FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami is pleased to announce that on October 10 th will open with Harpers Bazaar MAGIA DE LA MODA Fashion Show at Paris Theatre to celebrate its 5 th anniversary. Please be sure to join us for this very special night.
OCTOBER, 10-14, 2007
FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami is pleased to announce the dates for its October ’07 shows. It should be no surprise that a leading trend markets like the City of Miami and the City of Miami Beach have proven a need for a fashion week to call their own. FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach presented by Lexus, will fuse music, fashion and like no other city in the world could do. This is Fashion Week - MIAMI BEACH STYLE!
For the Spring/Summer 2008 Collections, FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will build a state-of-the-art event pod at the Paris Theatre, Hotel Setai and Ice Palace located in the heart of Miami Beach and Miami, October 10 th - 13 th , 2007. The Paris Theatre is a 1940 Art Deco landmark located in the heart of the world-renowned South Beach district. The former movie palace has been meticulously restored and transformed into a state-of-the-art production facility utilized by the world's most renowned photographers, recording artists and fashion advertisers.
Along with our more traditional runway shows, FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will also host a special show consisting of some of the country's hottest up and coming young designers. At this show, Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water will award the best and brightest of these designers with the Perrier "Bubbling Under" Award recognizing excellence in emerging fashion talent. The panel of judges will be made up of media elite, trade industry VIP's, designers, celebrities and members of Fashion Group International. Perrier will award the winning designer with a cash prize to help further their design career.
FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach is a four-day event (October 10 th to the 13 th ) that provides an intelligent, innovative platform for progressive, established, and emerging designers to showcase their collections to media, celebrities, international buyers, and select style makers. FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will celebrate the energy and substance of style across classes and cultures. The shows are geared towards designer diffusion collections and innovative lifestyle brands. Designers will integrate music into their shows, many personally selecting their favorite celebrity DJs to preside over their runway spectacles FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach has harnessed the curiosity and support of established and emerging talent from the international fashion and lifestyle arenas.
This year we will feature new designs by designers such as True Religion, Adriano Goldschmied, Christina Ferrari and others.
On October 13th at 9pm, music and fashion collide at Mix N Mash — the official FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach Fashion Show and after party fueled by Red Bull Energy Drink. Hosted at the Ice Palace Film Studio in Miami, Mix N Mash is a battle of music and fashion featuring five designers from top Florida-based Art and Design Schools competing against each other in a runway show while simultaneously a DJ battle ensues between Little Louie Vega with Annane, Dj Dummy, Dj Irie and Dj Tabu. Featured designers come from International Academy of Design and Technology (Orlando), International Academy of Design and Technology (Tampa), Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, and Ai Miami Intl University of Art & Design. Red Bull Formula One Race car driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will open the show, adding a little more “mix” to the “mash.”
“It’s great to be here and showing spring collection. Miami really is the fashion capital, they say that it is New York, but really all the of energy is here, and all the new ideas are here, so I think it’s good that we are here showing as well”, says Russell Simmons on Fashion Week Miami Beach.
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