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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Berlin, Germany 2007-02-28 12:17:17 The news around town is that there will be a new Mercedes
-Benz Fashion
Week hosted in Berlin
for the Spring/Summer 2008 Collections. As usual, the event is produced by IMG Fashion. This will be Germany
’s first official Fashion Week event! As such, Berlin Fashion Week will serve as a “platform for international designers and fashion brands in one of Europe’s fashion capitals.”
Berlin is otherwise known for its being an ecclectic artist’s haven. I recently travelled to Berlin and was amazed by the diversity and importance of artistic representation in the city. Not only does the city have incredible history, but it also uses its art as a means of expression and definition beyond that history. Or rather, the historical background and the art go hand-in-hand. I, for one, think hosting a Fashion Week in Berlin is long overdue. Fashion is as much an art form as any other, and I think that it’s good to move beyond the traditional boundaries that enc
The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection: Kimberly Guilfoyle 2007-02-26 19:22:22 This is a little tidbit that I’m putting out there, seeing as I’m from San Francisco. Apparently Kimberly
Guilfoyle — currently a Fox News anchor and formerly the wife of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — walked the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York earlier this month. She was wearing a dress for The HeartTruth
Red Dress Collection. The show was part of a program at the National Institutes of Health to promote awareness of heart disease in women. According to SFist.com, this is an issue close to Ms. Guilfoyle because it took the lives of both of her grandmothers.
Source: SFist.com.
National Wear Red Day 2007-02-02 09:34:56 Today is National
Wear Red Day — a day meant to promote awareness of women’s heart disease. “The Heart Truth” is a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
At 11 a.m. there will be a runway show (at “the Tent” in Bryant Park) at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for The Heart’s Truth Red Dress Collection featuring a host of “celebrated women” wearing dresses by several different top fashion designers.
Here is some more information from a press release put out by the National Institutes of Health:
“The 2007 program will bring together “celebrated women” from the performing arts, literature, fashion, business, food, media/journalism, and sports on one runway to support the issue and prompt women to take action to protect their heart health. They will be wearing Red Dresses created by the following top designers: Betse
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York - Fall 2007 Collections 2007-01-05 08:39:29 Here is the schedule for the upcoming Mercedes
-Benz Fashion
Week (February 2, 2007 - February 9, 2007) in New York
:
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2nd, 2007
10.00 AM JOHN BARTLETT The Salon
11.00 AM THE HEART TRUTH - RED DRESS COLLECTION The Tent
1.00 PM PERRY ELLIS The Promenade
2.00 PM DUCKIE BROWN Showroom
3.00 PM BCBG MAX AZRIA The Tent
4.00 PM YEOHLEE W Hotel 594 Lexington Ave.
5.00 PM MARC BOUWER The Salon
6.00 PM AKIKO OGAWA Showroom
7.00 PM NICOLE MILLER The Promenade
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3rd, 2007
10.00 AM CHRIS HAN The Salon
11.00 AM LACOSTE The Tent
NOON MATICEVSKI Showroom
1.00 PM ALICE ROI The Salon
2.00 PM ATIL KUTOGLU The Promenade
3.00 PM ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH The Tent
4.00 PM BUCKLER Showroom
5.00 PM GUSTAVO ARRANGO Altman Building 135 W 18th St
6.00 PM ABAETE The Salon
7.00 PM SASS & BIDE The Promenade
8.00 PM CABBEEN Showroom
9.00 PM VENEXIANA The Salon
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4th, 2007
10.00 AM LELA ROSE The Salon
11.00 AM TADASHI The Promenade
NOON DKNY 711 Greenwich Street
1.00 PM T
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2007-01-02 17:22:24 The following is some press information put out for the upcoming Mercedes
-Benz Fashion
Week in New York:
“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week epitomizes style, design and craftsmanship–the pillars of both high fashion and automobile leadership - and Mercedes-Benz is thrilled to return as title sponsor of this premiere event in New York. In addition, Mercedes-Benz committed to the title sponsorship in Miami and extended their title sponsorship in Los Angeles, creating a “”trifecta” of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks.
