Aug.26.2009

We are happy to report a successful conclusion to the charity auction, for the dolls from the Blythe 7th anniversary event 'Blythe A Wonder World'!

This year we raised 7,375,105yen from the charity auction, which was held from 17th June to 1st July 2009 with the help of the fashion auctionsite, Crown Jewel.
100% of the proceeds were donated to non-profit organization, Japan Transplant Support Association, which is has a range of programs for organ Transplant and sponsors organ recipients and the irfamilies.
We'd like to express our appreciation for the generous donation of the artists and the designers for their priceless time and creativity.
We would also like to thank the fans who participated in the auction.

We also held two auctions during the opening party and the period of the exhibition at Omotesando Hills. One live auction, featuring Doronjo X Blythe, Princess Milk Biscuit, and Bloomy Bloomsbury and one blind auction featuring the dolls styled by four Japanese celebrities, Hisako Manda, Peter, Megumi Yokoyama and Chiaki.
There were eleven dolls with the bids totaling 458,000 yen.
CWC donated 100% of it to Chiangrai Home, the orphanage in Thailand and“Because I am a girl" program, which is one of the projects Plan Japan operates to support the girls in 49 developing countries, living under the threat of violence, HIV and starvation because they were born as girls.We’d like to express our appreciation to the fans participated in the two auctions as well.

The next Blythe exhibition, 'Fashion Obsession at Venus Fort' will be held at Venus Fort, Odaiba!

This year's dolls, displayed at the anniversary event, "Fashion Obsession," will be auctioned in spring 2010 after the exhibition travels to other cities in Japan and around the world for a year.
Please come to see the actual dolls before you bid on them! You will get a much better feel for them than small photos on the internet.

Venus Fort 2F Olive Square, in front of the Central Staircase, at theSpecial Venue Dates
Open: August 29th (Sun) - September 28th (Mon) *September 24th (Thu) will be closed
Hours: 11:00a.m. - 09:00p.m.
Address: Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo Pallet Town
TEL: 03-3599-0700
URL: http://55vf.jp/