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South Asian Fashion Week brings opulence into mainstream -
Feb 28, 2018 - 12:09:44 PM
Rich fabrics, ornate beading, intricate embroidery and bespoke cuts
will dominate the runway at the first South Asian Fashion Week (SAFW)
from March 2 to 4, 2018 in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
“Cultural
appropriation is a hot button issue, especially in fashion. At SAFW, we
want to give everyone the permission to freely explore wearing
traditional South Asian apparel. Guests can support our incredible
community of local South Asian designers and retailers by investing in
made-to-order pieces that can add a touch of opulence to anyone's
wardrobe,” says co-founder Cindy Khella...
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Madame Adassa to show Empress Warrior Collection -
Feb 20, 2018 - 10:19:25 AM
MADAME ADASSA is the talk of the city as Fashion Designer, Marsha
Vacirca presents her captivating collection at Vancouver Fashion Week
F/W 2018 Season (VFW). The featured brand is mostly couture, fusing
European and Caribbean influences; a celebration of the designer's
cultural background. While the brand's collection was launched as an ode
to her grandmother, it's also a celebration of all things woman.
Vancouver
Fashion Week is the fastest growing fashion week in the world and the
only industry event that actively seeks out to showcase international
award-winning designers from over 25 global fashion capitals.
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Islands of the World Fashion Showcase presents "Paradise Takes A Bite of The Big Apple" -
Feb 7, 2018 - 4:26:22 PM
In recognition of the Tenth Anniversary of the premiere of the
award-winning Islands of the World Fashion Showcase, the organizers will
host the event in New York City on 1st and 2nd November 2018 under the
theme “Paradise Takes A Bite of The Big Apple”.
Designers based in or with origins in the island-nations around the
globe will be featured in the historic venue of 4 West 43rd Street in a
mosaic of fashion and culture, fusing creations from resort and urban to
red carpet and destination bridal fashions. Since its inception in 2008
the event has been hosted in Nassau, Bahamas, and featured 75 designers
representing 18 island-nations and 3 non-island countries. The
designers to be selected to present at the New York event will be those
who have shown themselves ready for a global commercial presence...
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Bahems Footwear Debuts at The Island House -
Dec 22, 2017 - 8:18:08 PM
All Nathan Arnett wants for Christmas is to have his new shoe line,
Bahems sell out when it debuts Saturday, December 23, at The Island
House.
“Christmas is the time to make dreams come true,” said Mr
Arnett, a marketing executive who spent two years perfecting his
Bahamas designed, people inspired, espadrille style footwear.
“Bahems was created for the everyday person,” the 27-year-old noted. “The Bahamas inspires me and sparks my creativity...
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Fashion Week Goes Eco, Aussie Style -
Nov 30, 2017 - 8:07:30 PM
Fashion Gets Ethical Down Under...
Australia could well be leading the way in the slow fashion movement.
With a promise to deliver sustainable fashion to Perth on a global level
by promoting and showcasing ethical designers and artists, the
inaugural Eco Fashion Week Australia (EFWA) did just that from November
23 to 27 in Fremantle at Victoria Hall. And, it did so to rave reviews
from all those in attendance.
Created by Zuhal Kuvan-Mills, the founder of Australia’s first internationally recognised organic fashion label,
Green Embassy, the five-day event had over 44 designers which included 11 international designer shows...
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Eco Fashion Week Australia to Highlight Environmentally Conscious Fashion -
Nov 13, 2017 - 9:41:28 PM
Eco Fashion Week Australia (EFWA) will make its
exciting debut on the 23rd of November and run through to the 27th. The
Bahamas Weekly is a proud sponsor, and co-founder, Ms. Robbin Whachell
will be on location. Be sure to like
The Bahamas Weekly's Facebook page to see photos from the event.
The inaugural event
will be held at the historic Victoria Hall in Fremantle, a port city in
Western Australia that’s part of the Perth metropolitan area, and is
known for its maritime history, Victorian architecture and remnants from
Australia’s days as a British penal colony...
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Eco Fashion Week Australia Attracts Zero-Waste Designers -
Nov 11, 2017 - 9:17:32 AM
Designers who have a passion for creating a
world where garments have a clean and positive story to tell are set to
converge Down Under from November 23 - 27, 2017 for the inaugural Eco
Fashion Week Australia (EFWA). Park of the eco mindset and mandate is a "zero-waste" policy for most eco designers. Well-known Indian designer, Shravan Kumar says he's looking forward to raising consumer awareness in this area and feels draping is one of the best ways to achieve material usage.
