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 British Columbia Fashion Week Announces T-Shirt ContestWith the goal of establishing an educational scholarship for design students and increasingawarenes s for Canadian designs, BC Fashion Week (BCFW) this week will launch their official tshirt design contest and invites designers and students of all sectors and industries toparticipate.As part of the program to focus the eyes of the world on the innovative and creative talent that exists inBritish Columbia, BCFW will be hosting the premiere t-shirt design contest for their upcoming Fall/Winter 2005 fashion week, scheduled to be held April 10th to 15th, 2005. "The submitted design will be judged on how well it relates to the values of British Columbia FashionWeek as a B2B event with a community consciousness, its innovativeness within the specification parameters, its potential appeal and the quality of the final project. We are looking fordesigns that are easily understood and tell a simple visual story that anyone can understand in a moment, for example just walking by" said Vladimir Markovich, CEO, BC Fashion Week. Partial proceeds of the sale of the T-shirts will go towards establishing a scholarship for students offashion or graphic design, who have demonstrated a commitment to the community through sustainable development in the areas of poverty reduction or access to education. more www.bcf... (583) added by Debra Walker |
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 Western Canada Fashion Industry Goes Global With The Launch of BC Fashion WeekToday BC Fashion Week officially launched their website and invites designers, buyers and media around the globe to participate in what will truly be a spectacularevent.The first ever BC Fashion Week (BCFW) taking place in April 2005, will establish Vancouver as anemerging fashion centre and a true partner in the global fashion world along with Milan, Paris, London,New York, Toronto, Hong Kong and Sydney. From April 10 - April 15 over 5 days and 6 glittering nights, BCFW will showcase some of Canada's top and emerging designers and bring some of theworld's most influential retailers and media to Vancouver's shores. Fashion Week chief creative director, Vladimir Markovic is excited about Vancouver joining the likes ofNew York, Milan, Paris, London and Australia in having an event to showcase it's innovative localdesigners. "Fashion Week brings new trends and cutting edge creations to the world. It forms the highlight of the season's fashion calendar in any region, and has been proven effective worldwide foralmost a century now. It will be fantastic show the world the amazing talent we have here in BritishColumbia," he said. more www.bcf... (411) added by Vogue |
 Splendid Fashion of Rio: Predicting 80,000 Attendance This WeekA mega fashion event in Rio de Janeiro begins. The Fall/Winter season of Fashion Rio will take place in the city's Modern Art Museum from January 11 to 15 and is expected to attract a public of 80,000 people.According to FWD, organizers of the event are encouraging designers to take on a more original, avant-garde approach to staging the shows, especially when using the Museum's Arts Hall. "We are suggesting this innovation at the castings of the collections, without catwalks. At this hall we can experiment alternative, freer formats," says Fashion Rio's coordinator and driving force Eloysa Simao, from Dupla Assessoria, the organization that founded the season. This, the 19th fashion week in Rio de Janeiro, will include some 30 runway shows, as well as introduce new brands like Animale from Rio, designed by Karila Girotto and Super Lucy in the Sky by Lucy Goes. Operating with a $2 million budget and backed by the local fashion industry - Rio de Janeiro Industries Federation (Firjan) and Brazilian Association of the Clothing Industries (Abit), Fashion Rio also includes a series of ancillary events - Accessory Brazil Hall, presenting some 20 labels, Jewelry Brazil and Rio Fashion Hype, featuring emerging, younger talent. more www.fas... (370) added by Senay TOPCUOGLU |
 Generation Next: New Generation Catwalk at London Fashion WeekGiles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders and newcomers Sinhastanic are among a talented group of designers who will appear on the New Generation catwalk at London Fashion Week.The British Fashion Council and New Generation backers Topshop have just unveiled their list of worthy recipients for 2005, with 13 lucky designers set to benefit from the scheme this February. Fashion Fringe finalist Sinhastanic will join Gardem Paris, Jonathan Saunders, Ashish and Giles on the catwalk and will be hoping to replicate the success of those that have gone before them. "The response we received from British press and buyers last season was remarkable," Garen Demedijian of Gardem Paris reveals. "The London market was a very friendly place for us, and with New Generation support for February, we hope to take the awareness of our label to the next level." Meanwhile, away from the catwalk, Clare Tough, Vinti Andrews and Fashion East's Ebru Ercon join former New Generation stars Bora Aksu, Swash and La Petite Salope in The Exhibition @ London Fashion Week. "This promising group of designers shows the depth of creative talent that London nurtures," commented Topshop brand director Jane Shepherdson. "There's a great mix of brand new names with more experienced designers who are already on their way to being big names of the future." more www.vog... (309) added by Senay TOPCUOGLU |
 Madonna in New Versace CampaignThe house of Versace has called in two favorite superstar pals for its latest advertising campaign in November. In a major break with recent seasons, Mario Testino shot Madonna in London for the label's next women's ad campaign, which will break in February 2005 issues of major magazines.The ads, shot in a London studio, represent a major change in style for the house, which for most of this century has used Steven Meisel to shoot its major publicity efforts. The move also signals a renewed burst of commitment from Donatella Versace, newly revitalized by her trip to substance rehabilitation clinic this summer. The combination is not unprecedented, as Versace used the duo of Madonna and Testino back in the mind-nineties. The decision to drop Meisel in favor of Testino is understood to have been inspired, in part, by concern that Meisel has become too much of a ubiquitous presence in fashion advertising. A perennial snapper of US Vogue covers, Meisel regularly shoots oodles of ad campaigns for the major houses. Although the stunning images of the Material Girl office-bound remind us of no working environment we've ever seen, we wouldn't have it any other way. Seen lounging on her office daybed (every office should have one) in classic Versace print shirt and jeans, perhaps deigning to lick the occasional stamp, this is more Madonna in New Versace Campaign added by Senay TOPCUOGLU |
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