Blanc Noir & Couture: Issue No.9
We end 2014 with the Bay Area’s only classically trained Paris couture designer, Colleen Quen as she continues to produce timeless pieces. In this issue, we highlight several designers that construct their unique masterpieces by hand from start to finish, high quality, and often distinctive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail from Sue Wong, Le Jolie, Dar Sara, Rachel Riot, Ronita Wheatfall & more! Read the five marketing strategies that every fashion tech company should use. Learn about the history of the world of couture design by Alexa Rae Palacios. Take a glimpse into the world of Dark Beauty with our interview with Topher Adam, artist extraordinaire and Editor-In-Chief of Dark Beauty Magazine. Become introduced to new ways to break into the world of becoming a Stylist San Francisco Fashion Award winning Stylist David Michael. Celebrate the life and glamorous design house of Oscar de la Renta. Runway images from the LA Fashion Week Spring 2015 Collections; Style Fashion Week, Project Ethos & Art Hearts Fashion.
We end 2014 with the Bay Area’s only classically trained Paris couture designer, Colleen Quen as she continues to produce timeless pieces. In this issue, we highlight several designers that construct their unique masterpieces by hand from start to finish, high quality, and often distinctive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail from Sue Wong, Le Jolie, Dar Sara, Rachel Riot, Ronita Wheatfall & more!
Read the five marketing strategies that every fashion tech company should use. Learn about the history of the world of couture design by Alexa Rae Palacios. Take a glimpse into the world of Dark Beauty with our interview with Topher Adam, artist extraordinaire and Editor-In-Chief of Dark Beauty Magazine. Become introduced to new ways to break into the world of becoming a Stylist San Francisco Fashion Award winning Stylist David Michael.
Celebrate the life and glamorous design house of Oscar de la Renta. Runway images from the LA Fashion Week Spring 2015 Collections; Style Fashion Week, Project Ethos & Art Hearts Fashion.
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project<br />
Ethos<br />
Over 1,500 guests attended to support emerging art while<br />
Standing Up To Cancer during LA Fashion Week<br />
With over 1,500 attendees, Project Ethos supported Stand<br />
Up To Cancer during their annual LA Fashion Week event<br />
Tuesday night, October 14th at Avalon Hollywood presented<br />
by Glendale Infiniti. The night of fashion, music and art,<br />
powered by International luxury nightlife brand French<br />
Tuesdays with additional partners Midori, Java Monster,<br />
Jin&Quinn, Always Awake, official stylists TNT Agency, Shop<br />
Ethos, LA Weekly and CA Apparel News was hosted by Katie<br />
Cazorla, star of TV Guide’s Nail Files. The evening raised over<br />
$5,000 for Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment<br />
Industry Foundation 501(c)(3) charitable organization,<br />
and is still fundraising through an online donation page<br />
until the end of the week.<br />
A special midnight presentation by headlining designer<br />
Nicole Miller along side DJ sets fromHelena was a crowd<br />
favorite, keeping attendees around until the early hours of<br />
Wednesday morning.<br />
Spring/Summer ’15 emerging designer fashion shows<br />
took place at 8pm and 9pm with DJ sets byVal Fleury and<br />
Digital. Designers featured include a luxurious twist on<br />
Indian-American wear byChynni, laser cut leather by Liberty<br />
Garden whose line supports Doctors without Borders, feminine<br />
silhouettes by San Diego designer, Isabel Vianey and<br />
black and white hues from The Ashley Michaelsen Collection<br />
with shoes by Charles David. In conjunction with the<br />
Fashion Merchandising and Design program at California<br />
State University Long Beach, Project Ethoslaunched the first<br />
annual Fashion Designer Scholarship for graduating seniors.<br />
Winner Jennifer Luong premiered her boho-chic collection,<br />
Tandy Stone featuring easy-to-wear separates followed by<br />
hard-core chic clothing by MS Scandal, eco-friendly suits by<br />
Amour Swimwear and playful prints by Oober Swank.<br />
Bardot hosted a live art gallery presented by Midori featuring<br />
10 local artists battling with their brushes on wood,<br />
canvas and live models to win a $1,000 grand prize, which<br />
went to Eddy Leefor his ethereal female painting.<br />
Vendors at the event included the debut of luxury skin care<br />
brand, Gilded Cells, a nail decal station by The Painted Nail, a<br />
pink themed dessert bar by Platinum Event Decor as well as<br />
Speckfeaturing Candywirez.<br />
Notable attendees included Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy),<br />
Kelly McCreary (Emily Owens, M.D.) and the cast of East Los<br />
High (Hulu).<br />
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