“Mercedes-Benz has created a dedicated website, www.mbusa.com/lifestyle, featuring exclusive Mercedes-Benz Fashion week content that will be continuously updated throughout the year with engaging multi-media features such as video highlights of runway shows and exclusive interviews with top designers. The site also features the Mercedes-Benz Lifestyle Sweepstakes, offering a chance to win a trip to the Spring 2008 Collections in New York, among other
Calling for a Healthier Body Image in the Fashion Industry 2006-12-20 11:21:16 There’s been much talk in the news lately about concerns over models being severely underweight and the measures being taken to create a healthier image for the fashion industry. In September, the organizers of Madrid’s Fashion
Week instituted a ban on models with a BMI of less than 18. Now Italy has followed suit, banning models under the age of 16 and calling for a more “full-bodied” presence on the runways and catwalks.
Without meaning to beat an already dead horse, these initiatives are definitely a positive sign of a new awareness on the part of the fashion industry. Seeing as Milan is the fashion capital of the world, the message calling for a more positive and healthier image of models and the fashion industry in general will hopefully set the gears going. In other words, such a stance being taken by Milan could affect fashion industry centers such as Paris and New York.
People like Vogue editor Anna Wintour (amazingly) and Diane von Furstenberg are Read more:Calling
, Image
Los Angeles Fashion Week: Kevan Hall Closes LA Fashion Week 2006-10-21 15:33:59 From the AP:
The main tent at Smashbox Studios was transformed into a starry midnight sky for the final show of Los AngelesFashion
Week, as designer Kevan Hall unveiled his ethereal collection of spring dresses.
Floaty and feminine creations defined the line, which included silver sequined pants, sparkly tops with kimono sleeves and flowing, floor-length gowns sure to be seen on Hollywood’s red carpets.
The former Halston designer already counts Renee Zellweger, Debra Messing and Felicity Huffman among his formalwear fans. Actresses Virginia Madsen and Kerry Washington are apparently fans, too: They had front-row seats for the Thursday night show.
Grammy-winning singer Jody Watley was the first to walk the runway. Wearing a creamy satin top and floor-skimming black skirt, she sang a refrain of her song “Aquarius” to open the show.
Then came a smattering of short shorts, which Hall paired with beaded blouses or cropped jackets. There were also slim-fitting slacks, inc Read more:Fashion Week
, Los Angeles
, Los Angeles Fashion
L’Oréal Fashion Week: October 16-21, 2006 2006-10-12 09:44:54 L’Oreal Fashion
Week for the Spring 2007 Collection starts on October
16, 2006 in Toronto in a revamped MUZIK building (on the grounds of CNE).
19 Fashion Designers and 3 Fashion Brands are scheduled to showcase their Spring 2007 Collections. Such designers inclde: Pink Tartan, Arthur Mendonca, Paul Hardy, and David Dixon; Fashion Brands: French Connection, Fairweather, and Quicksilver.
For the first time, L’Oreal will present its spring beauty trends for 2007 in a spectacular runway extravaganza called Fragmented Time. Also for the first time, Ford of Canada and the Fashion Design Council of Canada in partnership with L’Oréal Fashion Week
will choose three Canadian fashion designers to create an outfit inspired by the new 2007 Ford Edge.
L’Oréal Fashion Week in Toronto, formerly known as Toronto Fashion Week, is Canada’s most recognized fashion event.
Even though it’s only 11 seasons old, fashion week in Toronto steadily attracts Canadian designers f
L’Oréal Fashion Week: Win An Outfit Created by a L’Oréal Fashion Week Designer 2006-10-05 14:51:56 This was just posted on the L’Oréal Fashion
Week site:
Ford of Canada and the Fashion Design Council of Canada in partnership with L’Oréal Fashion Week
are have chosen three Canadian fashion designers to create an outfit inspired by the new 2007 Ford Edge.
Tell us which outfit is most inspired by the look and feel of the new Ford Edge and you could win an outfit created by a L’Oréal Fashion Week designer and an official L’Oréal Fashion Week Swag Bag (total combined value of over $5,000)*
*Canadian dollars, not American dollars.
For contest specifics, click here.
