Fashion Designers Runway Expo
April 28, 2011, 7:00 pm
Newport Beachside Resort
16701 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, Fl 33160

Actress turned activist Somy Ali, who in 2007 founded her socially conscious clothing line So-Me Designs that incorporates human rights issues into fashion, is set to take the stage at this year’s Fashion Designers Expo Runway Show benefitting the Alonzo Mourning Overtown Youth Center. Attempting to raise awareness and spread positive messages through her stylish and urban designs, Somy has transformed the superficial medium of fashion into a vehicle for activism. Special guests include Real Housewives of Miami Adriana de Moura, Basketball Wives reality star Royce Reed and Miami Dolphin’s Nolan Carroll, just to name a few.

So-Me Designs is a socially conscious clothing line attempting to raise awareness and spread positive messages through stylish and urban designs. Founded in 2006 by former Bollywood actress and model Somy Ali, the clothing line incorporates human right issues into fashion. Designed for women, men and children, So-Me Designs spreads positive messages about race equality, gender equality, gay and lesbian rights and the environment, to name a few. More than 80 percent of its proceeds benefit No More Tears, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping immigrant women and families escape domestic abuse.