Category: Fashion

Isabel Zapardiez Returns to Couture Fashion Week with Latest Sublime Collection

Isabel Zapardiez fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYRenowned Spanish designer Isabel Zapardiez will show her latest breathtaking collection at Couture Fashion Week New York. Part of the prestigious event’s 24th season, the fashion show will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday September 10, 2016 in the Broadway Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, in the heart of New York City. A selection of Ms. Zapardiez’s designs will also be part of the “Best of Couture Fashion Week” fashion show at 8:00 pm on Sunday September 11, 2016.

Creativity and innovation define Isabel Zapardiez’s career and her experience in various design disciplines, although bridal design is her main hallmark. Ms. Zapardiez’s passion for dressmaking is in her DNA, and she showed a very early interest in sewing and pattern design. She earned a degree in  Dressmaking and Pattern Design at Basque Country University, and went on to study fashion design in Madrid and Barcelona. She began her fashion career in the world of pret-a-porter, with her own brand as well as collaborating with other fashion brands on various projects. In 2002 she entered the world of Haute Couture and opened her first studio in San Sebastian, designing wedding dresses and clothing for special occasions. Her design approach is to address the “total look” of women in key moments of their lives, be it a wedding or other memorable events.

Isabel Zapardiez’s work is framed within the universe of couture, due to the delicacy of fabrics, the exclusivity of designs and the detailed tailoring carried out at her workshop in San Sebastian. Her creations are elegant and subtle, but also avant-garde and highly original. Ms. Zapardiez’s inspiration comes from contrasts and fusions, concepts and life experiences, the result of her professional experience from all the women she has dressed, as well as the aesthetics for which she is passionate. Isabel Zapardiez’s studios are inspired by the feminine universe, full of sensations and details. They are places to experience the world of haute couture first hand, in an exquisite and delicate way.

Isabel Zapardiez has shown her designs on many important international catwalks, including the Gaudí fashion shows, Barcelona Bridal Week, Couture Fashion Week New York and the London World Bridal Show, among others.

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Artist-Designer Alexandra Popescu-York Takes Couture Fashion Week on a World Tour

Artist Designer Alexandra Popoescu-York fashion show at Couture Fashion Week New YorkAcclaimed artist-designer Alexandra Popescu-York will make her sixth appearance at Couture Fashion Week New York with her Spring-Summer 2017 clothing collection entitled “Tour du Monde” (World Tour). A CFW must-see, Ms. Popescu-York’s fashion show will be held at 6:00 pm on Sunday September 11, 2016 in the Broadway Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway in New York City.

“Tour du Monde” is a capsule-type collection that never goes out of fashion. It is as timeless and stirring as the memories of one’s soul-enriching travels around the world, from the iconic Côte d’Azur and Saharan sunsets to the centuries-old cathedrals, boulevards and royal gardens.

As has become customary in the past few seasons, two of Alexandra Popescu-York’s latest monumental (140 square feet) paintings will serve as background pieces for the “Glamour Rush” fashion show by Couture Fashion Week producer and designer Andres Aquino, a great aficionado of Ms. Popescu-York’s art. That show will be held at 8:00 pm on Saturday September 10, 2016.

A native of Bucharest, Romania, Alexandra Popescu-York is a New York City-based designer and artist, a world-class power acknowledged by the industry’s best early in her career. Among the numerous accolades she has garnered is the recent inclusion of her paintings in the United Nations’ 70th Anniversary International Art Exhibition in New York. Ms. Popescu-York’s humanitarian efforts have earned her the “Ambassador of Good Hearts and Romanian Culture” title. Ms. Popescu-York is also known as Alexandra Suciu in her double role as wife and mother. Her sons Alexander Julian and Ralph have walked the Couture Fashion Week runway.

Ms. Popescu-York’s fashion creations are characterized by each piece’s symbolic depiction of finely selected themes. Recent themes include “Unleashed” (a rich collection of garments and accessories with a glamorous avant-garde look that is as edgy and unique as the eponymous New Yorker), “Âme de l’artiste” (soul of the artist), “Phoenix – The Legend”, “Metropolitan” (inspired by art, history and civilization highlights from the Metropolitan Museum of Art), and “GranD’Or”, a collection based on Ms. Popescu-York’s own artistic creations.