Read more:Designer
, Outfit
AP Report: Paris Fashion Week Kicks Off With No Plans to Ban Skinny Models 2006-10-03 21:24:01 The Paris
ready-to-wear shows kicked off on Sunday with the French fashion industry’s leading official saying he did not believe organizers should ban the use of models considered underweight.
Didier Grumbach, head of the Chambre Syndicale — the body that governs French fashion — said that he did not plan to follow in the footsteps of Spanish authorities in setting guidelines for the minimum weight of models who appear on the catwalks.
“I think it’s a non-issue. You don’t solve public health problems by regulating the size of models,” he told The Associated Press on Sunday. “You know, fashion is only the reflection of what is happening in society. It is not the cause.”
France’s Health Ministry recently announced it was setting up a working group on body image, with the aim of establishing a charter with advertisers banning the use of excessively thin models. Grumbach said he did not plan to take part in the government talks.
“I Read more:Fashion
, Kicks
, Paris Fashion
, Paris Fashion Week
British Airways Fare Discounts for London Fashion Week February 2007 2007-01-08 14:37:56 Are you thinking of going to London Fashion
Week next month? You can fly for less, thanks to the partnering of London Fashion Week
and BritishAirways
. Special reduced fares are offered for international travellers coming to London. For more detailed information, please visit the British Airways
site and enter in the special code (LFW2007BA).
The discount applies to travel on all flights on British Airways into London between the dates of Feburary 1, 2007 and February
28, 2007. Of course, terms and conditions apply, so please check the website for more information.
British Airways.
Read more:Discounts
Press and Industry Registration for Los Angeles Fashion Week March 2007 2007-02-16 12:13:26 Since I tend to receive a decent amount of email asking how people can attend fashion week, the following is some information pertaining to Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week Los Angeles
:
Please be advised that registration for and inclusion in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Press
and Industry list does not guarantee access to shows. Fashion designers use the list as a resource for their invitation and guest lists. IMG Fashion does not issue tickets or invitations to shows. Invitations are sent directly by each designer.
To receive accreditation for the Fall 2007 Collections in Los Angeles from March
18th to the 22nd, please complete and submit this application form. Inclusion in the Press and Industry lists circulated to designers, as well as application fees, will be determined on the following time table:
February 9th, 2007 Registration
opens $50 fee per individual
March 1st, 2007 Deadline for registration
March 1
Los Angeles Fashion Week March 2007 Dates 2007-02-13 15:08:43 Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week is coming to the Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles
in March
2007. Fall Collections will be shown from March 18-22, 2007. The schedule for the runway shows has yet to be released, but we’ll post it as soon as we can.
Los AngelesFashion Week
is organized by IMG Fashion and Smashbox Studios.
Location:
Smashbox Studios
8538 Warner Drive
Culver City, CA 90232
Venues:
The Main Tent
Stage One
The Lightbox
Fashion Week events can be impossible to get into if you’re not a member of the press or the fashion design industry. However, for people looking for information on volunteer opportunites at Los Angeles Fashion
Week, please write to the following address: IMGLA_volunteers@imgworld.com.
Berlin Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, July 2007 2007-04-27 04:17:16 Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week will be held for the first time in Berlin
, from July 12th - 15th, 2007, thus cementing Berlin’s status as a fashion capital. This is a showcase for the Spring/Summer 2008 Collections.
This latest Fashion Week event will showcase top international and German designers presenting their latest designs. One of these premium brands — Stuttgart — is already the title sponsor of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, which is highly regarded as one of the four most important international fashion events.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin will also serve to provide young designers with an important platform, thus drawing attention to their designs.
As partner of this fashion event, together with the City of Berlin, Mercedes-Benz is supporting the organiser IMG in their efforts to establish the new four-day series of fashion shows which will be taking place for the first time next July at the Brandenburger Tor exhibition grounds.
Industry watch Read more:Mercedes
Debut of Kate Moss’ New Clothing Line at Top Shop 2007-05-06 23:07:51 Here is a new article from today’s LATimes on Kate Moss
’ clothing line launch.
A lot like Kate Moss: The inspiration for the model’s much-awaited cheap-chic line clearly is her own closet.
