the actress and wife of Sen. Chiz Escudero started painting on her Hermes bags and totally aced it.
This time, she is on to a new “fashion x art” endeavor where she is collaborating with her close friend, designer Mark Bumgarner in “Mark Bumgarner X Love Marie.”
The collaboration will showcase embellished and hand-painted dresses and shoes that Evangelista and Bumgarner have been working on for months now.
In a recent presscon, the two let the members of the press have a glimpse of the unfinished dresses that will be auctioned off in a fashion show at Dusit Thani Manila on January 18, which will be for the benefit of Thalassemia Association of the Philippines and Corridor of Hope.
Heart has been helping patients suffering from thalassemia, a hereditary blood disorder, through her annual gift-giving project “I Heart Thalassemia Kids.”
Meanwhile, Heart was able to teach art for the first time to cancer survivors, cancer patients and some members of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City through the cancer support group, Corridor of Hope. The art workshop was called “Heart of a Hero.”
The actress has finally found a way to merge her passion for art and fashion with her advocacy to help the sick. Indeed, her name suits her for having a big heart for those in need. (MNS)