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Adolfo Sanchez Feature and Sample Sale

Mo — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:32 +0000

“A truly amazing designer is someone who lets their imagination run free, but still understands that the garments are to be beautiful, artistic, and wearable. You have to always try to outdo yourself. Every season has to be refined and there has to be growth and constant challenges with every new collection.”

Full Article – Fine Homes and Living: Fashion by Adolfo Sanchez

Shop the Sample Sale

SALE: Pluma

SALE: Chal

SALE: Tejida

Vintage and Local Merge at MNFashion Week

Mo — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:00:30 +0000

MNfashion Week is dedicated to evolving the local fashion industry by giving independent designers, boutique owners and other industry professionals a chance to showcase their work and their brands, allowing them to establish a sustainable livelihood in the Twin Cities.

L’etoile Mag: L’etoile Guide to Fall MNfashion Week 2011

This Sunday Oct 2nd, Bright Society, Free

Designers Max Lohrbach, Samantha Rei, Russell Bourrienne, Danielle Everine, and Laura Fulk will showcase one-of-a-kind creations, inspired by a garments from the Historical Society’s collection. See an informal fashion presentation of the looks, accompanied by a discussion with the designers moderated by Robyne Robinson and words from the Historical Society’s textile curator, Linda McShannock.

Tuesday, October 4th, Vintage Did It First

Blacklist Vintage Tumblr Love

Thursday October 6th, Local Motion Pop-Up Boutique & Fashion Show

Philadelphia Independent Fashion: Fresh and Local Fashion Show, Tonight!

Mo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:23 +0000

Hey Philly darlings! Go support some local fashion tonight, learn more here. Philadelphia Design Initiative … well, you sound smashing! Thanks for supporting independent fashion in your community.

As new fall runway fashions make their way onto the streets, it can be hard to create sartorial singularity. Saving you from the world of copy-cat design, the Philadelphia Design Initiative, a new local-design repping org created by Melanie Gershman and Scott Yesner, is hosting a fashion show called Fresh and Local. The runway extravaganza is meant to showcase the creative forces in style that are springing up locally… (Read full article @ Citypaper)

Make Love Not War

Read all about it @ Very Glossy

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, This Friday and Saturday

Mo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:56:08 +0000

We can always count on Williamsburg Fashion Weekend to mark, if not celebrate, the close of official NY Fashion Week shows. For nine seasons they have been merging, and supporting, independent fashion and independent music. This season we spy a darling in the line-up: Alisha Trimble. In years past, the band ladies have been the models — we love that. Get the full list of independent designers showing, as well as the bands, on the WFW website. Then just prepare yourself for a wee bit of lovely chaos, and a whole lot of originality. If you get there, leave a comment and share your blog or pics with us!

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend’s 9th season will be held on September 16th and 17th at Windmill Studios, NYC at 287 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn, New York. WFW provides a platform for young and emerging fashion designers who push the boundaries of design, presentation, production, ultimately re-evaluating the fashion industry as a whole. Past participants have shown us there are many creative ways to be ‘green’ through recouturing, upcycling, recycling, eco-friendliness, transparent business practices, and artisan techniques. This season will be a feast for the audience’s eyes, ears, hearts, and minds. Shows run the gamut from fashion as conceptual art to ready-to-wear and incorporate live music, theater, and dance. The shows are always raw, experimental and forward thinking.

NYC: Intimate Runway Shows Continue At LES Runway

Mo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:01:33 +0000

…it was an intimate show that felt worlds away from the Fashion Week crazy. Not that it wasn’t a professional, amazing-looking show, but it felt private and special in a way that the FW tents are not.

(Keep reading at The 9 Per Week Project)

Hey NYC fashion lovers! Just a reminder that you have the rest of the month to see NY emerging designers on the runway at LES Runway. See the full schedule and buy tickets at the Grand Opening website (also the darling hosts of the occasion). Don’t forget you can shop those same runway looks in that very space. When there isn’t a runway event the space morphs into a pop-up boutique as well. Most excellent we think! See dates and times below. How about one of these for every city? Sounds good to us…

September 7th – October 2nd
Runway: Thursday, Friday and Saturday (7pm, 8:15pm, 9:30pm)
Pop-up Shop: Tues, Wed and Sun (12pm-7pm), Sat (12pm-6pm)

Opening This Week, Principals Of Design: Pratt Manhattan Gallery

Mo — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:44:31 +0000

Kicking off just in time for NY Fashion Week, and curated by textile darling Sarah Scaturro, we suggest swinging through this exhibition of Pratt fashion design alums!

