Designers Fashion Buzz on Lex Designs by Cristina Rendon NY Fashion Week Platinum After Party

Designers Fashion Buzz on Lex- NY Fashion Week Platinum After Party

Victoria's Fashion Weekly - Food, Fashion and Beuty Media Mix

Host:	Dining Engagement Group
Type:	Party - Mixer
Network:	Global
Price:	Free Admission

Date:	Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Time:	7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	NIRVANA
Street:	346 Lexington Ave, btw East 39th and East 40th St.
City/Town:	New York, NY

Phone:	7189240238
Email:	diningengagement@yahoo.com

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Dining Engagement Group
presents
Victoria’s Fashion Weekly

Designers Fashion Buzz on Lex
Designs by Cristina Rendon
NY Fashion Week Platinum After Party

Wednesday, September 16
Time: 7-11pm

Free Appetizers: 7 - 9 pm
Fashion Show: 9 pm

Place: Nirvana, 346 Lexington Ave, btw E39th and E40th, NYC 10016
Dress: Dress to Impress

Free Admission with RSVP to diningengagement@yahoo.com

NY Fashion Week: Shoppers Get A Taste

NEW YORK (AP) -- The fashion industry wants to invite you to New York Fashion Week -- sort of.

An enormous tent is up in Midtown for the kickoff on Thursday, fashion flags line the streets and designer Cynthia Rowley is going to share your ride in the back of a taxi via video.

Celebrities, designers and industry glitterati will mingle with shoppers at stores all over New York for the first-ever Fashion's Night Out (Vogue's Anna Wintour will be at a Queens Macy's!) Baby Phat will broadcast its runway show live in Times Square.

The fashion industry wants you to embrace fashion week, so that you'll get excited about the styles on the runways and, at last, go shopping.

Just don't try to get into the actual runway shows: They are still invitation-only.

And that's the dilemma for the fashion industry. Fashion is everywhere nowadays, yet shoppers are barely a part of the main event.

That, coupled with the economic meltdown and consumer confusion about seeing runway styles that won't be in stores for up to six months has led to some soul-searching by industry insiders.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America recently held a round-table to discuss whether the big, pricey fashion shows were still relevant. The runway schedule -- previewing fall clothes in spring, and spring clothes in fall -- has always made perfect sense for designers who needed time to produce their full line; retailers who needed time to plan their buys and editors who put magazines to bed many months in advance.

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But now that runway shows can be seen online almost instantly, consumers are more interested -- and ready to buy clothes that aren't yet available.

"The consumer interest has evolved over time because the media has changed so drastically," said Fern Mallis, senior vice president of IMG Fashion, which organizes Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park, hosting more than 60 designers including Isaac Mizrahi, Michael Kors and Narciso Rodriguez.

The shows' roots as a trade event are important, but designers know that there now need to be events for the public, too, said Steven Kolb, CFDA executive director.

It's a very different landscape than when the tents went up in 1993. As celebrities started coming, so did more cameras and now it seems everyone at the shows is putting reviews, photos and backstage soundbites online in real time.

"Everyone in this world now is a critic and reporter and commentator of sorts, and that's what's created a different consumer demand," Mallis said. "Everyone sees fashion all the time. It's something that's easy to talk about, dish about, make fun of or celebrate."

But, she added, "We still make it clear that our shows are by invitation only. ... I can't get upset about consumers being interested because at the end of the day, they have to put their hand in their pocket, pull out the credit card and buy the clothes."

The retail reality that is the backdrop to Fashion Week is harsh, with August retail sales declining for the 12th straight month. Some lower-priced retailers saw some signs of improvement, but the designers on the runways most often fall into the hard-hit luxury market.

Mallis said timing contributes to the disconnect between shoppers and the runway. Designers at the CFDA forum complained that retailers push them too hard on deliveries, ending up with fall merchandise on selling floors in July that are already discounted, devaluing their product and contributing to a wait-for-the-sale mentality.

That could be why so many retailers and designers are on board with Fashion's Night Out, the brainchild of Wintour in an effort to spur sales of in-season clothes, accessories and cosmetics.

"Fashion's Night Out is really about the public. There are incredible shows and events, appearances and activities geared for consumers so the consumer can feed off the excitement that is around Fashion Week," said Kolb.

He said he could envision the event becoming a permanent part of Fashion Week, and Mallis said that other public events are being considered for next year's move from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center.

Some stores don't want to wait that long. Ann Taylor, for example, is staging its own flashy catwalk to debut fall and holiday clothes that go along with a rebranding, and, farther away, in malls in at least a half-dozen other markets, Simon Property Group is partnering with its tenants for joint-store fashion shows.