By Melissa Magsaysay, Times Staff Writer
UNLIKE the closets of most style celebrities, Kate Moss’ coveted wardrobe is not about her turn on the red carpet or her image peering out from the cover of almost every fashion magazine. For Moss it’s those moments in between all the glamour that are indeed her most glamorous ones.
From paparazzi snaps of her early days in quirky baby blue Adidas shell toes with tube socks to her recent fling with beaded Versace mini-dresses and Manolos, she has fascinated both the fashion industry and the style obsessed. She’s been a muse to designers including Alexander McQueen and Christopher Bailey at Burberry, photographer Mario Testino and endless wannabes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Now, with enormous fanfare, Moss is releasing he Read more:Clothing
Los Angeles Fashion Week Sponsors: The Official Tequila 2007-03-08 14:33:25 It makes me laugh to think that as a sponsor, Gran Centenario becomes the official tequila of Los AngelesFashion
Week. The following was taking from the LA Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
site:
“Gran Centenario is proud to be the official Tequila
of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios Favored among Tequila drinkers and cocktail aficionados the world over, Gran Centenario ultra-premium Tequilas have been recognized as one of Mexico’s leading Tequilas for over one hundred years Rooted in time-honored tradition and expert craftsmanship, Gran Centenario’s select portfolio of 100% Agave Tequilas are recognized for their remarkable smoothness and versatility.
“Gran Centenario is made of the finest, sweetest, softest Highland Blue Agave, chosen after a generous life of 10 to 12 years, beyond the usual eight years for other Tequilas The hearts of the Agave are baked Gran Centenario Tequila - the most tempting tequila on earth! for up to 72 hours in traditional c Read more:Los Angeles
, Los Angeles Fashion
, Official
, Sponsors
Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2007 Collections Schedule 2007-03-04 11:18:35 Here is the schedule for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week in Los Angeles
for the Fall 2007 Collections:
SUNDAY MARCH 18th, 2007
1.00 - 8.00 PM DESIGN SUITES Softbox
3.00 PM JUAN CARLOS OBANDO The Lightbox
4.00 PM SUE WONG The Main Tent
6.00 PM VOOM BY JOY HAN Stage One
7.00 PM DINA BAR-EL The Lightbox
8.00 PM COLLECTION BEBE The Main Tent
MONDAY MARCH 19th, 2007
1.00 - 8.00 PM DESIGN SUITES Softbox
3.00 PM 2(X)IST The Lightbox
4.00 PM ED HARDY The Main Tent
6.00 PM TART Stage One
7.00 PM JOSEPH DOMINGO The Lightbox
8.00 PM IMITATION OF CHRIST The Main Tent
TUESDAY MARCH 20th, 2007
1.00 - 8.00 PM DESIGN SUITES Softbox
4.00 PM JOEY TIERNEY The Main Tent
6.00 PM ALVIN VALLEY Stage One
7.00 PM LITERATURE NOIR The Lightbox
WEDNESDAY MARCH 21st, 2007
1.00 - 8.00 PM DESIGN SUITES Softbox
2.00 PM GRAIL Stage One
3.00 PM RAMI KASHOU The Lightbox
4.00 PM MONARCHY COLLECTION The Main Tent
6.00 PM SAMORA Stage One
7.00 PM ANTHONY FRANCO The Lightbox
8.00 PM CHRISTIAN AUDIGIER The Main Tent
THURSDAY Read more:Fashion Week
, Los Angeles
, Los Angeles Fashion
, Schedule
New Appel & Frank Event: “Spring into Style” San Francisco, San Diego 2008-02-23 02:00:47 Appel & Frank
just announced their next shopping event — Spring
into Style
–, which will take place in both San Diego
and San Francisco
.
Appel & Frank brings together hip and trendy fashionistas with emerging designers for upscale shopping events filled with style and fashion.
Shop aisles filled with fabulous jewelry, clothing and accessories from 50 [...] Read more:San Diego
, San Francisco
Designers Express Outrage During Milan Fashion Week 2008-02-22 11:36:01 Trouble has been brewing at Milan
’s 2008 Autumn/Winter Collection Fashion
Week.
