The Monterey Peninsula once again became a fashion hub as Lexus and Vogue returned with The Lexus Fashion Preview at the 58th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The next generation of young American design talent showcased exquisite creations and cutting edge looks at the show on Friday, August 15, 2008 during the premier invitation-only fashion event.

South Florida-based DHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, returns for a second year as sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, held in Miami Beach at The Raleigh Hotel, July 18 through July 21. The annual designer swimwear event introduces the 2009 collections and highlights DHL’s role in delivering the latest fashions to runways and customers across the globe.

As a major international presence in South Florida’s business community, DHL provides its supply chain expertise to world-renowned designers, including many recognized brands with roots or an expanding customer base in Latin America. In fact, DHL is the primary supply chain partner for many of the designers participating in this season’s shows, including Tibi, which will debut a swimwear collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, and ViX Swimwear, among others.

WHAT:	On Monday, June 30, the United States' top basketball
	players, including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo
	Anthony and Dwyane Wade, will assemble in New York City to
	take part in an unprecedented fan celebration and
	unveiling of the Men's Basketball Team that will compete
	for Team USA at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
	Led by head coach Mike Krzyzewski, Team USA will gather at
	Rockefeller Center's famed ice rink for a team
	introduction that will feature all 12 members of the squad
	that will represent the United States this summer. The
	event will be hosted by TV personality Kevin Frazier.
	During the event, Nike will also unveil Team USA's new
	Swift System of Dress basketball uniform. The new Nike
	designed uniform eliminates 24 centimeters of material and
	reduces the weight by 31 percent. The uniform also
	features Nike Aerographics, an engineered mesh providing
	zoned cooling that reduces up to half the yarn, making it
	more lightweight and breathable. An exclusively designed
	"We the People" graphic, inspired by USA's rich history,
	is also integrated into the uniform.
	In addition to Team USA's uniform design, Nike will
	showcase the USA Nike Hyperdunk colorway. The Nike
	Hyperdunk is 18 percent lighter than the average Nike
	basketball shoe and is the lightest and strongest
	basketball shoe Nike has ever created. Key products
	inspired by the USA Basketball uniform and Hyperdunk
	footwear featuring Flywire technology will be available to
	consumers beginning July 26th.
WHEN:	Monday, June 30
	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
	Media check in at the top of the steps to the ice rink
	begins at 11:30 am
WHERE:	Rockefeller Center Ice Rink
	30 Rockefeller Plaza

WHAT:	On Monday, June 30, the United States' top basketball
	players, including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo
	Anthony and Dwyane Wade, will assemble in New York City to
	take part in an unprecedented fan celebration and
	unveiling of the Men's Basketball Team that will compete
	for Team USA at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
	Led by head coach Mike Krzyzewski, Team USA will gather at
	Rockefeller Center's famed ice rink for a team
	introduction that will feature all 12 members of the squad
	that will represent the United States this summer. The
	event will be hosted by TV personality Kevin Frazier.
	During the event, Nike will also unveil Team USA's new
	Swift System of Dress basketball uniform. The new Nike
	designed uniform eliminates 24 centimeters of material and
	reduces the weight by 31 percent. The uniform also
	features Nike Aerographics, an engineered mesh providing
	zoned cooling that reduces up to half the yarn, making it
	more lightweight and breathable. An exclusively designed
	"We the People" graphic, inspired by USA's rich history,
	is also integrated into the uniform.
	In addition to Team USA's uniform design, Nike will
	showcase the USA Nike Hyperdunk colorway. The Nike
	Hyperdunk is 18 percent lighter than the average Nike
	basketball shoe and is the lightest and strongest
	basketball shoe Nike has ever created. Key products
	inspired by the USA Basketball uniform and Hyperdunk
	footwear featuring Flywire technology will be available to
	consumers beginning July 26th.
WHEN:	Monday, June 30
	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
	Media check in at the top of the steps to the ice rink
	begins at 11:30 am
WHERE:	Rockefeller Center Ice Rink
	30 Rockefeller Plaza

The fifth annual Texas Beauty Show will be held October 26-27, 2008, in Dallas, Texas. Expected to attract more than 6,000 industry professionals, it is the largest distributor-independent event in the southwest United States. It will feature more than 200 exhibitors, more than 100 classes for continuing education, and a Main Stage with demonstrations from some of the industry’s leading platform artists.

