Detroit Fashion Week has been recognized as a Midwest regional fashion industry event.  Since the summer of 2005 DFW has helped to make Michigan a fashion power in the midwest region.  With the hard work of their staff and numerous volunteers they welcomed designers and buyers from across the country to see what our region has to offer.
It’s bikini season right now, but come autumn, all eyes move to the runway. Certainly the well-trod New York-Paris-Milan-London circuit comes to mind, but, closer to home, Detroit Fashion Week anchors the region’s evolving fashion design trade.

Detroit Fashion Week was established basically to help to launch the careers of local designers, to bring some credibility and some notoriety to Michigan’s fashion industry,” says Brian Heath, founder and producer of the state’s only such industry event. Now in its sixth year, it will be held at the Royal Oak Farmers’ Market from Sept. 19-25.

“Detroit Fashion Week is different from New York in that we’ve taken the position of not only doing an industry event, but also educating the local design community as to what the industry expects outside of Michigan.” Heath sees this as a way to better educate local designers about the industry’s seasonal buying calendar. While it’s now an established show whose designers have attracted coverage from the likes of CNN Money and Women’s Wear Daily, the event has been quick to welcome new apparel and accessories designers.

Fashion Week typically features 12-15 designers and 8-12 fashion students. Couturiers like Katerina Bocci have appeared. Bocci is the most well-established designer in Michigan. She’s a huge supporter of Detroit Fashion Week,” Heath says. Continue reading…

The four successful seasons of sold-out shows, national coverage and critical acclaim, Saint Louis Fashion Week is quickly establishing itself as a destination for top and local designers to reach their valuable Midwest customers and a showcase for the best new designers to launch their careers.
Each night, designers, local celebrities, models, wealthy socialites and fashionistas will take over the city of St. Louis to celebrate fashion. With the combination of department stores, extravagant fashion shows and lavish parties, Saint Louis Fashion Week is the premier event for reaching St. Louis most stylish, affluent and influential trendsetters.

Purchase the SAINT LOUIS FASHION WEEK 5-NIGHT PASS for only $75 (+tax)(a portion of proceeds will be shared amongst St. Louis Fashion Week charity partners). St. Louis Fashion Week tickets include complimentary appetizers and complimentary sponsored beverages. Continue reading…

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is moving to Lincoln Center this September and is also moving into the 21st Century with a host of digital age tools for the fashion industry, designers, PR firms and fashion fans. The event, whose fundamental mission has always been to “organize, centralize and modernize” the American collections, has applied this mantra to its dynamic website (launching August 23) and has implemented new digital tools to create state of the art registration, credentialing and seating systems that integrate the registration, invitation and check-in process for attendees.

“This is a seismic shift in the way that fashion weeks around the world will operate,” said Peter Levy, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of IMG Fashion Worldwide. “The level of service this brings to the industry — from data capture for fashion designers on our website to event credentials being used to get seat assignments for press and retailers — will revolutionize the industry standard and be what people come to expect in the years to come.” Continue reading…

From 1 to September 3 in Hall 8 of the Fair, there are collections for next Spring/Summer 2011. On the catwalk, along the three days, will be screened 30 proposals for prêt-à-porter, in premiere, at the gateway of the Fair. We will have more relevant designers fashion panorama of Valencia, but also with a significant representation of designers.
As in previous years, six emerging designers present their coleccionesen ZONE D in two schedules of parades, on the third day of the runway. For more night, continue with the shows in Off Zone, betting topicalize libraries. The first dedicated to recycling; the second to the designers more options and the last will be a night Lolita.

From September 1 to 3, you can find the collections for the next Spring /Summer 2011 season in the pavilion 8 of Feria Valencia. On the runway, for three consecutive days, 30 new prêt-à-porter offers will be shown for the first time in the Feria Valencia runway. We will count with the most relevant designers of the fashion scene of the Comunitat Valenciana, and also an important share of national designers. Like in previous editions, 6 emergent designers will present their collections in ZONA D in two parade schedules, the third day of the event. Continue reading…

Istanbul Fashion Week may be new, but it’s not lacking for bold faced names in the front row.

Pat Field is a fixture, which makes sense, since Istanbul Fashion Week’s press kit says she “aims to introduce the Turkish brands and designers to the world and to turn Istanbul into an effective fashion center.” It’s a tall order, but if anyone can make Istanbul happen, it’s Pat Field. The vibrant colors and energy of Istanbul are right up her alley.