Milan Fashion
Week has been branded a “circus without sense” by Dolce & Gabbana amid fears that it rapidly falling behind Paris and London as a vital destination on the haute couture circuit.
Long delays, chaotic organisation and unseemly catfights led to this year’s edition of [...] Read more:Designers
, Express
, Outrage
Marc Jacobs and Porn Star? 2008-02-03 09:43:10 From today’s PageSix:
Marc Jacobs
kicked off Fashion Week with a documentary on the behind-the-scenes life of a designer - although many viewers would have likely been more interested in the secret tryst he’s been having with a porn star.
Jacobs has been quietly seeing adult film actor Erik Rhodes and whisking him away to secret locations, [...] Read more:Marc Jacobs
BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2008 Show at New York Fashion Week 2008-02-03 07:49:13 The BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2008 collection isn’t exactly what you might expect for fall/winter clothing: short sleeves, short skirts, sleeveless coats, even shorter skirts.
Karla Martinez, women’s fashion market director, had this to say about the show, which took place at the tents in Bryant Park:
About the clothes: Muted colors — a lot of beige, [...] Read more:Fashion
, Fashion Week
, New York
The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2008 2008-02-01 12:11:39 Friday, February 1 is National Wear Red Day! By wearing red today, you help support women’s heart health and heart disease research. National Wear Red Day kicks of American Heart
Month.
This February, The Heart Truth
celebrates its sixth year at New York’s Fashion Week, commemorating the groundbreaking partnership with America’s fashion industry to [...] Read more:Red Dress
Heavy Celebrity Presence at New York Fashion Week 2008-02-01 05:30:55 New York Fashion
Week kicks off today, and according the the Post, lots of celebrities have flown into town to attend the shows — mostly thanks to the ongoing writers’ strike:
Not many stars came to last year’s fashion shows, leaving the front row to D-listers. But this year, the A-list has flown in for seats [...] Read more:Celebrity
, Fashion Week
, Heavy
, New York
, Presence
Halston Collection to Be Sold by Net-A-Porter Day After Show 2008-01-31 10:02:17 Halston’s Back! The iconic American label returns to the fashion spotlight!
According to Women’s Wear Daily, the new Halston Collection will be on sale the day after the runway show at New York Fashion Week next month.
Net-A-Porter
, an online retailer of designer clothing, has worked out a deal with Halston to feature exclusive [...]
Valentino’s Retirement Causes Those Around Him to Retire, Too 2008-01-28 10:24:26 From today’s PageSix:
“RUSSIAN model Natalia Vodianova, 25, retired from the catwalk last week after walking in Valentino
Garavani’s final show in Paris. To celebrate, the mother of three is taking Valentino to Moscow for a week and then to Brazil for Carnivale. “She may do another show in the future,” said a source, “but only [...]
Valentino Bids Farewell to the Fashion Industry 2008-01-24 08:38:41 Italian fashion legend Valentino
Garavani bid farewell to the fashion industry with one final runway show at Paris Fashion
Week. The Women’s Haute Couture Spring 2008 Collection was typically Valentino — full of stunning dresses.
Unfortunately, Valentino did not have kind words to mark his departure from the fashion world:
“This environment is no longer stimulating,” [...] Read more:Farewell
Holiday Party: DNKY Slinky Party Dress and Marc Jacobs Gold Pumps 2008-12-10 15:33:13 It’s the holiday season, and we all know what that means: holiday parties! What better way to get into the holiday party spirit than shopping for the perfect party outfit? Here’s a little number that’s particularly fun:
First we have a tiered silk DNKY tank dress:
Paired with some Marc by Marc Jacobs
gold pumps:
Shop [...] Read more:Holiday
, Party
, Slinky
Anna Wintour Claims to Not Be Leaving Vogue 2008-12-06 11:57:19 “I have no plans to leave American Vogue now or in the foreseeable future.”
Despite recent headlines, Anna Wintour
claims to not be leaving Vogue. Not only is Wintour now dismissing the reports, but S.I. Newhouse — the Condé Nast chairman who was said to be meeting with French Vogue’s Carine Roitfeld recently — is [...] Read more:Leaving
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