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VIVRE Canvas Couture: Designer and Artist Join Forces to Create Wearable Art

VIVRE Canvas Couture fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYThese pieces of art are designed to go from your wall to your wardrobe

Palm Beach designer Kristen Alyce and Florida native artist Sarah LaPierre, have partnered their skill and passion to launch VIVRE Canvas Couture, a luxurious new high-end collection of handmade, hand painted couture gowns and accessories. The debut release for the Palm Beach Collection, and the brand as a whole, will be during Couture Fashion Week New York. The fashion show will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday September 10, 2016 in the Broadway Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square New York. Models will be draped in genuine hand painted artwork as they walk the catwalk.

The line is based in the famously beautiful city of Palm Beach on the South Florida coast. In this debut collection each handmade gown, cocktail dress, bow tie, purse, and pair of shoes represents the life and experience on the luscious tropical island of Palm Beach. Each item is carefully crafted of fine artist canvas and linen and entirely hand painted. Each garment, made from 100% canvas and covered in thick bodied acrylic paint, requires a minimum of 5 fittings, and takes anywhere from 8 to 80 hours to create from start to finish.

“No matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine,” is the inspiration for this collection. The Palm Beach paradise portrayed on these garments is breathtaking. Not only because you wish to be sitting among the lush palm trees and blue waters this autumn as the northern leaves fall, you can truly admire and bask in the bright turquoises, yellows, and pinks in the depth of the paintings themselves. The collection is already turning heads of the world’s elite. With prestigious clients from both the designer and artist, this line is already on its way to the top.

About VIVRE Canvas Couture

VIVRE Couture is an organic partnership between a designer and an artist, founded in April 2016. Kristen Alyce and Sarah LaPierre, both from West Palm Beach, Florida, came together with a vision for an inspired line of wearable original paintings with the highest quality elements of art, design, and construction. VIVRE Couture pieces are worthy of any art collection or gallery exhibition, and excitingly wearable for those premier life moments. Accessories of each collection are suitable to complement a full VIVRE ensemble, as well as the perfect statement piece to define a well curated look.

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Glamour Rush by Andres Aquino at Couture Fashion Week New York

Glamour Rush by Andres Aquino at Couture Fashion Week NY
Photo: Ron Carr. Makeup: Aimee Carr. Model: Farah Zulaikha.

ZEE TV Presents Couture Fashion Week New York

The rush is on! Designer Andres Aquino will present his latest collection entitled “Glamour Rush” during the upcoming 24th season of Couture Fashion Week New York. The highly anticipated fashion show will be held at 8:00 pm on Saturday September 10, 2016, at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, in the heart of the Big Apple. A dinner gala party will follow the show.

“Glamour Rush” is a fantastical place where time and fashion collide, and where music, art and fashion exist in harmony. It is a nostalgic look at the future, where the colors and shapes of the past take center stage.

The stunning luxury handbags which will accessorize the fashion collection are by VITVITY, inspired by the ancient Chinese arts, this is the first hand carved Chinoiserie style bespoke leather handbag collection ever introduced to the global market.  The intricate carving process, along with the delicate painting of the three dimensional leather and the embedding of exquisite natural pearls combine to produce the finest leather accessories in the world.

The dramatic hair creations to be seen on the models for this inspired show will be done by Tocco Magico of Italy and its team of master artists, bringing hair color and styling to another level.

A lineup of world-class performers is also set to delight the audience, including Romeo and Julia Saleno, the world’s first pop opera couple; award-winning soprano and a favorite with CFW audiences, Elisabetta Russo; soprano Victoria Miningham, who will also walk the runway in an Andres Aquino gown; acclaimed jazz songstress Candace Woodson, soprano Raquel Suarez Groen, who recently made her debut with Opera Carolina; rising pop star Magdalena G; and soprano Veronica Iovan, who has been delighting CFW audiences for many seasons.

