Miami’s Golden boy, Red Cater has designed his latest collection to be wearable pieces of art by using fabric prints from contemporary Miami artist Carlos Betancourt. “Art is everywhere, anywhere, all the time,” says Carlos Betancourt . This new line of swimwear is scheduled to debut during ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH. The collection will be sold exclusively at BARNEYS stores to benefit The United Way. “Combining art and fashion never goes out of style” states Red Carter.

The highly anticipated collaboration will be unveiled at a launch party hosted by Red Carter and Carlos Betancourt. To be held this evening at Barneys Co-op Miami Beach store, December 4, 2009 from 8PM to 10PM.

ABOUT RED CARTER LLC

Since launching his collection in 2004, swimwear designer Red Carter has taken the resort industry by storm. Red Carter LLC utilizes its vertical design, development, production, and distribution capability to support its own eponymous labels Red Carter Glam, Red Carter and Sandy Bottoms. Red Carter LLC holds the swimwear license for Jessica Simpson and produces private label products for retailers nationwide.  Red Carter lines are sold by leading retailers including Barneys, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Intermix, Macys, Victoria’s Secret and Everything But Water.  Red Carter designs have appeared in Vogue, Elle, Lucky, Marie Claire and Sports Illustrated.  The company also established and operates Salon9, its New York City based showroom which has quickly gained a reputation with buyers and editors for representing the industry’s leading swim and resort lifestyle brands.

ABOUT CARLOS BETANCOURT

Artist Carlos Betancourt was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1981 he moved to Miami, Florida. Mr. Betancourt’s artwork is part of public collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, The Miami Art Museum, The San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas, The Bass Museum in Miami Beach, etc.  Betancourt’s artwork has been included in multiple solo and group exhibitions as well as fairs such as Art Basel and Arco.  He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Florida Department of State Millennium Cultural Recognition Award, a National Endowment for the Arts grant and the Miami Beach Arts Council Grant.  He has been awarded commissions to create artworks for various Art in Public Places programs.  Betancourt is co-founder of 801 Projects, an arts center that provides studio spaces for visual artists based in Miami.

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As part of Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary celebration, Sanrio Global Consumer Products is pleased to announce a new partnership with Coveroo, creator of high-quality custom cell phone covers for all major brands of phones.  Debuting in early November with 15 limited edition Hello Kitty Coveroo designs, the collaboration brings SANRIO® characters to life through the cell phone, produced and released in conjunction with the pop icon’s 35th Anniversary on November 1st.

“Our new partnership with Coveroo brings the celebration of Hello Kitty’s 35th to the cell phones of fans around the world,” said Janet Hsu, President of Sanrio Global Consumer Products. “The launch collection celebrating Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary is sure to be a hit among our fans.”

Before Coveroo, consumers had to send phones in to have them customized, but now most phones come with a removable cover.  Using Coveroo, consumers will be able to go online, select their Hello Kitty design and Coveroo will customize the cover and send it to them directly in the mail. Unlike other customization products, Coveroo uses laser engraving technology and a HighColor process to give personal electronic devices a high-quality design that won’t ever fade, peel or rub off. Coveroo supports all major phone brands such as Blackberry, iPhone, Motorola, Samsung and many more.

The line will be available for immediate purchase at www.coveroo.com , sanrio.com and other select retailers.

“We’re honored to be amongst those licensees celebrating Hello Kitty’s big party!” said Coveroo’s CEO, Karl Jacob. “We are overjoyed to be celebrating Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary by bringing her designs to the billions of cell phone users in the world.”

The Hello Kitty Coveroo is one of many special releases honoring 35 years of Hello Kitty.  SANRIO is celebrating Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary with an exclusive offering of commemorative products, special brand collaborations and ‘Three Apples’ , a three week, multi-dimensional event that includes a product retrospective & exhibition at Royal/T in Culver City, CA.  Contemporary artists Gary Baseman, Ron English, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Luke Chueh, Deph, Yosuke Ueno, FriendsWithYou, and Simone Legno are just a few of the 80+ artists that have interpreted their vision of Hello Kitty in one-of-a-kind pieces of art that are for sale and on display throughout the duration of the ‘Three Apples’ event.

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I wanted to let you know Genetic Denim and Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research have collaborated on an amazing project, creating a limited-edition “Gabrielle” Jean.

The “Gabrielle” will be available in Genetic Denim’s Shane skinny jean.  The Shane is a tight, form-fitting and super slimming silhouette that elongates the leg, making it Genetic Denim’s most popular style.  The Gabrielle will have the Foundation’s angel logo stitched on the coin pocket in the Foundation’s signature red color.  The logo is also screen printed over the Genetic Denim back patch to further emphasize the co-branded project. The mission statement of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation will be adorned on the x-ray hangtag that graces every pair of Genetic Denim. The “Gabrielle” will be offered in a rich classic blue “Brighter Day” wash that can be worn with any style, day or night.

Each pair will retail for $154.00 and Genetic Denim will donate 100% of the net sales from each purchase to Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research.  This limited-edition style will be in stores for Holiday 2009 following the Foundation’s signature fundraising event, The Angel Ball, which will be held on October 20th at Cipriani Wall Street.  The “Gabrielle” can be purchased online by visiting www.geneticdenim.com and retail stores.

Denise Rich along with her daughters Daniella Rich Kilstock and Ilona Rich Schachter host The 2009 Angel Ball, honoring Her Highness Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Bin Mohammed al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities, Thomas C. Quick and his sister and fellow philanthropist, Tricia Quick.  The evening will feature performances by Academy Award and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, Robin Thicke, Estelle and Blake. Also in attendance will be: Alessandra Ambrosia, Penn Badgley, Natalie Cole, Alan Cumming, Clive Davis, Luann de Lesseps, Patricia Field, Kathie Lee Gifford, George Hamilton, Brook Hazelton, Star Jones, Hoda Kotb, Blake Lively, Sonja Morgan, Bar Refaeli, Sherri Shepherd, Lorraine Schwartz, Howard Stern & Beth Ostrosky Stern, and many others.

Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research was created in 1996 by Denise Rich and her daughters and son in-law, Daniella Rich Kilstock, Ilona Rich Schachter and Philip Aouad in memory of Rich’s daughter, Gabrielle Rich Aouad. Gabrielle lost her long and valiant struggle with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at the young age of 27.  It was Gabrielle’s wish that a foundation be created to help spare others the suffering she endured. Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research funds basic and clinical medical research in both conventional and integrative disciplines which focus on prevention, treatment and quality of life issues of leukemia, lymphoma and related cancers.  To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly $11 million in Medical Research Awards making Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation one of the largest non-governmental sources of grant support to blood cancer researchers at the nation’s leading institutions.

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