In addition to Field, fashion stars abound. Anna Piaggi is here, and she gets a deserved applause when she enters the venue. So is ELLE’s Kate Lanphear, Lynn Yaeger, Alexandra Richards and Olivier Zahm (with daughter in tow). Alek Wek has also been spotted. And according to twitter, LOVE covergirl Alessandra Ambrosio just touched down at Ataturk Airport hours ago, where she was surprised to find paps waiting for her at immigration. Continue reading…

This fall marks the inaugural New Jersey Fashion Week, an innovative fashion week that allows emerging local designers and beauty professionals to showcase their skills to leading fashion industry influencers, beauty experts, potential buyers, and consumers. Held October 11–12, 2010 at the prestigious Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, New Jersey Fashion Week will include a competition with awards in runway, accessories, and hair artistry; a beauty bar; and a sponsor exhibition.

NJFW is a soon to be favorite annual state-wide event within New Jersey, during the month of October (breast cancer month) is also designed to celebrate health, wellness, and fashion and entrepreneurship among our fellow New Jerseys fashionable residents.

A generous portion of ticket sales will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure North Jersey Affiliate to support the fight against cancer.

The event is open to the public, and attendees will be invited to mingle with celebrity soap stars, athletes, New York and New Jersey fashion and beauty editors as well as notable celebrity stylists and personalities. Tickets can be purchased online at newjerseyfashionweek.com. Continue reading…

Denim is never out of fashion for it is rough and casual yet hot and trendy. In the year 2010, Denim is seen as the ultimate favorite for everyone seems to wear denim these days. Be it in Milan or in Tokyo, in Sans Francisco or in New York, Everyone is having denim days.

A broad spectrum of dominant colors to hit the spring 2010 is black, white, gray and light blue. For shorts to harem pants, Denim has becomes the perfect surface in everything. Continue reading…

Rosemount Sydney Fashion Week is an event to promote Sydney’s diverse fashion market from major department stores through to independent retail outlets. It includes collection shows, in store promotions, celebrity events, exhibitions, launches and after parties in and around Sydney. Festival activities herald a schedule of lunchtime and evening runway collection shows featuring an eclectic mix of the season’s fashion spanning broad-appeal fashion merchandise through to independent ready to wear designer labels.

Marie Claire will launch Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival 2010 with a Gala Opening runway retrospective of some of the best Australian fashion from the last 15 years.

Celebrating both Marie Claire’s 15th birthday and 15 years of Australian Fashion Week, the runway extravaganza will showcase some of the most colorful and creative clothes sent down the catwalk by some of Australia’s most celebrated designers. Sydney will again become the nation’s style attraction as Australia’s most innovative fashion designers, red carpet celebrities and directional retailers join in a style-packed spectacular of free and ticketed events for everyone to enjoy. Continue reading…

OFW was first held in February 2004, and is arranged twice a year, in February and August.
It was launched to promote Norwegian fashion design, and to set Norwegian design in an international context. OFW is the main showcase promoting Norwegian designers and their collections. During OFW in February the award “Naloyet”, given by the magazine HENNE , is awarded to last year’s best Norwegian designer after a fashion show presenting all the nominees. This ceremony is part of the official opening night and has been every February since 2005.

OFW Fashion Cares:

• OFW Fashion Cares: a fashion show focusing on a humanitarian cause.
• NICE: Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical, is the result of an initiative OFW took. Tone S. Tobiasson coined the name and is today the coordinator for Norway’s contributions and projects, along with being editor.
• OFW Prizes was launched in August 2008. HRH Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway was the first recipient of the award for best Ambassador for Norwegian Fashion Design. Continue reading…

Monday marks the launch of the 10th edition of Mercedes-Benz FashionWeek, and in addition to the usual jam-packed show schedule for media guests and buyers, this season will see the Week take a further step towards reaching out to consumers. The activities will include not only a range of different events in the city centre, but also an “open walls” approach to a number of selected shows, enabling consumers with a keen interest to catch a glimpse of next year’s fashions, this year.

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Stockholm kicks off on 16th August, and over the next three days, a record number of participants will be showcasing the very best of Swedish fashion. The week is expected to attract big international media names, such as Italian Vogue, British Elle, and Style.com, but will not only be covered by a large international press corps some of the world’s leading fashion bloggers and buyers will be attending, too.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, formerly Fashion Week by Berns, has always attracted a large international audience and Mercedes-Benz’s presence as the title sponsor for this season’s fashion week has given a further boost to this international interest. Continue reading…