Life Ball 2012: The Fashion Show

Hosted by VOGUE Italia, the fashion show of the 20th Life Ball was a retrospective of Life Ball's legendary designers.

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Above, Germany's Next Topmodel and stunt woman, Miriam Höller, on the Red Ribbon with burning Victoria's Secret wings.

Hi, one integral part of the Life Ball is the glamorous fashion show of usually one or more international top designers at the end of the official opening ceremony.

As a special for the 20th Life Ball, the anniversary brought back not one but more than a dozen (!) of Life Ball's former designers, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Agent Provocateur, Pacco Rabanne, Vivienne Westwood, Gianfranco Ferré and more.

The giant mix of top designers, top models, singers and celebrities who also participated in the show, was like a fashion week of top designers, compressed into one electrifying show, that lasted about thirty minutes.

And here we also come to the little drawback of the retrospective. Maybe the dense fashion program was a little too much and because it was so fast on TV, I had to watch it twice and pause every few seconds to appreciate and identify every single look ;)

Here are my favorites of the fashion show. What is your favorite designer and look?

Gianfranco Ferré

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Topmodels Karolina Kurkova and Eva Riccobono opened the Life Ball fashion show for Italian label Gianfranco Ferré.

Photo credit: Life Ball © Laurent Ziegler

Photo credit: Life Ball © Laurent Ziegler

Electric Sky

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Yasmine Petty

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Photo credit: Life Ball © Max Moser

Diane von Fürstenberg

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Topmodel, Alek Wek in a sequined blue gown by Diane von Fürstenberg.

Jean Paul Gaultier

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Vivienne Westwood

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Pacco Rabanne

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Philip Treacy

Amazing headwear by Philip Treacy.

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Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

John Galliano

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Amanda Lepore

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American model and transsexual icon, Amanda Lepore.

Drag Attack

Photo credit: Life Ball © Laurent Ziegler

Drag queens, Miss Candy, Conchita Wurst, and Tamara Mascara, here at a side event of the Life Ball, also participated in the fashion show.

Agent Provocateur

Photo credit: Life Ball © Laurent Ziegler

Topmodel, Lydia Hearst in lingerie by Agent Provocateur.

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Bernhard Fritsch

Photo credit: Life Ball © Robert Tober

Moschino

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Roberto Cavalli

Photo credit: Life Ball © Conny De Beauclair

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British actress and granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, Kiera Chaplin.

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Victoria's Secret Model, Karolina Kurkova.

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Supermodel, Naomi Campbell.

All photos courtesy of Life Ball | AIDS Life.

In 2011 the earnings of the Life Ball totaled over 2 million EUR and in the last 19 years the Life Ball thereby supported over 35 national and 59 international AIDS projects in 35 countries. Kudos to Gery Keszler, his team, and the politicians who have made this possible!

Life Ball 2012
The Opening Ceremony
The Magenta Carpet

Life Ball 2011
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