Style & Fashion

After four years of work, it came down to just a few minutes each in the white-hot spotlight.

For 13 Marist College senior design majors, it was their moment to show what they’ve learned, how they’ve grown and their visions for the world of high fashion.

The 27th annual Marist College Silver Needle Fashion Show brought a touch of Milan and Manhattan to downtown Poughkeepsie on Friday with two shows.

The showcase for the work of fashion design and merchandising majors at the Town of Poughkeepsie college marked the end of their tenure at Marist. Now, they’ll take what they’ve learned sewing stitches, cutting fabric and dressing mannequins, and use it to find a career with companies like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior and Giorgio Armani.Read more
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“With more and more industries in Sri Lanka, recognizing the value added by design to industries, ‘design’ is certainly becoming the most talked about value addition for new businesses or for the enhancement of a current one to a new league” says award winning

Marketer and Board Director in the Public and Private sector Rohantha Athukorala. At the forefront of this movement is Sri Lankan fashion and apparel industry that has embraced design into its process and is starting to harness its results today. As this industry and many others move up the value chain, a new creative industries sector also emerges in the country, existing to add value, create employment and wealth for the economy; this is as it is to progress further and brands to be created as we see with totally Sri Lankan owned, led and manufactured Sri Lankan fashions and design brands emerge. A combined solution of marketing and design becomes critical. “In this light, I commend AOD for bringing one of UK’s flagship programmes in fashion marketing to Sri Lanka” said Rohantha. Read more
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Some roads will probably be leading to the Romab Catholic Parish Hall on May 17, when the Bay Area Music and International Fashion Designer, Shweta Wahi, join forces to host the Eyambukepo Fashion Show.

Organiser of the show, Richard Namwandi , says this event came about through fate that brought owners of the Namibian record label, Bay Area Music and the international designer from Dubai, Shweta Wahi, together through mutual contacts. “We as Bay Area Music were already planning to host our own fashion shows this year before teaming up with Shweta. But after meeting her and exchanging ideas, it seemed only right that we joined forces to bring her to Namibia, to help bridge an international gap, and secondly to help boost the ever-growing Namibian fashion industry to the capital,” says Richard.

Richard adds that, the word ‘Eyambukepo’ means uprising in Oshiwambo, and this being a show set up and organised by them as the youth, they felt they needed to look for a name that truly describes Namibian presence in today’s society. “Eyambukepo sounded fitting well with this show, as we are all young artists trying to stand up and be counted,” says Richard.Read more
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Since capturing the attention of the judges as the challenge winner in the first episode of Mission Catwalk season three, Bahamian Designer Theodore Elyett has stolen the hearts of Mission Catwalk fans securing the coveted ‘fan favourite’ title for three consecutive weeks.

Elyett emerged as the winner of the popular Caribbean design competition’s first challenge, wowing the judges with his interpretation of a look representing the Caribbean. His winning design was the first of the competition to retail at Lee’s 5th Avenue in Jamaica, which carries reproduced looks of each week’s winning design.

Following episode two, Elyett advanced as the week’s ‘fan favourite’ securing an overwhelming 52% of the votes tabulated in Jamaica by Mission Catwalk sponsor Digicel. The Bahamian designer remains at the forefront of the competition as the show’s ‘fan favourite’ for the third consecutive week securing 37% of the votes. Elyett placed second in episode four which aired May 4, dominating the runway with a risqué look complete with handmade horns in keeping with the challenge theme ‘art on the runway’.Read more
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The Marist College Fashion Program’s 27th Annual Silver Needle Fashion Show takes place today at 3 and 7 p.m. at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie.

The Silver Needle Fashion Show is a signature event for Marist College and showcases the work of student designers and merchandisers. The event is attended by more than 1,800 guests and juried by a panel of fashion industry experts.

“The Fashion Program is thrilled to acknowledge another year of innovation in fashion,” said Radley Cramer, Director of the Fashion Program, in a prepared statement. “Students combine an intuitive sense of creativity with classroom resources to bring the community this year’s unique interpretation of fashion design and merchandising.”Read more
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The ‘fashion fatale’ brought some Jamaican exuberance to the FAT 2013 runway show two Saturdays ago with her funky, fun dancehall-inspired collection.

Lubica’s runway segment even opened with a dance performance to RDX’s party anthem – Jump – by choreographer Onika ‘Neeks’ Powell and her two accomplices (Teneisha Richards and Melonie Hamilton).

“I am sure many of the people here never saw dancing like that before or never even heard music like that! Everyone was so excited,” Lubica said.

According to Lubica, her lead model, Terri-Kaye James, who is also a Jamaican, was the crowd favourite at the event which featured 200 Canadian and international designers over the course of five days.Read more
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It’s graduation season, and in fashion school world, that means it’s time for student fashion shows. Wednesday night, it was FIT’s turn to present the best of its students’ work at the Future of Fashion Runway Show.

We got a sneak preview of the students’ work last month during the judging process, when the final 90 runway looks were selected from the 330 (!!) submitted. It was a seemingly impossible task–every single look being considered was outstanding–so it’s safe to say that this runway represented the creme de la creme of FIT’s fashion design program.

The judges were as impressed as we were with the caliber of talent. Kristen Shirley, market editor for Elle, told us that she really liked the lingerie; blogger BryanBoy loved the knitwear. But Alana Kelen, stylist for VH1 and MTV, said it best: “I think that every piece in this room shows so much talent. So they all have an amazing, long career ahead of them, I’m sure.”Read more
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The leading fashion event in the South is to return for its fourth consecutive year with more innovative designs than ever before.

Brighton Fashion Week will run from June 13 to 16, showcasing 45 emerging designers and a variety of individual fashion shows.

Soraya Alavi, 19, a fashion student and production assistant at Brighton Fashion Week, said: “I’m really looking forward to the event.

“Fashion is a great passion of mine and I am excited about getting the chance to come up with ideas for the shows, which is an overwhelming opportunity.” Read more
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Pratham UK charity ambassadors Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jacquline Fernandez were in attendance as fashion designer Payal Jain unveiled her collection ‘Butterflies In My Heart’.

The seasoned couturier showcased her collection at the Le Meridian Hotel, in aid of Pratham UK’s open programme which gives dropout girls a chance to complete their education and acquire skills for employment.

The event raised £42,000 for the charity that was attended a 350 strong audience of women.

TV presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan hosted the event. Read more
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Rajasthan Fashion Week (RFW) is back with its second edition, starting May 9 in Jaipur. Over 26 designers, including Ritu Kumar, Neeta Lulla and Lina Tipnis, will showcase their ready to wear ethnic and western wear at the event.

The four-day event will begin with a grand opening show followed by a welcome party.

Shalika Sharma, director and CEO of RFW, said: “The second edition shall witness a different scale of creative canvas and a new dimension to the business and establishing RFW as a distinctive brand to reckon with.”Read more
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