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Designers Against Aids, the Glossary

Designers Against Aids (abbreviated DAA) is an international project launched in Belgium in 2004, developed by the non-profit organization Beauty Without Irony, which spreads HIV/AIDS global awareness by using pop culture, celebrities, fashion, and sports to target younger generations, mainly from Western countries.^[1]

31 relations: Antwerp, Canal+ (French TV channel), Chicks on Speed, Cosmopolitan (magazine), Dita Von Teese, El País, Estelle (musician), H&M, HIV/AIDS, International Herald Tribune, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kate Ryan, Katharine Hamnett, Knack (magazine), Le Monde, Moby, MTV, N.E.R.D., New York Post, Percy Irausquin, Popular culture, Rihanna, T-shirt, Timbaland, Tokio Hotel, United Nations Population Fund, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vive la Fête, Vogue (magazine), Western world, Yoko Ono.
Educational organisations based in Belgium
Fashion organizations
HIV/AIDS organizations

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Canal+ (French TV channel)

Canal+ (meaning "Channel Plus"), also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by the Groupe Canal+.

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Chicks on Speed

Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997 at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.

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Cosmopolitan (magazine)

Cosmopolitan (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine.

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Dita Von Teese

Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businesswoman.

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El País

() is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.

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Estelle (musician)

Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980) is a British singer-songwriter, rapper and actress.

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H&M

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a multinational clothing company based in Sweden that focuses on fast-fashion clothing.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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International Herald Tribune

The International Herald Tribune (IHT) was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers.

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.

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Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck, 22 July 1980) is a Belgian singer and songwriter, and the winner of a World Music Award.

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Katharine Hamnett

Katharine Eleanor Hamnett (née Appleton; born 16 August 1947) is an English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts.

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Knack (magazine)

Knack is a Belgian Dutch-language weekly news magazine covering local news, politics, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Moby

Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, DJ and animal rights activist.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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N.E.R.D.

N.E.R.D. (a backronym of No-one Ever Really Dies) is an American rock and hip hop band, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1999.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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Percy Irausquin

Joseph Gregory Percy Irausquin (26 June 1969 – 14 August 2008) was an Aruban-born Dutch fashion designer and couturier based in Amsterdam.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer and businesswoman.

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T-shirt

A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt, or tee for short) is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves.

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Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, and singer.

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Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel is a German music band formed in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing, and drummer Gustav Schäfer.

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United Nations Population Fund

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

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Vive la Fête

Vive la Fête (Long live the party) are a Belgian music duo from Ghent, East Flanders, formed in 1997 by Danny Mommens (guitar, vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals).

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Vogue (magazine)

Vogue U.S., also known as American Vogue, or simply Vogue, (stylized in all caps) is a monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers style news, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway.

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Western world

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.

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Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono (Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designers_Against_Aids

Also known as Fashion Against AIDS.