Full details here

/Principals of Design: Pratt Fashion Alumni

September 9–October 9, 2011

Pratt Manhattan Gallery

144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11 AM–6 PM

“Principals of Design: Pratt Fashion Alumni,” an exhibition of haute couture, womenswear, menswear, costume, and shoe and accessory designs by 21 alumni from Pratt’s Department of Fashion Design. The exhibition will take place at 144 West 14th Street, Second Floor, from September 9 through October 9, 2011, and will highlight the diversity, influence, and talent of professional designers who began their careers with a Pratt education. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, is guest-curated by Sarah Scaturro, a textile conservator at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and adjunct instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), with Pratt Adjunct Assistant Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman serving as the Pratt faculty advisor.

NYC Emerging Fashion: L.E.S. Runway, Designers Announced, Tickets On Sale!

Mo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:04 +0000

We are thrilled to see that local NYC designers have a home at Grand Opening during fashion week. Kicking off on September 7th and running straight through to October 2nd, Grand Opening transforms into LES Runway – a convertible runway/pop-up boutique for local independent designers. We love it! Tickets are on sale now, yes… open to the general public, for three shows a night Thurs-Sat throughout the entire month. Tickets are only $12, drink included – most excellent. See you there darlings!

LES Runway @ Grand Opening

Part fashion showcase, part pop-up shop, LES Runway brings the runway to the downtown scene. It is an opportunity for emerging, local fashion designers to present their work on the catwalk, display the same creations in a pop-up store and interact with the general public in a truly creative and unique fashion setting. Grand Opening will reinvent itself by day as a boutique storefront where patrons will have the chance to purchase select items straight off the runway and by night as the most intimate, interactive runway ever to hit New York.

September 7th – October 2nd
Runway: Thursday, Friday and Saturday (7pm, 8:15pm, 9:30pm)
Pop-up Shop: Tues, Wed and Sun (12pm-7pm), Sat (12pm-6pm)

GET TICKETS HERE.

New Form Perspective

Thursday September 22, Buy Tickets

Reddoll by Tatyana Merenyuk

Saturday September 17, Buy Tickets

Fe Wearables

Thursday September 22, Buy Tickets

Sir New York

Friday September 9, Buy Tickets

This Weekend: San Francisco Fashion Awards

Mo — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:11 +0000

San Francisco Fashion Awards. Year 4

Awards Ceremony, Runway Fashion Show and Party by the Pool

Click for Eventbrite tickets here.

August 28th 2011, 1pm

Hotel Phoenix + CHAMBERS

601 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Del Geronimo Presents:

The triumphant return of the San Francisco Fashion Awards TM will be on Sunday, August 28, 2011. The Northern California fashion and entertainment industry will come together, pay tribute, and recognize the work of the individuals who exemplified, embodied, and contributed to the fashion industry by pushing it to the next level of creativity.

Hosted by the newly renovated Hotel Phoenix and Chambers, San Francisco Fashion Awards 4th Annual Award Ceremony and Fashion Show will honor relevant talents that have contributed innovation and social change through the ongoing fashion evolution of Northern California.

The afternoon will begin with a cocktail cash bar and a delectable menu followed by an award ceremony, fashion show, and wrap with a party by the pool.

Happening Now: Austin Fashion Week

Mo — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:52 +0000

Austin Fashion Week, Schedule

Austin Fashion Week is in full swing this week! There are plenty of recap posts for you to check out, just find the fashion team on Facebook and Twitter. The events go right through to this Saturday, see the full schedule. We love seeing independent designer Malissa Long in the mix. Please go vote for the Austin Darling, MLWear, and her Mash Up team right here, an image of their look below. Support a Darling!

Shop MLWear on Smashing Darling

This Weekend, Shelter Island: Instant Couture With Krelwear

Mo — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:55 +0000

We think a little bit of quickie couture at the beach is the purr*fect place to be this weekend. Beach trumps all in the last few weeks of summer! If you can’t get yourself to Shelter Island this weekend do not fear — hop on over to Krelwear’s Darling boutique for a sample sale not to be missed.

Get to know independent designer Karelle Levy of Krelwear.