Fashion Week


The Fashion Week article section contains news articles regarding past, present, and future fashion weeks around the world. 

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Award-Winning Chinese Fashion Designer Zheng (Cindy) Luo Scheduled to Participate at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York in September

OmniaLuo, Inc. (OmniaLuo or the Company) (OTCBB: OLOU), a China-based company engaged in the business of designing, developing, marketing and distributing fine womens apparel under the brand name OMNIALUO, today announced that Zheng (Cindy) Luo, founder, Chairwoman and CEO of OmniaLuo, will present the OMNIALUO luxury fashion collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York in September. The fashion show will be held on Friday, September 12, 2008, at 5:00 pm in The Salon at Bryant Park. The OMNIALUO fashion show will be preceded by the Yigal Azrouel show at 4:00 pm, followed by the Chado Ralph Rucci show at 6:00 pm. The venue will accommodate 400 guests, including local and international media, retailers and investors.

The OMNIALUO collection embodies elegance, femininity and sophistication for Chinas rapidly growing class of urban and affluent female professionals.

We are extremely excited to participate in the most prestigious event in the fashion industry, stated Ms. Cindy Luo, Chairwoman and CEO. Our participation at New York Fashion Week will not only create greater demand for the OMNIALUO brand in Chinas $25 billion womens apparel industry, but also introduce our luxury brand to the rest of the world and open the doors for international expansion, added Ms. Luo.

About OmniaLuo, Inc.

OmniaLuo, Inc. (ir.omnialuo.com), based in Chinas fashion capital of Shenzhen, is in the business of designing, developing, marketing and distributing fine womens apparel under the brand name OMNIALUO. OMNIALUOs apparel embodies elegance, femininity and sophistication for Chinas rapidly growing class of urban and affluent female professionals. With its rapid and strategic expansion plan, OMNIALUO plans to increase its retail presence to more than 250 retail stores and distributor relationships by year end 2008. Under the leadership of Cindy Luo, the Companys founder and award winning chief designer, OMNIALUO is positioned to become the Chinese brand equivalent of Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang and Anna Sui.

South Florida-based DHL, the worlds 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 DHLs role in delivering the latest fashions to runways and customers across the globe.

As a major international presence in South Floridas 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 seasons shows, including Tibi, which will debut a swimwear collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, and ViX Swimwear, among others.

Vogue Magazine was the first to recognize Michelle Obama as an “It Girl” in April 2008. Now a group of New York City fashionistas are hosting a fundraising designer clothing swap for the Obama campaign. The hosts want to raise funds for the Obama campaign and celebrate Michelle Obama’s stylish turns on the campaign trail. Event hosts Consuela Nance and Maureen Martin see Michelle Obama as an inspiring woman with a savvy style. “Clearly she knows what suits her and we love that she embraces colors. We are excited to see how her style will influence designers as well as women who imitate her style.”
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.
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.

Fashion Week vs Skeletor

When walking into the tent at Mercedes Fashion Week the first thing I am amazed at is the multitude of wannabes, has-beens and maybes. I see the Emaciation of Mimi, The Writer’s Crew, The Posers and The Lost Boys (the people who think they are hip, but have mannish haircuts with fang-like bangs). The people wait in line talking about the designers, Nikki Hilton’s new bag range and the guy at the door wearing an orange shirt. There are modelesque statues and gay men in full suits gripping free fashion magazines. I stand blissfully unaware of my soon face-to-face greeting with Skeletor.
Accomplished fashion designer and Albanian native Katerina Bocci will present her latest collection at Couture Fashion Week in New York City. The highly anticipated fashion show will be held on Sunday, September 9, 2007 in the Roof Ballroom of the world-famous St. Regis Hotel.

After graduating from the renowned SITAM Institute of Design in Padova, Italy, Ms. Bocci opened her own fashion atelier in Albania. In 2001 she moved to the United States - what she calls "My Promised Land" - and quickly became known in the Detroit area for her impeccable fashion designs, selling to a discerning private clientele as well as to boutiques such as Alessandra Bridal, Janet Verner and Impulse. Her designs have been featured in Detroit Hour, Style and Inside Weddings magazines, and she is a favorite designer of TV news anchors Lila Lazuras and Rhonda Walker.

