On Monday the 17th of April, 1989, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Malvern Opportunity Shop held a fashion parade at the Malvern Valley Golf and Reception Centre. The fundraising event, which included a light luncheon and auction, was attended by around 70 people and raised $1,400 for the AFV. In this photo, Kay Doherty from the MS Society, acts as compere of the fashion parade as a section of the seated audience looks on. A different photo from the event appears in the July 1988 - June 1989 Annual Report.B&W photo of the interior of large reception room. A woman is speaking into a microphone on a stand while the audience, seated on one side of the catwalk, looks on. Behind them are several large windows along the walls, covered in long sheer curtains to the floor.[On a green sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Kay Doherty, from ms society, compere of AFV op shop Fashion Parade, April 1989arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, op shop, opportunity shop, malvern, fashion parade, luncheon, auction, fundraising, malvern valley golf and reception centre, kay doherty, ms society, compere, arthritis update, annual report, 1989

On Monday the 17th of April, 1989, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Malvern Opportunity Shop held a fashion parade at the Malvern Valley Golf and Reception Centre. The fundraising event, which included a light luncheon and auction, was attended by around 70 people and raised $1,400 for the AFV. In this photo, Kay Doherty from the MS Society, acts as compere while AFV op shop volunteer, Enid Hobbs, models an outfit along the catwalk. The large audience, seated in rows curving around the end of the catwalk, looks on. A different photo from the event appears in the July 1988 - June 1989 Annual Report.B&W photo of the interior of large reception room. A woman is speaking into a microphone on a stand while another woman models an outfit. She is surrounded by a large audience, who are seated in rows which curve around, extending beyond the end of the catwalk. Behind the woman at the microphone are two other women: one is seated behind a small table and the other is standing next to her. At the far end of the room, behind the audience, there is a clothing rack holding several coats on coathangers. There are three large potted plants in the room: one is situated in front of a brick fireplace and the other two are potted palms alongside another wall, near the clothing rack. The room consists of feature brick walls and there are no windows visible within the frame.[On a green sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Enid Hobbs, volunteer AFV op shop modelling op shop fashion parade April 1989arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, op shop, opportunity shop, malvern, fashion parade, luncheon, auction, fundraising, malvern valley golf and reception centre, kay doherty, ms society, compere, enid hobbs, model, arthritis update, annual report, 1989

On Monday the 17th of April, 1989, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Malvern Opportunity Shop held a fashion parade at the Malvern Valley Golf and Reception Centre. The fundraising event, which included a light luncheon and auction, was attended by around 70 people. In this photo, Kay Doherty from the MS Society, acts as compere while AFV op shop volunteer, Enid Hobbs, models an outfit along the catwalk as the seated audience looks on. The event is briefly mentioned on page 3 of the Vol 2 No 2, June 1989 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update. The article, which is accompanied by a photo, reports that around $1000 was raised for the AFV on the day. The photo accompanying the article is of AFV staff member, Sue Eagle, wearing a 1950s display wedding gown. The article states that Sue is pictured with Ian Howell from John Travers Studios. The event is also covered in the July 1988 - June 1989 Annual Report. This article is also accompanied by a photo - this time, of Helen Abicair (from Helen Abicair's Model Agency) with Ian Howell. However, in this article, he is stated as being from John Townsend Photographic Studios. The annual report article states that the event raised a total of $1,400 for the AFV.B&W photo of the interior of large reception room. A woman is speaking into a microphone on a stand while another woman models an outfit on a catwalk. The audience, seated on either side of the catwalk, looks on. Behind them are several large windows along two walls and part of another wall. The windows are covered in long sheer curtains to the floor.[On a green sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Enid Hobbs, volunteer AFV op shop modelling op shop fashion parade 17th April 1989arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, op shop, opportunity shop, malvern, fashion parade, luncheon, auction, fundraising, malvern valley golf and reception centre, kay doherty, ms society, compere, enid hobbs, model, catwalk, arthritis update, annual report, 1989