GDS, International Event for Shoes & Accessories, will feature a new concept when it will be held from September 12 – 14, 2008 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf , Germany . After international brands increasingly returned to the trade fair during the past seasons, GDS is using its scheduled move to Halls 1 - 7 to present a fundamental re-launch of its segments: beginning in September, newly classified areas with revised connections will create homogeneous lifestyle worlds and a easier guidance system will offer buyers a further improved and quicker orientation. The hall layout will be based on a clear, modern design. A revised marketing design will highlight the “new GDS”. The GLS trade fair will be completely integrated into GDS and the resulting event will offer a symbiosis between shoes and accessories.

Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation recently announced that the company will hold a unique installation and cocktail party at the Four Seasons Golf Club in Dubai on Thursday, April 24th.

The upswing of the Düsseldorf shoe trade fair trio GDS/GLS and global shoes & accessories continued:  the three days of the trade fairs were characterized by a busy and satisfied atmosphere, good turnover, avid interest in the presented trends and crowded booths. Compared to the previous year’s event, the number of visitors increased by approximately three percent – 34,000 visitors from 72 countries took part to see and order the collections of 1,382 exhibitors. Almost 50% of the visitors came from countries other than Germany, particularly from the Benelux, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Russia, Spain and the U.S. Attendees also traveled from as far away as Australia, Japan, Colombia, Panama and South Africa. 

Over 30 up-and-coming fashion houses and boutique children’s designers from Beverly Hills to the Netherlands will unveil their latest spring and fall collections worn by models eighteen months to five years old at the “Sweet Petites and Tiny Treats” fashion show this weekend during Baby Celebration LA on April 12 and 13.

China's largest down apparel company -- Bosideng International Holdings Limited ("Bosideng" or the "Company"; HKEx: 3998, together with its subsidiaries comprising the "Group") presented its latest 2008/09 fall/winter cold resistant apparel at the "2008 China International Clothing and Accessories Fair" ("CICA") in Beijing, an annual event of great prestige for top players in the apparel and fashion industry. Leveraging the Bosideng brand, the Group also unveiled a brand new line of cold-resistant apparel products to expand its year-round, marketing opportunities. At the CICA, Bosideng first showcased a new series of non-down four-season fashions to highlight the brand's strategic positioning of focusing on down apparel as core sales items, but expanding its reach into four-season fashion lines.

LA Fashion Market:

WHO:		Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is joined by top LA-based fashion designers Sue Wong, Allen B. Schwartz (A.B.S.) and representatives from Christian Audigier (Ed Hardy), along with the Executive Director of the LA Fashion District, Kent Smith in kicking off LA Fashion Market at a breakfast press conference at the California Market Center.
WHAT:		Los Angeles is fast becoming one of the most important fashion leaders in the world, both in terms of design and manufacturing. L.A. designers are selling in more international markets than ever before and are setting trends everywhere.
		Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will recognize LA's leadership role in the fashion industry at a special press conference launching LA Fashion Market. He will be joined on-stage by several designers who exemplify the different styles LA is known for, ranging from the elegant sophistication of Sue Wong to the hip, trendiness of Christian Audigier, to the eminently wearable, fashion forward designs of Allen B. Schwartz and his A.B.S. brand. Each designer will showcase some of their upcoming styles for Fall '08.
WHEN:		Friday, March 14th, 9 a.m.
WHERE:		California Market Center lobby, 110 East Ninth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90079
PHOTO
OPPS:		Mayor Villaraigosa with designers, models and Fashion District execs, on-stage and on red carpet; one-on-ones with designers and their models on red carpet.
RSVP:		Press should RSVP to Kim Sudhalter, Urban Legend PR, 818-655-0405, kim@urbanlegendpr.com, or Karli Paston Heineman, California Market Center 213-630-3659, Kheineman@californiamarketcenter.com by 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 13.

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Tina Fey is wearing a black one-shouldered chiffon Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti dress to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which took place on January 27th, in Los Angeles, CA.  The dress is from Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti's Fall 07 collection.



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Evian(R) Natural Spring Water, the first ever sponsor of the centralized Fashion Week in New York, announced this week its return to the Bryant Park tents in 2008 as the official bottled water and sponsor. Evian's presence at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week coincides with several other recent partnerships aligning the brand closely with the fashion audience.

FOXERS announces its first full season of trade shows in the United States starting in Atlanta, then Chicago, Las Vegas, and for the first time in New York. Management planned to launch in the north east in 2008 and will do so at Lingerie America's New York show February 24, 25, & 26. FOXERS are called a new breed of underwear because they crossbred a man's cotton boxer top waistband with several of the favorite styles of underwear on the bottom. FOXERS boxers, as they are called, are also functional, providing an anecdote for exposingb our dear rear -- especially when wearing anything low-rise. As of February 1, 2008, prices range from $22.00 to $38.00 for women's and $24 to $36 for men's. Since June '07 FOXERS have sold to over 90 retail doors in the U.S., Canada, and abroad.

