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New York Fashion Week just wrapped. And again this year, thanks to Ecco Domani Italian Wines, five up-and-coming fashion designers received the opportunity of a lifetime -- the chance to show their designs during Fashion Week.
The five emerging designers selected for the third annual Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation were: Derek Lam, Jeffrey Chow, Libertine, and Doo-Ri in the women's design category, and Andrew Harmon, in the men's design category.
Barneys New York kicked off fashion week with a party to honor the 2004 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winners. The event, attended by fashion world luminaries, was a great success and was covered widely in the New York press.
Each of the five selected designers received $20,000 from the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation to assist them in showcasing their collection during New York Fashion Week.
The winners of the women's design category were selected by a distinguished committee of fashion insiders including Marylou Luther, Editor at The International Fashion Syndicate; Sally Singer, Fashion News/Features Director at Vogue Magazine; Kim Hastreiter, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of Paper magazine; Joan Kaner, Senior Vice President & Fashion Director at Neiman Marcus; Julie Gilhart, Vice President of Fashion Merchandising at Barney's; and Ruth Finley, Publisher of The Fashion
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For the first time in history, an international campaign to recruit the hottest undiscovered talent in fashion design, has been created - F it! International Design Competition.
F it! International Design Competition is organized by the Vancouver Fashion Council (VFC) and supported by It Inc. The competition is open to students as well as recent graduates (up to 4 years since graduation). A maximum of 12 Emerging New Designers will be chosen to present their collection during VFC Fashion Week.
The winning student collections will be presented alongside established designers, during VFC Fashion Week - to an audience of international buyers, press, broadcast and internet media.The winning students will receive an opportunity to instantly connect through a network of retailers, distributors, manufacturers, buyers, executives and designers.
Fashion Week Fall 2005 will be produced by It Inc., a fashion and lifestyle marketing and management firm and by Vancouver Fashion Council (VFC). VFC is a not for profit organization designed to stimulate the growth of the fashion industry in Vancouver, and support and nurture new entrepreneurs.
The complete contest Guidelines, and Entry Form can be downloaded from website. You can also contact for futher information.
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For the first time in five seasons Helmut Lang decided not to stage a runway show in men's fashion season that will take place in Paris next month.
"To show men's and women's has always been our identity. I thought it was a good time to go back to the original format and not show men's in Jan particularly as the men's and women's shows (in Paris) are four week apart, " Lang explained to FWD.
Some may view such move as an economy measure from the Italian Prada Group, who obtained the remaining 49 percent stake in Helmut Lang and full control of the New York-based design company.
However, a Prada spokesperson denied such rumors and insisted that it was simply a "creative decision made by the designer himself" and that it "was in no way determined by financial or ecomomic factors".
Lang has included men's looks in his womenwear collections previously, and skipping the French men's season is understood as an attempt to avoid crossing the Atlantic twice in winter with large numbers of his staff.
According to FWD, the House is still working on the question of presenting the men's clothing to the fashion critics, considering making available visuals through CD ROMs or DVDs.
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She must have more Pucci than anyone else in the world, the only daughter and surviving child of the famed designer himself, Emilio Pucci, Marquis of Barsento.
But when Laudomia Pucci di Barsento arrived at Saks Fifth Avenue at Bal Harbour Shops last week to promote the spring/resort 2005 collection, she wore a Gap T-shirt, black pants and a puzzling Pucci herringbone blazer with somberly dyed diagonal stripes from last season.
The 43-year-old mother of three had plucked a silk Pucci scarf from a store display and draped it around her neck, but the tag wouldn't stay hidden.
She wore little makeup and even less attitude. Clearly, Pucci wasn't quite the picture of image director of the fashion house that produces some of the most riotous, glamorous, distinctive designs in the world.
"There is a style of Pucci that is evergreen in a way," Pucci said, without a whiff of/the stuffiness one might expect from a woman who grew up in a 600-year-old ancestral palazzo in Florence, Italy, with rugs by her father and paintings by Botticelli and Raphael.
"We have such a fantastic identity."
Specialty shops and top-notch department stores are once again hot for Pucci, whose kaleidoscope, color-soaked motifs are instantly recognizable.
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Swiss sports watch maker and the fourth largest luxury brand in the world watch market TAG Heuer has signed a long-term ambassador agreement with, the winner of 2004 Wimbledon and WTA year end championships, Maria Sharapova for covering product development, advertising, public relations and merchandising.
The 17 years old Russian tennis star and the third youngest Wimbledon Champion in WTA history, Maria Sharapova said, "I am ecstatic."
"To represent a brand as legendary as TAG Heuer is a great honor. TAG Heuer has been teaming with the greatest champions in the history of sports, renowned athletes like Carl Lewis, Ayrton Senna or nowadays Tiger Woods, and famous teams like Ferrari and McLaren," she said.
Jean Christophe Babin, TAG Heuer's President and Chief Executive Officer said, "In just two seasons Maria Sharapova has made her mark on the WTA pro tennis circuit, quickly advancing to the 4th singles 2004 WTA rankings, and winning two of the most famous tournaments in tennis."
"She's the perfect TAG Heuer Ambassador, an ideal representative of the brand's core values of passion, prestige and performance, which have driven the TAG Heuer brand in its pursuit of perfection for 145 years," Babin said.
"We are very excited that she is joining the TAG Heuer Team.
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