The Vetra Theatre in Milan provided a splendid setting for the presentation of The Unique Vespa 946, a joint creation of the Piaggio Group and Vogue Italia, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year.
Vogue Italia and Vespa joined forces -- for a major charity -- to produce The Unique Vespa 946, the only Vespa 946 scooter ever made in red and to feature a customised saddle and handgrips. The Vespa 946 is the most luxurious and glamorous model in the history of the Vespa scooter, a unique object whose steel and aluminium frame condenses the values of style and technology that have made the Vespa an icon of Italian design around the world.
The object of desire was unveiled by Piaggio Group Chairman and CEO Roberto Colaninno together with the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani, in front of a select public of high-profile guests at a silent auction organised last night by Vogue Italia and the Piaggio Group. The proceeds will go to the Vespa for Children project and, on behalf of Vogue Italia, to the IEO Foundation, a no-profit organisation that funds cancer research.
Set up by the Piaggio Group in 2013, Vespa for Children is a humanitarian initiative that organises charitable social projects providing welfare and medical aid for children in the emerging countries. Vespa for Children's first project was in Vietnam. In 2013, the National Hospital for Paediatrics in Hanoi and the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome launched a new cooperation project thanks to the support provided by the Piaggio Group.
