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For on Sunday 29th June 2008, international fashion figures, designers, celebrities and dignitaries will gather at Scotland's most sought after fashion ticket.
The tartan red carpet will greet guests from New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris and Milan as they gather at Stirling Castle, Scotland's ancient capital, seat of former Kings and parliament, which for one night will toast the Kings and indeed Queens of Scottish fashion.
Founder and event producer Tessa Hartmann said: "Over the last three year's there have been some amazing Scottish successes who have been recognized in the international fashion arena from their fashion peers and indeed the commercial market place.
Our objective with these awards is to recognize and applaud their contribution to the world of fashion and I am thrilled that we have continued to do that in this third year.
As an event, we see it as our role to champion individuality, quality, style and most importantly the 'Scottishness' that these talented individuals and companies possess.
The achievements of the designers, cashmere houses, stylists, writers and fashion photographers continues to impress our international judging panel and at the same time we take credit for acknowledging fashion futures stars with our new talent category."
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Parsons The New School for Design honored Diane von Furstenberg, designer and President of CFDA, and Howard Socol, the chairman and CEO of Barneys New York, at its 60th Annual Benefit and Fashion Show at the Grand Hyatt New York last evening.
At the event, Diane von Furstenberg announced a gift of $250,000 to fund a new scholarship in the fashion school at Parsons.
The event raised nearly $2 million for scholarships and academic programs at Parsons, a leader in design education in disciplines ranging from fashion design to communication design and technology, product design, interior design, architecture, photography, fine art and more.
Designer Alber Elbaz and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will present the honors to Howard Socol and Diane von Furstenberg, respectively.
Each year, the event celebrates visionaries who have significantly contributed to the field of fashion design, as well as showcasing graduating students of Parsons acclaimed fashion design program through a show of the top thesis collections.
"Diane von Furstenberg is a true American fashion icon and Howard Socol has led Barneys to enormous success," said New School President Bob Kerrey.
"We strive to prepare our students to be both designers and entrepreneurs, so it is fitting that we honor two people who embody this balance of creativity and business savvy."
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Parsons The New School for Design has announced the appointment of Simon Collins, a seasoned creative director with over 20 years of experience in all facets of the fashion industry, as the new dean of fashion at Parsons.
Collins will oversee all areas of fashion studies, including the BFA degree program in Fashion Design; AAS degree programs in Fashion Studies and Fashion Marketing; and the new MFA in Fashion Design and Society, which was initiated through a gift from Donna Karan and is expected to launch in 2010.
"Simon Collins is the ideal candidate to lead Parsons fashion design programs into the 21st century," said Parsons Dean Tim Marshall.
"With a truly international perspective, and a background that extends from design to business and from luxury to mass market, Simon brings a level of experience that will greatly benefit Parsons as we look to forge even greater connections across the disciplines taught at The New School."
Collins has worked with some of the world's leading brands, from Nike and Polo Ralph Lauren to Fila, Zegna, and Marks and Spencer.
As Creative Director for Nike's Asia Pacific division, he led a $900 million apparel business that included the launch of new collections created in collaboration with Junya Watanabe of Comme des Garcons and Naoki Takizawa of Issey Miyake, among others.
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This week, Mudpie's brand new leading fashion forecasting trendbooks for autumn/winter 2009/2010 will be released to the worldwide market.
Much anticipation surrounds the publication of Mudpie's renowned trendbooks each season, and the latest autumn/winter 0910 baby, children's and youth apparel trendbooks will not disappoint.
Mudpie books provide cost effective design solutions for all areas of the children's market from babies through to teens and young adults.
The Mudpie range includes: Cutiepie - baby trends, Minipie - kids trends, Mudpie - tween and junior trends, MPK female - female trends and MPK male - male trends; each book providing the user with every opportunity to create, or add to, their own unique garment ranges.
Each trendbook, carefully created by a collaborative team of expert fashion analysts and designers, offers the busy professional hundreds of inspirational and practical garment and accessory styles, a library of prints and graphics, in-depth analysis to support Mudpie's acclaimed themed trend stories, fully vectorised illustrations supplied on DVDs, and a PANTONE referenced colour card for accurate colour control.
While Mudpie trendbooks follow the traditional publishing schedule of two seasonal collections a year, they appreciate that trend information is constantly evolving and therefore continue to monitor the markets after publication in order to bring customers monthly online trend updates throughout the season.
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Movie veteran Elliott Gould has designed a new line of Nike bags under his real name, Elliot Goldstein.
The M*A*S*H star has been wearing Nike products for years - and now the sportswear giants have decide to honour his commitment by giving him his very own bag line.
And the thrilled star, who turns 70 this summer decided to use the name he was born with for the honour.
He says, "Sometimes Nike will give some of their products to me.
I don't endorse them, there's no business and they just asked me if I wanted to design a bag.
"The bag I designed is the Elliot Goldstein 38 - the year I was born.
It's just a shlepping bag. It's a bag to carry my gym stuff in."
But Gould admits his new bag is far from perfect: "One of the zippers broke right away.
It's a one of a kind bag just like me."
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