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 World Boutique Hong Kong Fashion Week: A Treat on The Fashion StageWorld Boutique, Hong Kong makes the hippest and hottest fashion statement for the new year by staging its grand 3rd edition from January 18 - 21, 2005.This fashion extravaganza features inspired collections of designers from around the world, and launches up-and-coming brand names in fashion and lifestyle items. A taste of what's in store was revealed today at a preview party organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) at China Tee Club in Central. The preview showed innovative apparel and fashion accessories from 26 designer labels and brand names. Benjamin Chau, TDC's Assistant Executive Director, said that World Boutique, Hong Kong has a earned a worthy reputation as Asia's best sourcing hub for fashion products. "With such a strong track record from the past few years, we are happy to know that international fashion buyers recognise World Boutique, Hong Kong as a perfect platform to source branded items. In particular, this exposition offers great exposure of brands on the rise in all arenas of fashion." Catwalk shows are highlight events not to be missed at any major fashion event. During the fair period, there will be 16 parades and a number of trend seminars, packing buyers' schedule in a productive yet entertaining way. Hong Kong will once again demonstrate to the world the innovations more World Boutique Hong Kong Fashion Week: A Treat on The Fashion Stage added by Senay TOPCUOGLU |
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 NextTrim: The First Apparel Trim and Packaging Trend and Market Survey ServiceNext Trim LLC today announced the launch of NextTrim, the world's first online service dedicated to tracking and cataloging the latest designs, innovations and trends in the world of apparel trim, labeling and packaging.Jonathan Markiles, C.E.O. of Next Trim, commented, "Today, trim and packaging is more important to the success of the apparel brand than ever. While other 'trend' services focus on overall styles and color, Next Trim concentrates on the garment design and marketing details, including decorative trim, labeling, fasteners and hang tags. We deliver value by finding the very best trim designs and ideas and showing them directly to the designer at their desktop. It would be virtually impossible for an apparel designer to see what we show them without spending a huge amount in time and travel." Next Trim's team is based in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The service features thousands of selected images of the latest and most interesting trim items and garment details, with hundreds of new images added to the site each week. The service also regularly publishes articles that explore the latest trends and forecasts as they relate to design details. The service is highly customizable for the user, allowing subscribers to focus on items and information relating to their market segments and to be notified when content more NextTrim: The First Apparel Trim and Packaging Trend and Market Survey Service added by Levent OZLER |
 Mavi Jeans Teams Up with Design Group PvblicMavi, the world traveler and maker of jeans that fit, teamed up with design group Pvblic to produce a line of limited edition tee shirts to be sold in the Mavi New York, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin and Frankfurt stores. The shirts are priced from $58 - $68 and are each printed by hand to make each garment one-of-a-kind.The Mavi by Pvblic men's and women's tees are part of an ongoing collaborative series in which Mavi partners with talented boutique graphic designers, illustrators and artists to produce limited-run unique garments. The Mavi by Pvblic collection consists of three women's styles in seven color ways and two men's styles in five color ways. This product group is the first in this continuing series of limited edition products offered to complement the Mavi collection. "We are really thrilled to have collaborated with Pvblic. They bring such an original design perspective that compliments Mavi's collection perfectly," said Mavi America Design Director Andrew Payne. "Offering these types of products keeps our stores fresh and adds another dimension to our already solid collection." Pvblic is an NYC based design group headed by Jayme Thaler and Ivan Vasilyevich which produces a line of original silkscreen designs that are sold in downtown boutiques. Pvblic is the product of innovative design and years of comm more Mavi Jeans Teams Up with Design Group Pvblic added by Levent OZLER |
 Steve Jobs: Global Design Guru and #2 Design TrendsetterCalling him "the Medici of his day: a 21st-century patron of the new and the best," I.D. Magazine has named Apple Computer Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Steve Jobs the second most important design trendsetter for 2005.The industrial design magazine asked 800 experts to name their 40 most influential people in design. Mr. Jobs won out over such visionaries as "Gherkin" building architect Norman Foster (#11), renowned architect Frank Gehry (#12), and vacuum cleaner designer James Dyson (#17). Saying people can be easily captivated by "the sheer beauty" of the Mac Cube or the "gently breathing light of the iBook," I.D. Magazine wrote, "for Jobs, great design is a means to an end: bringing technology to people. He understands that you need smart designers -- industrial designers, but also interface designers, software designers, mechanical engineers -- to make that happen." Saying he has brought "color to an industry of beige," the magazine wrote of the Apple co-founder, "Perhaps greater than the boxy little machine was Jobs' other creation: a company, that by example, has shown the world the power of design." Taking first place was the design department curators of the MoMA Museum of Modern Art in New York City. more www.mac... (227) added by Levent OZLER |
 Marco Bellini Launches High Couture Online Fashion BoutiqueA young and aspiring Chicago entrepreneur is exploding onto the high couture fashion world with his unique style, name and logo. Isaiah Israel, who designs under the name Marco Bellini, with the ubiquitous logo MB, has a strong feel for elegant, stylish and sophisticated apparel for men and women, and is soon adding the children's line Teeny Bellini. The Bellini Girl Contest and Model Search aims to discover the freshest faces to model their clothes and appear in the Bellini Girl Calendar of 2006.In the tradition of such companies as Apple Computer, Ebony magazine and Hewlett-Packard, Marco Bellini started with a dream and has come to fruition through fierce tenacity and planning. Isaiah Israel, founder and President explains, "All great visions and businesses start in the heart and soul of the individual first. Through belief in your dream by writing it down, making and setting definitive plans and then following through with those plans, anyone's dream can become a reality." The Marco Bellini line of clothing utilizes only the best and finest of fabrics from around the world, including Italy, England, Egypt, Thailand, India, South America and elsewhere. Such fabrics include Alpaca, Angora, and Merino wools and blends of these extravagant fabrics as well as mercerized and Egyptian cotton. more Marco Bellini Launches High Couture Online Fashion Boutique added by Levent OZLER |
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