Mercedes-Benz USA And The Conservation Fund Announce Latest “Mercedes-Benz Signature ShadeFund Entrepreneur”

New York-based based Fern Studios Gets Small Business Loan and Accolades for Green Business Model Germantown, NY (April 19, 2012) – In a classic red barn in upstate New York, near the banks of the Hudson River, Jason Roskey makes the kind of furniture you remember. With a creative hand and environmental conscience, Roskey turns salvaged walnut and maple into exquisite tables, chests and soon-to-be heirlooms. Complete Fashion Article…

Glasgow, Scotland, 21st April 2012 — The Scottish Fashion Awards have announced an impressive nominee shortlist for 2012. The event, which will be hosted by international style icon Alexa Chung on 11th June in Glasgow, recognises the most influential Scottish players in fashion, working in Scotland and around the world. It also provides an unrivalled platform for new and emerging talent hailing from Scotland and is attended by influential industry leaders, designers, models, retailers and celebrities and celebrates the best of what Scotland has to offer in fashion, design and textiles. Complete Fashion Article…

Sydney, Australia (April 5, 2012) IMG Fashion is excited to announce the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia provisional Runway schedule for the Spring Summer 2012/13 season, April 30 – May 4, 2012.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia will see some of Australia’s biggest designers including Akira, Dion Lee, Josh Goot, Ellery, Zimmermann, Kirrily Johnston, Toni Maticevski, Carl Kapp, Magdalena Velevska as well as Jayson Brunsdon all unveiling their collections to local and international fashion industry heavy weights. Complete Fashion Article…

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK RUSSIA season fall-winter 2012-2013 closed the international fashion season. The biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe took place on 21-25 March in the Congress Centre of the World Trade Centre at Krasnaya Presnya.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia presented more than 70 new collections of the best designers from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Peru and Great Britain. Innovations were also presented by Fashion week partners – leaders in different business fields. Among the partners of Fashion Week Russia are automobile concern Mercedes-Benz (Title Parner of Fashion Week), Maybelline New York and L’Oréal Professionnel, logistics brand DHL, hotel ‘Radisson Royal, Moscow’, ASUS and Canon. Complete Fashion Article…

Catch the live streaming of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia today on one of the most conspicuous designers and lifestyle magazines Designerzcentral.com. Complete Fashion Article…

On 21-25 March, 2012, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Fall 2012-2013 is taking place in Moscow. The twenty-fourth season of the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe will again present the collections of leading Russian designers, talented débutantes and foreign fashion houses. Complete Fashion Article…

From March 21 till 25, 2012, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will present Fall/Winter 2012-2013 collections in Congress Hall of World Trade Center.

This is the 24th season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, which is the most prominent fashion event on ex-Soviet Union territory. Located in a premium World Trade Center the fashion week welcomes fashion experts from Russia and Europe twice per year, in March and October. Complete Fashion Article…

CARRIE PARRY has won The Green Fashion Competition at Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW).  The cash prize of €15,000 was awarded to the New York-based designer on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation after a stunning runway show in which eight finalists presented a total of 24 looks.

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L’Oréal Paris, the world’s leading beauty brand, and the pioneering Pakistan Fashion Design Council [PFDC] presented day 3 of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week– a platform that endeavours to define and present contemporary and traditional Pakistani Bridal fashion, jewellery and make-up trends, which together create the ‘look’ for the Bridal Season 2012.

The third day of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week was dedicated to fashion designers showing their bridal collections with solo shows by Ali Xeeshan, Rouge, Sara Rohale Asghar and Asifa & Nabeel. It was attended by celebrities, media as well as the fashion fraternity. Each day of PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week is being styled by a different creative team and to this end models on Day 3 were styled by Toni&Guy led by Shammal Qureshi with men’s styling by Khawar Riaz.

The PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week is being produced by Catwalk Productions, with event coordination by R-Team, set design by Hamza Tarar, official photography by DragonFly and public relations by Lotus. The Black Carpet for PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week is sponsored by Damas.

Fashion Show: Ali Xeeshan

Day 3 of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week was opened by Crimson by Ali Xeeshan with a collection titled ‘Pahalgam’. Named after the breath-taking city in the valley of Kashmir, the Pahalgam collection was the designers’ interpretation of what he envisions the city to look like and the magnificence it captures. His collection represented brides adorned in plain fabrics of different kinds; ornamentation and decoration-free clothes that represented a vivid play of colour.

With Pahalgam, Ali looked to prove that style and beauty originate from within a person’s own character rather than the amount of embellishment on a piece of clothing. Designed especially for today’s chic bride who wants to pull off an unconventional ensemble, Ali Xeeshan’s Pahalgam bridal showcase highlighted that the splendour brides relish, will only come from within.

Ali Xeeshan is a graduate of the Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design (PIFD) and holds an honours degree in Couture and an award for the Best Collection at the institute. As a designer, he takes inspiration from within the Pakistani culture. Having diversified into a diffusion prêt-a-porter line, a formal collection for men and a complete range of accessories as part of Crimson by Ali Xeeshan, Ali Xeeshan is predominantly a couturier focusing on formal and bridal wear with a signature style of using unusual shades of colour and high end luxurious fabrics merged with the unconventional embellishment techniques in both traditional and contemporary cuts.

The PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week is being produced by Catwalk Productions, with event coordination by R-Team, set design by Hamza Tarar, official photography by DragonFly and public relations by Lotus. The Black Carpet for PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Weekis sponsored by Damas.

Fashion Show: Fahad Hussayn

Day 2 of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week was opened by Fahad Hussayn with his collection entitled ‘Raat Raakh’ which was inspired by an epic tale of a night traveller, a bride, who has lost love and is seeking another. Through this collection, Fahad Hussayn endeavoured to materialise the story of her journey and of all those who come between this world and her’s with his signature edgy grandeur and intricate couture detailing.

A tribute to the beauty of the night with multi-cultural influences, Fahad Hussayn introduced his interpretations of the Christian bride, a Parsi bride, the friends who surround the bride, a Nawab, a Muslim bride and her family. Using a variety of fabrics for ‘Raat Raakh’ such as cotton, cotton nets, pure Mughal jamavar, chiffon, velvet, suede, faux fur and silks with sleek cuts and straight lines with volume and drapes, the embellishments used were resham, zardozi, crystal work and appliqué. The collection was predominantly black, but also highlighted shades of night fall.

Speaking about Bridal Week Fahad Hussayn said, “PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week is a really exciting blend. PFDC has proven to be consistent and is striving towards excellence, the shows are organised in a very industrial manner, taking fashion and the business of fashion to where it belongs.”

Born in Faisalabad, Fahad Hussayn graduated from Beaconhouse National University in Lahore with a degree in Textile Design. Adept in bridal couture clothing, formal and evening wear, Hussayn’s designs celebrate tradition and intricacy meshed with modern sensibilities. In 2007, he opened his atelier and is now successfully stocking his collections in stores across the country and internationally, in India and Dubai.

Fahad Hussayn has been nominated twice at the Lux Style Awards in 2008 and in 2009 for Emerging Talent and Menswear Designer categories, respectively. Indeed, Fahad Hussayn’s couture looks to provide its clients with high end fashion and trousseau clothing; pure grandeur blended with the right amount of edge being their key design philosophy.