Andres Aquino is known for his theatrical productions combining multiple creative elements such as singing, dancing, visual art, and dramatic hair and makeup, but always presenting wearable couture designs.  His work has been featured in major publications and programs worldwide, and he has shown his designs at prestigious fashion events in Dubai, India, France, Mexico, the Caribbean, Romania, and Nepal, among others. Mr. Aquino is the founder and producer of Couture Fashion Week as well as the founder and director of the Global Short Film Awards Festival (New York-Cannes). Mr. Aquino recently partnered with the ZEE TV network to bring content from his show and highlights of other Couture Fashion Week shows to one billion viewers in over 170 countries.

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Couture Fashion Week New York Partners with ZEE TV

Couture Fashion Week New York Partners with Zee TVFor its 24th season, Couture Fashion Week New York is pleased to partner with ZEE TV, one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. The prestigious event will be held September 9-11, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan in the heart of New York City.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is among the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 222,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,818 movie titles from major studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 1 billion viewers across 171 countries including USA, Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. A pioneer of the television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well-known brands offer a rich bouquet of 34 channels in India, and 39 dedicated channels for the international markets

This year ZEE TV has partnered with Couture Fashion Week New York which was founded in 2005 and presents a series of couture and luxury fashion shows in New York City, Cannes and other selected cities.

“ZEE TV, as the presenting sponsor, is quite thrilled and positive with this association. Although entertainment and fashion are two separate entities, they are interconnected in a lot of aspects. This season, with the participation of a several talented Indian designers and a focus on Indian culture, we are quite ecstatic about this association as we are the pioneers of Indian culture across the globe,” said Sameer Targe, Business Head, ZEE TV AMERICAS.

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Tishynah Buffalo Blends the Modern and Traditional at Couture Fashion Week NY

Tishynah Buffalo fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYCanadian First Nation fashion designer Tishynah Buffalo will make her debut at Couture Fashion Week New York with the presentation of her latest collection at 6:00 pm on Friday September 9, 2016. Part of the 24th season of the prestigious event, the fashion show will be held in the Broadway Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, in the heart of the Big Apple.

A member of the George Gordon First Nation, Tishynah Buffalo has had a love of fashion design since a young age, and a special talent for beading and hand sewing garments and accessories. Her design career began with beading for her children and creating Pow-wow regalia. She soon expanded her designs which are a distinctive and elegant blend of the modern with the traditional. The vibrant Chief Joseph print is the trademark of her fabrics.

Within the past year, Ms. Buffalo has shown her designs at a number of high profile Canadian fashion events including Western Canada Fashion Week,  International Indigenous Fashion Week, and Fashion Speaks Regina, among others. She is now poised to expand her fashion business and brand on an international level. She is looking to showcase her indigenous creativity to the world, with  the message that First Nation designs are beautiful, classy, and original and cannot be replicated.

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Dare to Be Gold Collection by Vanny Tousignant at Couture Fashion Week

Vanny Tousignant fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYRising design star Vanny Tousignant will present her latest collection at Couture Fashion Week New York’s 24th season. The runway show will be held at 4:00 pm on Sunday September 11, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway, New York City.

A native of Indonesia, residing in New York City for over 20 years, Vanny Tousignant began designing clothing at age 12. She launched her own fashion line in 2013, utilizing rich traditional Indonesian fabrics in her designs.

Vanny Tousignant’s latest collection is entitled “Dare to Be Gold” and features a color palette of gold and red in the distinctive songket fabrics from the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Ms. Tousignant believes that all women should not be shy about wearing whatever they like to highlight their unique personalities and characters.

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Becki Bitternose Brings Exquisitely Crafted Designs to Couture Fashion Week NY

Becki Bitternose fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYIn her debut at Couture Fashion Week New York, Canadian designer Becki Bitternose will present the latest collection for her PlayBuffalo label on the runway at 6:00 pm on Friday September 9, 2016. The fashion show will be held in the Broadway Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway in New York City.

PlayBuffalo designs are outerwear created from the Pendleton Mills Wool Blanket line. Each pattern is created free hand by Becki Bitternose without the use of patterns. Her design inspiration is her “kokums” (grandmothers) Joan and Lillian, whom she watched as a child, making beautiful hand sewn quilts. PlayBuffalo is the traditional name of Ms. Bitternose’s family, and she pays homage to her roots as she pursues her fashion career.

