Toronto: Keychains sold to raise money for brain cancer research
Izzy Camilleri, who had designed Downie’s look on the Tragically Hip's "Man Machine Poem" tour, created 1,000 key chains to give them the singer’s iconic look.
Each of these key chains, which were shaped like guitars and were stamped with courageforgord, had been selling as souvenirs for $25 on the CourageForGord.org website.
The profits from these sales would go to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.
Each of the seven outfits made by Camilleri were named after people who helped Downie prepare for the tour.
The gold suit was called "Paul" for Hip bandmate Paul Langlois, the silver suit was named "Patrick" after Downie's brother and the turquoise suit, "Edgar," was dedicated to his father, who died last year.
The acid green suit called "Jenn" was for Downie's assistant, while two musical icons were also acknowledged by calling purple suit "Prince" and the mirror ball suit "Bowie."
Camilleri's designed hot pink suit to name after herself.
Two custom leather jackets were also up for auction Saturday on the website. One metallic silver for men's large size and the other metallic pink is sized medium for females.
Camilleri hoped to raise $25,000 from both the keychains and jackets to donate to Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.
(Reported by Asha Bajaj, Image of Gord Downie: Wikimedia Commons)
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