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 Miami Fashion Week/Fashion Week of the Americas
May 6-10, 2006 |
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THE FASHION STORM IS COMING
MIAMI FASHION WEEK® RETURNS FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SEASON
Miami Beach, FL (April 5, 2006) – Miami Fashion Week®, the official fashion event for the City of Miami Beach and the largest Latin American fashion event in the US, returns for the 8th annual year, May 6 – 10, 2006. Previewing spring 2007 Collections from 40 of the top international designers, Miami Fashion Week® will concentrate on designers from North and South America including Mexico and Canada. A true international fashion extravaganza, Miami Fashion Week has been an integral component in the Miami fashion industry, bringing the city to the forefront with international press and attracting select designers from all over the world, including Russia, Spain, Pakistan, Egypt and India.
Miami Fashion Week® will present full-scale runway collections on the sands of South Beach, at the Fashion Tent located at 21st Street and Collins Avenue. Drawing some of the most exciting new and established designers in the world, participants will include Columbia’s Cecilia Perez, Russia’s D’Lorisan, Egypt’s Mohamed Dagher and Venezuela’s Jose Maria Almeida and Nicolas Felizola. These outstanding fashion innovators attract global celebrities, actors, entertainers and VIP’s alike during these exhilarating, trendsetting fashion showcases.
During this fashion-filled week, international jewelry and accessories designers including Fassardi & Rohrscheib of Venezuela and Samuel Burstein and Flor y Plata of Mexico will present and sell their creations at the Jewelry & Accessories Exhibition. Among other young and talented rising stars, students from South Florida’s Miami International University of Art & Design and the Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH), will each have an opportunity to present their designs during separate student showcases.
Housing a 60 ft. runway and seating for 500 guests, the 300 ft. white Fashion Tent will transform into a spectacular entertainment venue featuring VIP luxury lounges with DJ performances, cafes and cocktail bars, mannequin and designer furniture displays and interactive high speed internet lounges. Following the runway shows each evening will be a series of afterglow parties at Miami Beach’s hottest nightclubs, hotels and restaurants.
Miami Fashion Week® will also incorporate bilingual educational seminars from May 2 – 4, focusing on a variety of fashion industry related subjects. Highlighted topics will include “How to Enter the US Market” and “Retail & Fashion Trends for Fall Winter 2006/2007” presented by Global Purchasing Group. Concluding the 2006 Educational Seminar Series, panelists from corporations including IMEX Trading, Inc., Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., La Quinta USA and NYC’s TEIS will host “The Business of Fashion,” with a special presentation on “Anti-counterfeiting Initiatives” by Jason Lundy, Executive Director of Marketing at Harper’s Bazaar.
Closing the week-long fashion celebration will be the star-studded red carpet Miami Moda & Music Awards. Hosted by Candela Ferro, the awards show categories include Harper’s Bazaar en Español Designer’s Choice, Prêt-A-Porter Style, Excellence in Eveningwear, Celebrity Style, Murano Creativity Award and Diamond Award in Accessories among others.
National and international corporate sponsors of this 8th annual event include Terra Networks, www.terra.com, the official Spanish language internet partner of Miami Fashion Week®, Mercury Milan, Telemundo (NBC), Editorial Televisa with Harper’s Bazaar en Español, Global Purchasing Group, IMEX Trading, Inc., Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. and Marisa Koifman Comunicación Estratégica.
Additional event partners include Mckinley Pierre Furniture, The Forge, Klub Lounge, Shine at the Shelbourne, Touch Restaurant & Lounge and hotels including The Setai, The Sagamore, The Shelbourne Beach Resort, The Dorchester, The Marseilles and South Seas. Miami Fashion Week® would like to extend a special thank you to the City of Miami Beach and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau for their continuous support over the past eight years.
Beth Sobol, of Sobol Fashion Productions, Inc., founded Miami Fashion Week® in 1999 to provide a forum offering international exposure for designers from Latin America. During the past seven years, it has developed into one of the world’s premier fashion events spotlighting designers from Europe, USA, Canada, the Caribbean and Asia as well as the largest showcase of Latin American design talent in the United States.
Miami Fashion Week® is open to the public. For advanced ticket sales, schedules, press and buyer’s registration, discounted hotel reservations and further information on Miami Fashion Week®, please visit www.miamifashionweek.com |
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