EFWA writer, Marilyn Wilson asks Kumar about his upcoming appearance at Eco
Fashion Week Australia this November...
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Vancouver Fashion Week Spring/Summer 18 Schedule Released -
Sep 17, 2017 - 5:30:01 PM
Vancouver Fashion Week Spring/Summer 18 is set to be the best yet, and
now you can see exactly who is showing and when on the VFW SS18 Schedule
to plan your perfect week. The event can be viewed globally on livestream.
Kicking off with the Opening Gala on
Monday the 18th, guests will be privy to a handful of designer previews
and full lines by local brand Aiki District , Australian designer,
Charly Thorn and Nozomi Kuwahara from Japan.
Tuesday’s guests
will see an eclectic mix of young first timers and VFW veterans hit the
runway. These will include Chilean designer, Paulina Cañas and her
label...
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Korean designers represent in an international Vancouver Fashion Week SS18 -
Sep 1, 2017 - 8:27:07 PM
This season of Vancouver Fashion Week is set to be
the most
international yet. Vancouver will play host to over 80
designers from 20 countries from the 18th -
26th of September.
Among those to represent their countries are a group of talented designers from Korea. Their
work has been seen in shows in Germany, France, China, Japan and now Vancouver Fashion
Week have the honour of showcasing their works. Choi Boko, MEZIS and L by L are amoung
those that will be hitting the runway with their lines for SS18...
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Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade -
Aug 12, 2017 - 9:33:46 AM
Impressionist painter Edgar Degas is well known for his late 19th
century paintings of Parisian dancers and racehorses. What he is perhaps
less known for is his fascination with the quotidian details of modern
life in the French capital, including high fashion hats and the women
who crafted them.
Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade,
currently on show at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, explores
this infatuation which inspired a visually compelling body of work that
subtly documents the effect that hat-making had on turn of the century
Parisians, from working women to high society men and everyone in
between...
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American designer, Jeff Garner to take Prophetik to Eco Fashion Week Australia -
Jul 30, 2017 - 11:24:43 PM
The sustainable couture fashion line, Prophetik designed by
Jeff Garner of the United States will be seen on the runway at the inaugural Eco Fashion Week Austratlia taking place in Perth from
November 23 - 27,
201.
The week-long
event will take place in Western Australia and will feature designers
who practise sustainable, ethical production, either by recycling or
upcycling, or use organic and natural materials which do not leave a
carbon footprint.
The following is an interview with Jeff Garner by Marilyn Wilson:
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Founder of Eco Fashion Week Australia hopes to inspire designers -
Jul 13, 2017 - 4:00:52 AM
Designers who have
a passion for creating a world where garments have a clean and positive
story to tell are set to converge Down Under from November 23 - 27,
2017 for the inaugural Eco Fashion Week Australia (EFWA). The week-long
event will take place in Western Australia and will feature designers
who practise sustainable, ethical production, either by recycling or
upcycling, or use organic and natural materials which do not leave a
carbon footprint.
Founded by Perth-based Australian eco fashion designer and visual artist
Zuhal Kuvan-Mills of Green Embassy, Zuhal has taken her passion for
slow fashion to a new level with the creation of this first of its kind
fashion event for the region. After traveling the globe and showcasing
her own lines in locations as far away at Canada, Kuvan-Mills is setting
her sights on promoting and showcasing Australian and international
sustainable artists and designers in her beloved homeland...
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Make Do and Mend - Fashion Flashback -
Jul 7, 2017 - 6:11:23 AM
Eco fashion takes me back to my childhood and wartime/postwar time in
the UK. Dresses were taken apart and re-sewn with a bit of extra fabric
creatively added, or they were made into rag rugs. Hand knitted sweaters
were carefully picked undone, the yarn washed and reused for something
different. There was a “rag and bone” man who took his horse drawn cart
through the neighbourhoods once a month to pick up discarded items and
recycle them.
“Recycling” was the way of life at that time out
of necessity. But it wasn’t called recycling. Everything was cherished
and re-used or repaired. There were no new items available. Brown paper
bags were taken back to stores for reuse, milk bottles and pop bottles
were all picked up by the delivery guy, and taken back to the dairy or
pop company to be washed and reused...