Upcoming Show Dates. The next round of fashion shows will take place 13 - 15 July 2007 in New York City (instead of September) to follow the Paris Haute Couture shows on the world fashion calendar. This sets the couture fashion shows apart from the prêt-a-porter shows in New York and will facilitate additional international press coverage.

Couture Finery to be Shown in New York City During Bridal Fashion Week®

Presenting the latest designs by some of the most creative couture bridal fashion and accessories designers from around the world, Bridal Fashion Week® is scheduled to be held April 22-25, 2006 and again in October 2006 in New York City. The event will also include an array of vendor and sponsor exhibits.

 

Bridal Fashion Week® is being coordinated by fashion producer Andres Aquino, the creator of Couture Fashion Week®, another series of upscale fashion shows presented in New York and Palm Beach.  Among the aspects unique to both of these events are the participation of both national and international designers, the quality of the designers' collections which are aimed at high-end consumers and the luxury boutique market, and the fact that clients can meet directly with designers and their representatives to discuss customized projects to meet the most demanding client's needs and turn their dream gown into a reality be it a once-in-a-lifetime bridal gown or a one-of-a-kind evening gown.
 

 "A wedding gown is arguably the most important single dress in a woman's life," says producer Andres Aquino. "It is a dream come true for many women to be able to meet and buy from a world-class fashion designer who can do for her what he or she does for a princess or a movie star walking the red carpet. This is the caliber of the designers we are bringing to Bridal Fashion Week -- a true couture event. We strive to make each of our fashion events unique -- in the past we have put an 87-year old former fashion model on the runway fulfilling her lifelong dream; we have had a 4-year old girl open a couture fashion show; we have used fashion shows as a vehicle to raise money to feed a child in Africa; we have had celebrity drop-ins -- always something different!”

 

Gown by Jamil Khansa.


Gown by Lilia Berzon

Major bridal magazines have signed up to participate in Bridal Fashion Week® and the event has attracted the interest of top designers from a variety of countries including the USA, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Israel, and Lebanon. The event is been promoted worldwide. All participating designers will be considered by a panel of industry experts and VIPs for the International Couture Bridal Designer of the Year Award.

 

A number of exclusive sponsorship options are available to companies engaged in luxury, travel and related bridal products and services, ranging from banking to jewelry. Information is available upon request for both exclusive and non-exclusive placements including space in the event program, gift bags, displays, banners, co-promotions,  broadcasting rights, literature distribution, hospitality and entertainment sponsorships rights, party sponsors, logos, event tickets, photo ops, on-site sales rights, charity fund raisers, and many other creative marketing ideas.

 "Couture is fashion at its best," notes producer Andres Aquino. "It represents a fusion of fine art, skilled hand-tailoring and creativity. Without the limitation of mass production concerns, the fashion designer can make a true artistic statement."  Couture Fashion served as the inspiration to create Bridal Fashion Week® focusing on couture bridal and evening wear. Previously during Couture Fashion Week, JAMIL KHANSA of Lebanon was named “International Fashion Designer of Year” for 2005. Mr. Khansa recently sold a couture gown for $1 million to a Middle Eastern princess. The previous award recipient was famed Russian designer HELEN YARMAK, who in 2003 showed $20 million worth of furs and jewelry at the season's most lavish fashion show in New York City to an audience of top socialites and VIPs.

 

Visionary fashion show producer Andres Aquino stages exciting runway fashion shows year round featuring both designers of couture and finely tailored garments and distinctive accessories. In addition to Couture Fashion Week®, and Bridal Fashion Week®, regular events include the Champagne Fashion Brunch® and Martini Fashion Dinner® series. Luxury fashion shows have been presented periodically at such exclusive venues as Manhattan Motor Cars and Bruno’s (New York City), the Maybach salon at Mercedes-Benz (Greenwich, Connecticut), Art+ Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida), Deco (Palm Beach) and Bistro Zenith (Boca Raton). Events are co-sponsored by Fashion Syndicate Press, founded in 1997, and serving the press with photos and feature articles covering fashion shows in all major fashion capitals. Its web site, www.fashionshowroom.com is one of the most visited fashion portals on the Internet.

 

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