Linda Stokes, creator of Linda Stokes Originals (LSO  Designs) is breathing life into Celebrity Corset Designs at the Fredrick’s of Hollywood.4th Annual Lingerie Art Auction on Thursday, October  25, 2007 at 7:30pm.  This fashion extravaganza will be hosted by Jane Karzmarek and Bradley Whitfield at Fredrick’s of Hollywood Flagship Boutique, located at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
 
Christina Aguilera,  Patricia Arquette, Jessica Biel, Mary J. Blige, Brickfish, Mel B, Penelope Cruz, Fergie, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Goodwin, Teri Hatcher, Allison Jauney, Scarlet Johanssen, Kadada Jones, Kim Kardashian, Jane Karzmarek Tina for Beyonce Knowles, Eva Larue, Lucy Lu, Virginia Madsen, Debra Messing, Julianne Moore, Ashley Olsen, Jeremy Piven, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Ashley Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Gwen Stefani, Hilary Swank, Aisha Tyler, Gabrielle Union, and Bradley Whitfield have all submitted their unique designs to Fredrick’s of Hollywood in which LSO Designs will transform fantasy into life. 

LSO Designs has emerged as the hottest designer to wardrobe Hollywood’s most celebrated superstars; and Fredrick’s of Hollywood is unveiling the secret!  Linda Stokes Originals are as uniquely identifiable as the celebrities who wear them.  Her clientele ranges from Jennifer Lopez to Cher, Janet Jackson to Faith Hill, P. Diddy Combs to Ozzy Osbourne, Martin Lawrence to Will Smith, Shakira to Macy Gray, not to mention Jessica Simpson, Patti LaBelle, and Supermodels Tyra Banks, Claudia Schiffer and Carol Alt. Linda’s award winning designs are on display at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in NY and Hard Rock Café at Universal Studios in California.  Her latest work can be seen in her showroom & studio in Woodland Hills, California.

This momentous evening will benefit Clothes Off Our Back and is sponsored by premier patrons: Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro, LLP (JMBM) and
National Corset Supply House, and premier sponsors: Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams, Latitudes International, Jezebel, and Wells Fargo in association with The A List.

For information on LSO Designs, please call Michelle Stokes at (818)
883-9138 or email inquiries to lsodesigns@aol.com.

Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S) and partnered charity Fashion Delivers today announced that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will deliver the keynote address at this year’s annual fund-raising gala, and Sherri Shepherd, the new co-host of “The View,” will serve as mistress of ceremonies. The gala will take place on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at The Pierre New York Hotel.

The event, which is expected to attract more than 650 executives from the fashion, children’s, financial and retail-related industries, will also honor the following three industry leaders for their philanthropic efforts: Abbey Doneger, President of The Doneger Group; Jerry Storch, Chairman and CEO of Toys“R”Us, Inc.; and Artie Rabin, CEO of Wear Me Apparel/Kids Headquarters.

“We are recognizing these industry leaders for their extraordinary commitment to giving back, which has helped enable us to provide disaster relief, improve literacy, and enhance the quality of life of children and families less fortunate,” said Rick F. Schaub Jr., Senior Vice President, Learning Curve Brands, Inc. and Chairman of K.I.D.S.

Allan Ellinger, Senior Managing Partner, Marketing Management Group, Inc. (MMG) and Chairman of Fashion Delivers commented, “We are honored to co-host such an important event that reinforces the significance of corporate giving. We would like to thank all of the industry leaders that have lent their support to Fashion Delivers, as it has allowed us to expand our footprint as the preeminent industry organization that donates apparel and home furnishings product (blankets, towels, etc.) quickly to those most in need.”

K.I.D.S. is a twenty-two year old global charity of leading retailers, manufacturers, and licensors of children's and youth products committed to helping improve the lives of children and their families who are ill, living in poverty, or are the victims of natural disasters. Fashion Delivers is a two year old not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide products from all parts of the fashion and related industries to victims of natural disasters and those in need. Fashion Delivers works with local networks of K.I.D.S. agencies to distribute products quickly and directly to recipients.

For more information about the event and K.I.D.S., visit www.kidsdonations.org.

For more information about Fashion Delivers, visit www.fashiondelivers.org.

Producers LIVEstyle Entertainment together with founding sponsor Dallas Market Center ("DMC"), announce the exciting details for Dallas international Fashion Week. The program will bring the runway experience of fashion markets directly to both the public and fashion industry attending the Apparel & Accessories market held October 21 - 24, 2007 via a series of fashion events taking place around Dallas.