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Bahamian eco designer to present in Australia -
Jul 3, 2017 - 1:47:38 PM
Bahamian luxury “slow-fashion” leather goods brand Willique merges
sustainability with style, and Bahamian designer Anya Pratt has
announced that she will be presenting her
Willique line at the inaugural
Eco Fashion Week Australia in November 2017.
Willique – the London based luxury leather, bespoke handbag brand is
fast establishing an international reputation for craftsmanship and
design, whilst championing the idea that luxury too can be part of the
slow fashion movement...
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Bahamian fashion designer showcases in China -
Jun 2, 2017 - 2:40:02 PM
Award-Winning Designer Theodore Elyett Wows with Junkanoo-Themed Fashion Collection in Asia
Nassau,
Bahamas - More than 300 spectators sat expectantly in the Grand
Ballroom of the world famous Kerry Hotel in Beijing, China. Every eye
glued to the runway, award-winning Bahamian designer Theodore Elyett, a
fashion maestro, brilliantly translated the magic and splendor of
Junkanoo into a 10-piece avant garde collection themed, “Junkanoo:
Bahamian Opulence” for a crowd of diplomats, business executives,
fashion and film industry consultants and Bahamians studying in China...
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Designer Call for Inaugural Eco Fashion Week Australia -
May 31, 2017 - 5:10:30 PM
Fashion gets ethical Down Under...
The question, “What are
you wearing?” is taking on a new meaning as we become more cognizant of
fabrics, how our clothing was made, and where our clothing ends up
after we’ve worn it - most often, only once. With fashion as the world’s
largest polluter, not to mention one of the least ethical trades, each
of us should start thinking about what’s in our closet, and how we can
reduce and reuse.
Designers who have a passion for creating a
world where garments have a clean and positive story to tell are set to
converge Down Under from November 23 - 27, 2017 for the inaugural Eco
Fashion Week Australia (EFWA)...
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The Colour of Love at Islands of the World Fashion Showcase -
May 26, 2017 - 11:30:03 AM
The seventh edition of Islands of the World Fashion Showcase, under the
theme “The Colour of Love”, took the audience on a romantic journey to
an idyllic destination island wedding, featuring apparel and accessories
from underwear, swimwear, casual and resort wear, to evening dresses,
suits and bridal gowns, accentuated by exquisite jewelry. Owen Bethel,
producer of the event, described it as a “mosaic of fashion, art, and
culture, depicting a sophisticated island lifestyle, or designs for the
sophisticated urban castaways.”
The ambience of the romantic garden
setting in the Humidor Piazza at Graycliff Hotel provided a
complementary environment for a night of dazzling elegance...
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Fashion Forward at the Opening of Bahamas Parliament -
May 25, 2017 - 7:16:06 PM
Fashion forward on the Red Carpet at about 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday
morning, May 24 – local media clamoured to get fashion photos of the
ladies, especially, and the new Members of Parliament at the Official
Opening of Parliament, as they walked towards the House of Assembly
before enthusiastic spectators.
The styles, the colours, designer flair all set the mood for an eagerly anticipated segment of the official opening ceremonies.
Popular
was Mrs. Pat Minnis, the wife of Prime Minister the Hon. Dr. Hubert
Minnis, who wore a white dress with colorful floral bouquets, matched
with a hot pink hat.
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Islands of the World Fashion Showcase "The Colour of Love" this weekend -
May 19, 2017 - 2:20:13 PM
Integrating the visual arts with a
diversity of cultures and the bio-diversity of underwater life in the
pristine seas surrounding The Bahamas, under the theme “The Colour of
Love, the seventh edition of Islands of the World Fashion Showcase will
explode in a burst of tropical colours in the romantic setting of the
Humidor Piazza of Graycliff Hotel & Restaurant on Saturday, 20th May
2017.
DKlypse Swimwear by Kristen Cartwright of The Bahamas,
Sun, Sea and Sand
by Persida Louison of Haiti, and
Rock That Style by Greg Williams of
Barbados are the individual designers presenting their new collections.
Exiles, which is a collective and collaborative initiative encompassing
several designers will be making it’s second major presentation at IWFS...