Becki Bitternose is from The George Gordon First Nation, Saskatchewan Canada. She started her fashion career in 2013 with no sewing experience or knowledge of using a pattern, setting out to create winter wear for her children out of Pendleton blankets they were gifted as newborns. Four hours later she had her first jacket assembled and ready for her child to wear. Over the past three years, Ms. Bitternose’s Pendleton outerwear has grown from being garments purchased solely by First Nation clientele to being a popular design across Canada, with orders pouring in from British Columbia to the east coast.

Becki Bitternose has shown her designs at many important fashion events in Canada, including National Aboriginal Fashion Week, Saskatchewan Fashion Week and International Indigenous Fashion Week. She was a selected candidate competing for the Emerging Designer Award through the Saskatchewan Fashion Week organization.

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New Miuz “Sunspring” Collection Set to Shine at Couture Fashion Week NY

New Miuz fashion show at Couture Fashion Week NYIn his debut showing at Couture Fashion Week New York, designer Pawan Seewooruttun will present the latest collection for his New Miuz label at 8:00 pm on Friday September 9, 2016. The highly anticipated runway show will be held in the Broadway Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway, New York City.

Entitled “Sunspring,” New Miuz’s classic and elegant collection for Spring/Summer 2017 is inspired by the peaceful and beautiful island of Mauritius. It conveys the story of the first sunset of summer from a delightful flower garden, focusing on the sun’s transition between dawn and dusk. The primary palette is light peach, coral and ivory, reflective of the stunning tangerine and coral lights and shades that paint the sunset clouds. The collection is made of the finest silk, chiffon and tulle, among other fabrics, and is complemented with hand made embellishments such as embroidery, appliques, and Swarovski crystals.

Born and bred in Mauritius, designer Pawan Seewooruttun holds a degree in Textile and Fashion Design from the University of Mauritius. He has experience in both fashion and graphic design, with a specialization in high-end fashion and couture. His clientele is mainly based in Europe, South Africa, Reunion and Mauritius. His New Miuz brand includes wedding and evening gowns, resort wear, uniforms and accessories such as handbags, clutches, shoes and jewelry. In addition to running his own business, Mr. Seewooruttun also works as an international consultant for laser and nanotechnology finishing in Spain and Los Angeles. He has shown his designs at numerous prestigious fashion events worldwide, and has been featured in prominent publications such as Lifestyle Magazine, Scope, 5-Plus, Le Matinal and Le Defi, among others. Accolades include the Best Fashion Designer of the Year Award by Runway Dubai (2015), the Most Creative and Talented Fashion and Design Graduate by RT Knits (2011-2012), Best Designer’s Dress for Miss Mauritius (2012), and being named as a finalist in the Origin of Africa Fashion Competition. Mr. Seewooruttun has designed gowns for beauty queens including Miss Jamaica UK 2014.

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Browit America, Inc. Introduces VITVITY Luxury Leather Handbag Collection at Couture Fashion Week NY

Browit America, Inc. Introduces VITVITY Luxury Leather Handbag Collection at Couture Fashion Week The handcrafted VITVITY luxury handbag collection will be introduced to the global market on September 9-11, 2016 at Couture Fashion Week, the Crowne Plaza Times Square, Broadway Ballroom, 4th floor, 1605 Broadway, New York City.

The magnificent and exclusive VITVITY handbag collection will also be presented on the runway with the impressive gowns of Andres Aquino, fashion designer, founder and producer of Couture Fashion Week, on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at 8:00 pm.

Browit America, Inc. also unveils their new website: www.VITVITY.com, which showcases the VITVITY brand’s dedication to crafting the finest three dimensional effects in luxury leather available in the luxury accessories market today. 

VITVITY is proud to introduce our Luxury Handbag Collection. It is with profound pleasure that we invite you to rejoice in the 5000 years of artistic cultural heritage of China, interpreted into the art of the handbag. Each collection translates an ancient Chinese art into a functional, luxurious and stylish fashion accessory. Each piece will transport you to the auspicious and beautiful cultural history of China. We invite you to join us and explore our exquisitely crafted handbag collection.

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