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Thursday 21st January, 2010
Paris is known for being one of the fashion centres of the world and it is home to some the planet’s luxurious
and most sought-after labels. Now, people staying in Paris hotels who relish the opportunity to do some window shopping in the designer boutiques such as Colette, have the chance to spot
some real fashion high-fliers. Paris Menswear Fashion Week has just arrived in the city from Milan and couturier Alexis
Mabille kicked things off with his second solo men’s show today. Although the event only lasts until the end
of the weekend, fashion fans staying at hotels Paris have plenty to admire, as the likes of John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier and Yves St Laurent will be premiering their latest
collections. Marc Jacobs will also be bringing his newest designs for Louis Vuitton to the catwalks. Next week
sees the start of the stunning couture shows in the city.
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IFA Paris's student won the "Design-a-Friend
for Barbie" Award Ceremony
International Fashion Academy, better known as IFA PARIS, is a multi-disciplinary fashion
school that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in design, technique and business on its campuses in Paris and Shanghai.
At IFA, we give opportunities for students to show their creativity, exceed in their work, and land in competitive positions
with top fashion labels.
(1888PressRelease) January 21, 2010 - The Design-a-Friend for Barbie Contest successfully concluded on October 28, 2009 with an Award Ceremony held
at Barbie Shanghai. Hundreds of students participated in this event with Amber Zhang from IFA Paris finally being awarded
the Grand Prize. The chief designer of the Barbie Collection Mr. Robert Best was present at the ceremony.
Young designers
from the Visual Arts College of Shanghai Fudan University, Donghua University, and the China Academy of Art to name a few,
took part in designing clothes, names, and life stories for Barbie's friend.
The works of 16 outstanding participants
were exhibited. After considering the opinions of a professional jury (50%), the popular vote (30%) and members of the Barbie
team (20%), the Grand Prize was awarded to Amber Zhang, a student of IFA Paris.
In recognition of her achievement,
she received a recommendation letter from Barbie Shanghai and a scholarship. Amber's design is named Lan, a girl who likes
photography and looks stylish and sweet in a pink dress fringed with flowers. Mr. Robert Best awarded the Grand Prize to Amber
and designed a Barbie on the spot!
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Young Madrileño, Eduardo Rivera has been selected as the only Spanish menswear designer to show at the
prestigious Tranoï shows at Paris Fashion Week. If the collection is received as well by the international press as it has
been in his home country, the breakthrough showing will make Eduardo Rivera the next 'designer to watch'.
Online PR News – 20-January-2010 – With only two collections from his new menswear
line behind him, young Madrileño and fashion designer Eduardo Rivera (Madrid, 1977) has been hailed with positive reviews
and enough coverage in his native Spain from prestigious fashion publications and respected news publications to make any
designer envious. You can see translated articles from Spanish GQ, Esquire and the widely circulated El Mundo and El Pais
at his blog, here: http://www.eduardoriverablog.com/category/press/ . Until now, however, the collection has received little,
if any, international exposure.
Next week, the EDUARDO RIVERA collection for men with be showing at Paris Fashion Week
at the prestigious fashion event Tranoï (www.tranoi.com). He will be the only Spanish menswear designer showing his collection
at The Paris Stock Exchange where Tranoï will host 100 collections of ‘avant-garde man’ on 22, 23 and 24 January.
If the collection is received as well by the international press as that in his home country, the breakthrough showing will
surely make Eduardo Rivera the next ‘designer to watch’.
Much of the press in Spain has spoken of Eduardo Rivera’s
destiny in fashion, growing up as he did helping his mother’s fashion store, Elisa de Rivera, a Madrid fashion institution.
Eduardo initially began a career in the finance market. It wasn’t until 2002 that he returned to Spain to work with
his mother, together with whom he launched ladies brand ENE DE RIVERA, now for sale in over 15 countries, with permanent showrooms
in Madrid, London and Moscow. His beginning in Finance is evident in Eduardo’s commercial focus on delivering quality
clothing that is fashionable but also delivers value to the client through quality tailoring and material and with practical
and wearable designs.
What really inspired Eduardo to return to his fashion roots, however, was his ambition to create
a men’s brand. He enrolled at Central St Martin’s in London, learning the art of tailoring and, working with his
mother on the ENE de RIVERA collection, refined his skill and eye as a tailor. After the lessons, hard work and success of
ENE de RIVERA, Eduardo Rivera stepped out on his own to realize his ambition. "The market lacked a young, tailored, comfortable
and elegant brand" - says the designer.
The first two EDUARDO RIVERA menswear collections are selling well, having acquired
distribution in the best fashion boutiques in Spain. This local success and recognition looks set to expand to the international
market with the young designers participation in Tranoï.
French Fashion Designer, Ornella Noto, to Launch Spring
2010 Collection during New York Fashion Week
New York, NY (September 3, 2009) – On
September 16th, 2009, iFashion Network will launch French designer Ornella Noto, at iFashion Week {end}, produced by SEG Corporation
and iConcept Media Group, when she will present her Spring 2010 collection. Celebrities, fashion icons, designers, buyers,
the press, models and many members of the fashion industry will attend Noto’s official runway show, scheduled for September
16th at Edison Ballroom starting at 6pm. Coming from an artistic upbringing, from her grand-parents, one musician, the other baroque furniture sculptor,
a hair
stylist mother, a choreographer sister, to herself as a dancer, fashion
designer, Ornella Noto’s passion for clothes and costumes started at a very young age, when she participated and advised her family in their professional activities. From the age
of 15, despite studying in economics and law, she spent her free time working at a trendy boutique of the French Riviera,
hoping to pursue a career within fashion. Later, she will work at the renowned Façonnable’s showroom and create a luxurious
sportswear collection for a new French brand. Building upon her multiple international trips and experiences in the fashion
business, she started her own collection, called Ornellanoto, and continues to do what she has always done: Shape her style
with the goal to always be trendy and avant-gardist, while staying feminine and elegant. Her Spring 2010 collection is inspired
by her “vision of New York with a French touch, a “Pretty Woman” style, the surprising woman, looked by
everyone, elegant, fresh, happy and natural,” says fashion designer, Ornella Noto. About iFashion Week {end} From
September 10-19, during New York Fashion Week, iFashion Network will officially kick-off a week long unveiling of innovative
designs, trends, and style. As part of this grand event, fifteen innovative emerging designers from around the world will
showcase their high-end, immeasurable cutting edge Spring 2010 collections, including Project Runway alumni, Kenley Collins
and Terri Stevens. Runway shows, cocktail parties, presentations and much more will be held at exclusive high-end locations
in New York, such as La Pomme, TenJune, Pranna, Susie Wong, Blvd., Taj II and with a full runway production at Edison Ballroom. For
further information about the event, schedules, etc., please visit http://www.iFashionNetwork.com , or email events@iconceptmedia.com
. For press inquiries and further information about Ornella Noto, please contact Teri Munro at iConcept Media Group,
212-795-0706, pr@iconceptmedia.com .
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