Posts tagged Fashion Week
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swimwear 2011
Jul 20th
This year Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim 2011 kicked off the show with an opening party by Trina Turk on the 15th, followed by four days of Fashion and Style featuring collections from White Sands Australia, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Dolores Cortes, Swell Suits Miami along with Naila and Park & Ronen, Ed Hardy Swimwear, Aqua di Lara, Red Carter, Cia Maritima, Luli Fama, Caffe Swimwear, Nicolita, Marysia Swim, Lisa Maree, Aquarella Swimwear, Lisa Blue KooeySwimwear Australiaand Tyler Rose.
Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week 2010: Karolina Kurkova
May 24th
Karolina Kurkova presents a creation from Pronovias latest bridal collection 2011 on May 21, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
Fellow supermodel-turned-mom Karolina Kurkova is getting back to work as well after giving birth to baby Tobin Jack at the end of October.
New Barbie modelled on Miranda Kerr
May 5th
Australian models including Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Catherine McNeil and Elyse Taylor have so far inspired leading designers, magazine editors, makeup artists. Now, these catwalk babes have inspired Mattel – the makers of Barbie, the world’s most famous doll.
Barbie’s new collection has a distinctively Aussie look, with some of the 12 new mini models inspired by Australian beauties.
The Barbie Basics Collection was launched at Australian Fashion Week.
NY Fashion Week’s New Look
May 1st
WWD reveals a first look at the new facade for New York fashion week. This September, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will have a new home.
On Thursday morning, executives from IMG Fashion, which owns Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week; Lincoln Center; the Council of Fashion Designers of America; Mercedes-Benz and, the City of New York unveiled details of the new tents, which will be inaugurated during the spring 2011 collections from Sept. 9 to 16.
Guests will enter the tented lobby through a new facade created by architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The entrance and facade, which is 60 feet wide and 70 feet high, will be located in the corner between the Metropolitan Opera House and David H. Koch Theater. The lobby will feature sponsorship areas, digital signage and seating areas for visitors.
Fashion Week Chief Fern Mallis Leaves IMG
Apr 29th
IMG senior VP Fern Mallis, who helms Fashion Week, is stepping down to start her own consulting company! She’s calling it Fern Mallis LLC, and today is her last day at IMG. Mallis has been Fashion Week’s planner since the event began eighteen years ago, when she was executive director of the CFDA. She said the move had been a long time coming. “When we were planning the move to Lincoln Center, it felt like closure, like the end of the cycle,” she told WWD.