AFI CAPE TOWN FASHION WEEK 2010

SHOW SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 12 AUG 2010

15h00 GRADUATE SHOW SPONSORED BY FOSCHINI


18h00 COPPELIA /SUZAAN HEYNS

19h15 MICHELLE LUDEK/DOREEN SOUTHWOOD

20h30  GOOD CLOTHING/ TART

21h30  KLUK CGDT


FRIDAY 13 AUG 2010

18h00 DDAVID WEST

19h15 CRAIG PORT with Kim Govaars for MISS PORT

20h30 STONED CHERRIE LOVE MOVEMENT

21h30 SOUTHERN SUN SWIMWEAR featuring Dax Martin, Lovewaterlove & Craig Port



SATURDAY 14 AUG 2010


15h00 TAKE CARE/ WILD FIG/ AUGUST


16h30  RUFF TUNG / UNDACOVA


18h00 EMERGING SHOW SPONSORED BY WOOLWORTHS


19h15 VIYELLA


20h30 STEFANIA MORLAND


21h30 CRAIG NATIVE in association with TECH STATION

Dia Mirza at LFW 2009

Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) is one of the most popular fashion weeks in India. Lakme Fashion Week is the Indian annual fashion that was first organized in year 2000.




The fashion show that was held in Mumbai on September 17,2009 was graced by bollywood actress Dia Mirza who danced during the opening ceremony of Lakme India Fashion Week. Tarun Tahiliani will concluded the event on September 23, with the Lakme Grand Finale collection.

Kolkata Fashion Week II Highlights

Works of over 40 fashion designers and several weavers will be showcased at the Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW) to be held here Sep 9-13, 2009. The splendid show will open with the creations of Ritu Kumar,while Manish Malhotra's designs bring down the curtains, the organisers announced. Revive the memories of 20 designers that had taken part in the inaugural edition.




'There will be 36 shows on the spring-summer collection,' said Yudhajit Dutta, managing director of Mindscapes Maestros Events and Sports Management.

The KFW-II will have 'Earth Couture' as the theme celebrating India's ethnic roots after United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation declaring 2009 as 'The International Year of Natural Fibre'. 'In the first edition (in April) we promoted weavers. We are going to do the same this time also,' said Indian cricket captain and KFW bran ambassador Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was present at the media meet announcing the event.

The country's top models including Indrani Dasgupta, Sapna Kumar, Joey Matthews, Lakshmi Rana, Noyanika Chatterjee, Neha Kapur and Candice Pinto will be sashaying down the ramp showcasing the unique creations of the designers, he said.

Apart from giving 16 new designers a chance to showcase their creations, a nationwide model hunt from where 20 shortlisted contestants would participate at the second season of Kolkata Fashion Week will also be done.

Salman joys women at men's fashion week

Salman Khan, being very nice as a person and the heartbeats of most of the girls, joyed women while walking on the ramp at the Ven Huesen India Men's Fashion Week. Salman tramped on the ramp wearing the cloths designed by the famous designers Ashish Soni, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna. Salman enthralled audience by his charming looks and style. He was just watching the audience throught out his walk and the audience were trying to grab his attention towards themselves.




An ardent fan of Salman, Ishita Arora was hoding her one hand on her heart and the other one on her mouth as Salman was just few inches away from her. She says, “I can't believe. I am his biggest fan and I am shaking just by thinking about having Salman few inches away from me”. She also added that at one point she thought of hugging Salman but she couldn't gather enough courage to do that.

Salman looked dashing and very confident on the ramp. One lady yelled when Salman was wearing the Soni's black suit. When designers and the actor were taking the final round on the ramp Salman asked to the designers, 'ho gaya' and when they said yes Salman took off his coat showing the look of real Salman to the audience.

FASHION WEEK: REWIND-DVF GOES GLOBAL

Diane von Furstenberg—a.k.a. DVF—showed her collection today pitted against a backdrop of ancient ruins, with dvf etched into the stone. I don’t know if this was meant to be ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or ancient Egypt, but when the collection appeared, it could have been all three. She quickly flipped from togaesque draped, asymmetric silk dresses to animal prints (tiger, zebra) for chiffon shirts and harem pants to dresses etched with bright African beads. DVF continued the latter theme with a trio of bangles on the arms of many of the models, from the Vital Voices Collection of African Women Artisans—a neat idea to try now, in the last days of summer. Yet my favorite look wasn’t inspired so far back in the mists of time. She was also looking to the Pre-Raphaelites for some of her color palette, and my favorite look had been brushed by that; a white chiffon dress with dipping hems, the fabric encrusted in the palest blue flowers. Ideal for balmy evenings, to be sure, but also, according to DVF, for warm days too. She paired this easy, pretty dress with a white cotton tee, the sleeves casually rolled up. (Source: Vogue.com)

FASHION WEEK S/S '10: DAY 1

Day 1 of Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week brings, Ports 1961, Luminess Air backstage at Purr, Michael Angel, BCBGMAXAZRIA and Rosa Cha. Guiding us through is Simon Doonan of Barney's with his Fashion Week Survival Tips.