"The main thing is accessibility," said Shari Simon, senior vice president of Simon's corporate marketing. "I can't go buy the things on the runway at Fashion Week in Bryant Park. This stuff you can have in an hour."

The Miss Red Hot 2009 Calendar Search Competition

Ladies,

Please visit http://www.missredhot.net/ ASAP and let me at eandemgt@gmail.com know if you'd be interested in participating.

The Miss Red Hot girls will be at Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, August 28^th - August 29^th for an invite-only Miss Red Hot competition. This will be a swimsuit and gown event, and one of the last opportunities to qualify for the Miss Red Hot 2009 Calendar Search competition. Competitors interested please email eandemgt@gmail.com.

Activities begin on Friday, September 25^th with the finals on Sunday, September 27^th at 11 AM at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The event is open to the public.

Compete in personality, swimsuit and gown categories.

$5,000 paid to winner, $1,000 to First Runner-Up and $400 to the next top ten. All twelve models will be photographed and featured in the Miss Red Hot 2010 Swimsuit Calendar.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
9 AM MICHAEL ANGEL
Salon
10 AM BCBGMAXAZRIA
Tent
11 AM DAVIDELFIN
Promenade
1 PM DUCKIE BROWN
Salon
3 PM PORTS 1961
Tent
5 PM ROSA CHÁ
Salon
6-10 PM FASHION’S NIGHT OUT

7 PM CESAR GALINDO
M2 Ultra Lounge, 530 W 28th Street

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
9 AM CYNTHIA STEFFE
Salon
11 AM YIGAL AZROUËL
Promenade
2 PM CHARLOTTE RONSON
Promenade
6 PM NICOLE MILLER
Salon
7 PM ARISE AFRICAN COLLECTIVE
Promenade
8 PM ERIN WASSON x RVCA
Tent
9 PM VENEXIANA
Salon

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
10 AM LACOSTE
Tent
11 AM GEORGES CHAKRA
Promenade
1 PM ANDY & DEBB
Salon
3 PM ACADEMY of ART UNIVERSITY
Tent
4 PM CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
Promenade
7 PM CHADO RALPH RUCCI
Tent
8 PM VIVIENNE TAM
Promenade

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
10 AM LELA ROSE
Salon
11 AM DEREK LAM
Promenade
Noon TONI MATICEVSKI
Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street
1 PM DKNY
711 Greenwich Street
2 PM THUY
Salon
3 PM HERVÉ LÉGER BY MAX AZRIA
Promenade
4 PM DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
Tent
5 PM REBECCA TAYLOR
Salon
Y-3

7 PM TULEH
Promenade
8 PM CUSTO BARCELONA
Tent
9 PM VASSILIOS KOSTETSOS
Salon

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
10 AM CAROLINA HERRERA
Tent
11 AM CARLOS MIELE
Promenade
Noon JILL STUART

1 PM TRACY REESE
Salon
2 PM DONNA KARAN NEW YORK
711 Greenwich Street
4 PM YEOHLEE

5 PM TADASHI SHOJI
Salon
6 PM TONYCOHEN
Promenade
7 PM GOTTEX
Tent

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
10 AM BADGLEY MISCHKA
Tent
11 AM BRIAN REYES
Promenade
1 PM PAMELLA ROLAND
Salon
2 PM MAX AZRIA
Tent
3 PM DENNIS BASSO
Promenade
6 PM WILLOW
Salon
7 PM TIBI
Promenade
8 PM NARCISO RODRIGUEZ
Tent
9 PM TONI FRANCESC
Salon

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
9 AM TORY BURCH
Salon
10 AM MICHAEL KORS
Tent
11 AM NANETTE LEPORE
Promenade
2 PM 3.1 PHILLIP LIM
Tent
3 PM MILLY BY MICHELLE SMITH
Promenade
5 PM ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH
Salon
6 PM ANNA SUI
Tent
7 PM DOO.RI
Promenade

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
9 AM RALPH LAUREN
Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
10 AM RALPH LAUREN
Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
11 AM RALPH LAUREN
Skylight Studio, 275 Hudson Street
1 PM ALLUDE
Salon
2 PM ISAAC MIZRAHI
Tent
3 PM TRIAS
Promenade
4 PM CALVIN KLEIN

5 PM CALVIN KLEIN

6 PM CHOCHENG
Salon
7 PM ARGENTINEAN DESIGNER COLLECTIONS
Promenade
8 PM TOMMY HILFIGER
Tent


SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

For Media Registration Inquiries, please contact:

IMG Fashion
304 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Media.Registration@imgworld.com
Phone: 646-871-2404

For PR, Interview or additional Press Related Inquiries, please contact:

Alison Levy
PR Manager
IMG Fashion
304 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Alison.Levy@imgworld.com
Phone: 646-871-2492



PRESS & INDUSTRY REGISTRATION » SPRING 2010 » NEW YORK

BE ADVISED: REGISTRATION FOR, AND INCLUSION IN, THE MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK IN NEW YORK SPRING/SUMMER 2010 COLLECTIONS PRESS AND INDUSTRY LIST DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCESS TO SHOWS. DESIGNERS USE THE LIST AS A RESOURCE FOR THEIR INVITATION AND GUEST LISTS. IMG FASHION DOES NOT ISSUE TICKETS OR INVITATIONS TO SHOWS. INVITATIONS ARE SENT DIRECTLY BY EACH DESIGNERS’ PUBLIC RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE. THESE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS ARE ISSUED ALL INFORMATION ENTERED IN OUR REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR THEIR USE.

Inclusion in the Press and Industry lists circulated to designers, as well as application fees, will be determined on the following timetable:

July 20, 2009 Registration opens $65 fee per individual
August 14, 2009 (noon EST) Deadline for early registration
August 14, 2009 (noon EST) Deadline for inclusion in the official Press and Industry List
August 15, 2009 Late registration opens $90 fee per individual
August 30, 2009 (midnight) Deadline for late registration and inclusion in the
addendum Press and Industry List
September 6, 2009 * (midnight) Registration closes online

*Registrations received after Aug 30 WILL NOT BE CIRCULATED TO DESIGNERS. Approved registrants will receive copies of the official Designer Contact List and will be able to apply directly to designers for show invitations.


Instructions:

If you are a freelancer you will need to send us tear sheets and a resume along with a letter of verification, on company letterhead, from the affiliation you are representing. IMG Fashion will not accept applications from freelancers without these materials.

If you are applying for accreditation for the first time, please be sure to include as much information as you can about your affiliation within your application via an internet site and weblinks. If you do not have these materials on the web you will need to mail us a two copies of the publication, DVDs, company profile, press kit, etc. to the address below.

The materials referenced above can be sent to:

Press Accreditation, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
IMG Fashion
304 Park Avenue South
Floor Eight
New York, NY 10009

For questions regarding registration, please contact:

IMG Fashion Press Office
T: 646-871-2404
E: Media.Registration@IMGworld.com

http://www.mbfashionweek.com/

New Organic Clothing Site Debuts Online

Launching in December 2008, EcoFriendlySolutionsSite.com is a site that specializes in organic and fair trade clothing. Aside from having an ethical business practice and products, the site has a blog that describes the process on how to successfully go green.

Fairfield, OH (PRWEB) January 4, 2009 — Amidst the economic problems of the U.S., there’s still the worsening condition of the planet, which can have far more dire effects, particularly when these issues have gone unchecked. Entrepreneur Mary Jane Willke understands this, which is why she has gone with a greener solution to the problem through her new website, www.EcoFriendlySolutionsSite.com.

Willke’s site has a variety of organic apparel ranging from sleep wear to socks, everything on the site has been treated without chemicals and comes from fair trade manufacturers.

I was reading about how cotton is chemically treated and the conditions that some of these workers go through and it was something that I did not agree with

The items I have on my site are pesticide-free, and I pay attention to everything that comes through my business.

I wanted to have something that anybody could purchase from. These are products that should be invested in and are important to support, particularly when it comes to the health of children and individuals with sensitive skin

I’d like to link up with other sites and businesses and help each other out

This company is fully owned by a woman, it’s a new business and we specialize in something that will help the health of people and the planet

I think of this beyond just being a website; it’s an investment in clean living.

“I was reading about how cotton is chemically treated and the conditions that some of these workers go through and it was something that I did not agree with,” explained Willke. “The items I have on my site are pesticide-free, and I pay attention to everything that comes through my business.”

Having launched in December 2008, the site itself is relatively green, in a figurative sense, but it boasts an impressive catalog for men, women and children all around.

“I wanted to have something that anybody could purchase from. These are products that should be invested in and are important to support, particularly when it comes to the health of children and individuals with sensitive skin,” Willke said.

In addition to having a new site, Willke also has a corresponding blog in www.OrganicCottonClothingBlog.com. According to Willke, there will be posts about the process of how to “go green,” as well as reviews of organic and environmentally-friendly items.

As the site heads towards its first month as a full-realized business, Willke has plans to expand to include other items such as reusable shopping bags and to branch out with other environmentally sound organizations (”I’d like to link up with other sites and businesses and help each other out,” she said).

Yet at the end of the day, this independent business owner recognizes that she may have an uphill battle, but the result of her hard work is much more of a success than most will realize.

