The ARCHIE Foundation

RGU Winter Wonderland fashion show raises £10,000 for ARCHIE

Fashion Management students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) presented a cheque for £10,000 to the ARCHIE Foundation this week after totalling up the final figures from their successful “Wonderland” fashion show which took place in May this year.

The fashion show, organised by BA (Hons) Fashion Management students from RGU to raise money for ARCHIE, has become a significant occasion in the city’s fashion and charity event schedule and is rolling into its fifth year.

The Wonderland fashion show took audiences through an adventure, featuring six magical fashion themes including Tea Party, Circus and Queen of Hearts with a live performance from Scottish band Kate and the Redundants.  

Natasha Pelling, Event Manager said: “The children that ARCHIE support inspired the “Wonderland” theme and we are thrilled that our audience got to release their inner children and join the University in such a magical evening, raising so much money for a truly wonderful cause.”

The ARCHIE Foundation is the official charity of the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, the Children's Wards in Inverness and Elgin and Community based Child Health throughout Grampian, Highland, Orkney and Shetland. Donations given to the charity go directly towards ‘Making the difference’ for 100,000 local sick children and their families everyday.

Gail Gordon, Community Fundraiser added “On behalf of the ARCHIE Foundation, we’re absolutely delighted with this total amount raised from the Wonderland fashion show and that ARCHIE was the benefiting charity. We’re incredibly grateful to all of the students involved and for raising such an amazing amount. I thought the event was fantastically organised and thoroughly enjoyed watching the show. The money raised will help make such a difference to sick children and their families when they really need it most.” 

 Pictured above: Gail Gordon from ARCHIE and the RGU students who organised the fashion show