1. Bring food with you. As you know, fashion + food do not go together, so if you are looking for a quick pick me up, try stashing a granola bar in your purse.

2. Dress OVERBOARD. This is your chance to shine. Fashion is fun. Your wardrobe should reflect that. The bigger, the better, make a STATEMENT!

3. MANNERS. When not loving a runway show, its always important to compliment the designer somehow, some way. "You've done it again."

4. KNOW YOUR ANGLES. Pose. Pose. Pose. Be the model, embrace the music, feel the electricity that is NY Fashion Week.

5. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BUST A MOVE. When the music is blaring and you are waiting in line, strut your stuff. Remember the world is a stage.

Bahrain Fashion Week 2009

The three-day Bahrain Fashion Week (BFW) 2009 event kicks off at Moda Mall in the Bahrain World Trade Centre soon in this week. It will showcase work by local and international designers until May 30. Bollywood actress and model Riya Sen will be joined by designers from
around the world at the upcoming event.

In addition to catwalks, there will be fashion-related seminars offering an insight into the international fashion industry.

'Our main objective of the event is to position Bahrain as a key player in the international fashion arena and set the pace for local talent to compete on the global stage,' said organisers at Lotus Pi
Events Bahrain.

'The fashion industry is a billion-dollar one and through BFW 2009, we aim to create career opportunities for young Bahrainis in the business.'

Young Bahraini designer Khaleda Rajab will open the event. International designers include Larisa Katz (the Netherlands), Andre Tan (Ukraine), Omar Mansoor (the UK), Monica Paracha with Ali and Ajjo (Pakistan), Sarv Atelier - Rohit Verma and Sanjeev Anand (India), Al
Zain Jewellery, Layers, Devji, Fustani, Cr me Couture and Cr me Boutique (Bahrain).Fashion houses including Tommy Hilfiger, Von Dutch, Nine West, Aldo, Basler and Kenneth Cole are taking part.

This year's event will provide a platform for international, local and regional participants to present their collections to global and regional buyers, media, fashion professionals and enthusiasts.

Does Indian Fashion require celebrity showstoppers ?????

Fashion Weeks were originally buisness events wherein fashionable
outfits were displayed to seek buyers. The clothes were the
showstoppers, for they were original, arty and stylish.

With changing times, the scenario has changed there in Fashion Weeks
and more and more glamour is being drawn out on ramp by roping in
bollywood celebs. Models are surpassed by them and there popularity is
used to charm more media attention which means more buisness.

But, this is just a one-sided story and there are designers who
proudly stand apart. When designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna were
asked why they didn’t use any celebrity on the catwalk at the India
Fashion Week, Rahul Khanna replied: “Our clothes are our showstoppers.
It’s a business event, let’s keep it that!”

But in a world of glamour where media visibility is all about ‘what’s
hot’ and ‘what’s not’ is measured by roving video cameras present,
having a movie star in front of a celebrity-hungry media really make
bad business sense??

While a few other designers publicly at the fashion week were happily
posing for the cameras, hand in hand with their celebrity
showstoppers. And the media is often just a means to a (business) end.

Rina Dhaka, one of India’s most popular designers, at home and abroad
said that when a star wears the designers clothes it helps him to sell
the product to the customers.

And publicity is one thing that always tags along with celebrities on
the runway.

Off the stage, if you happen to see a crowd in the corner, you can be
sure that a Bollywood star or a beauty queen is at the centre posing
away in front of the flashbulbs.

The Indian fashion design industry’s overall production was just
around 2.7 billion rupees in 2007, with the majority of customers
being Indian. Sunil Sethi, president of the Fashion Design Council of
India said that if celebrities are walking,people identify the success
of the designer with that.

So is it any surprise that the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai,
which is usually chock-a-block with celebrities, receives more media
coverage than the India Fashion Week and the Delhi Fashion Week in the
Indian capital?

As Rina Dhaka points out: "Celebrities do make a difference!"

What do you think — are you interested in buying stuff only if a
Shilpa Shetty or John Abraham look good in it?