“This company is fully owned by a woman, it’s a new business and we specialize in something that will help the health of people and the planet,” Willke said. “I think of this beyond just being a website; it’s an investment in clean living.”

About the Company:
EcoFriendlySolutionsSite.com is a part of MJ Online Solutions Inc, which is owned and operated by Mary Jane Willke. The products on the site are organic, chemical-free products, as well as sweatshop-free.

Model Call this Sat. for E&E Management!!!!!!!!!!!!

E & E Management and www.SubstanceModeling.com will be auditioning for models various events and opportunities such as high fashion calendar, long term Marketing Campaign with E&E Management. September Fashion Show and Up-coming music videos.

The September Fashion show will be held in Annapolis MD, sponsored by www.SubstanceModeling.com which will be a paid job. Designers are still being negotiated.

The music video will be for Bed Sty Veterans, http://www.myspace.com/fadapoba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TYPMcY4_S0&feature=player_embedded

E&E Management will also be recruiting models for their company roster. E&E Management is a model management company based in NY with offices in Washington DC and soon to be San Jose California .

E&E specializing in finding paid work for models in the High fashion, Commercial/Print and Runway sectors of the fashion industry. E&E also does development for models such as runway coaching classes, model etiquette classes, and acting coaching for commercials.

As a management group, E&E advises/counsels models on their career and projects, does contract negotiations, image building and marketing strategies. E&E builds models from all levels to get to the next. So it doesn't matter where you are at in development, E&E can help further your career.

The Auditions will be held on Sat. July 25th between 3-6pm at Champion Studios @ 257 w 39st 14th Floor NY, NY 10018. For more information please give us a call at 888 586 1117 ext 112 or email us at eandemgt@gmail.com.

And if you are not ale to attend but are still interested, please email us your professional pictures/comp card with contact information at eandemgt@gmail.com.

Make up Advise for Models- Natural Skin Care

Getting healthier skin is not contingent upon high-cost prescription medications or obsessive skin care routines. Modifying your daily routine a tiny bit and upholding disciplined cleansing habits can help to add flawless skin to the list of your best qualities.

Eat healthier

By avoiding foods that often make your face breakout, your skin will be less oily and more resistant to blemishes. Some problem foods that may cause pimples or breakouts include chocolate and other candy, French fries, fast food, pizza and soft drinks.

To get your skin in better shape, you may not have to give up everything that has negative effects on your skin, but rather, eat those things in moderation. Have greasier foods as a special treat or on rare occasion when eating a healthy, balanced meal is out of the question.

Hydrate and exercise
Drinking the recommended eight glasses of water per day coupled with some regular exercise - walking, running, bicycling, engaging in sports - should have a great impact on one’s complexion. Increased blood flow due to aerobic exercise will positively impact one’s complexion with a glowing look to replace dull skin.

Not only will exercise and drinking water help skin tone and texture, but it will also make you feel more energized and great about yourself. By keeping your body in shape, you will feel less stressed and more capable of achieving those things you set out to do.

Monitor sun exposure
By using a moderate strength sunscreen, you will be protecting your skin from sun damage, skin cancer, aging and premature wrinkles. Too much sun can blister one’s lips, leaving them red, sore and charred. Sunburned skin will eventually peel most times, leaving skin areas blotchy and sensitive. The best approach to preventing sunburn and other sun-caused skin problems is to monitor how much time one spends in the sun and to avoid sun exposure by using sunscreen with SPF 15 or greater.

Practice a regular cleansing routine
Cleanse, exfoliate, tone and moisturize…this daily routine should carry you on your way toward healthier skin. Select a gentle skin cleansing solution that works for your specific type of skin - dry, oily, normal. Using your selected product, cleanse face in a circular motion and rinse with lukewarm water, as hot water zaps skin’s moisture.

Follow the cleansing stage with an exfoliant. A granular product is often especially effective in smoothing rough areas and releasing dead skin cells, allowing the face to be better moisturized.

After the exfoliation process concludes, use a toner or an astringent to tighten skin and remove any makeup or cleanser residue. A nice alternative to a toner or astringent would be doing a facial masque at least once a week, which tackles clogged pores while also firming skin and leaving it soft and silky.

Finally, pat skin dry with a soft towel but do not dry up all the water. Apply a moisturizer (with or without sunscreen) to help protect skin from dryness. Those who have oily skin do not have to moisturize as often as those who have dry, normal or combination skin.
When meeting someone new, most people take notice of the person’s face first, what is very important for models. For this and other reasons, maintaining clean, healthy skin is paramount to self-esteem, confidence, attitude, and, of course, your modeling career.