Steiff Bear Auction at The V & A

I often do some volunteering for a great charity called Living Paintings. They create tactile books for blind and visually impaired people. Tradionionally LP have concentrated on popular/ classic children's books and visually informative packs for adults, based on art history and other such things. Now the charity is putting together their first collection for teenagers. The "Fash Pack", as it has now become known, looks at fashion from the 50's to the present date. The main aim of this pack is to help blind teenagers engage with fashion and possibly make it something more accessible. To help fund this, Living Paintings last week held a charity auction of stunning, limited edition teddy bears, donated by Steiff, and dressed by such luminaries as Vivienne Westwood, Peter Blake and Joan Collins. I personally fell in love with the Peter Blake bear (as a lot of us did!) It was a really fantastic evening, held in the beautiful Raphael rooms. Now, the fashion pack is truly on it's way! Please click on the link to find out more about the charity's wonderful work: http://www.livingpaintings.org/home.php

Peter Blake bear