Miami Fashion Shows - Miami Fashion Week - runwaymiami.com » Parties http://www.runwaymiami.com Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Makes A Splash As It Announces Record Number Of Designers To Showcase Collections http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-makes-a-splash-as-it-announces-record-number-of-designers-to-showcase-collections/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-makes-a-splash-as-it-announces-record-number-of-designers-to-showcase-collections/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:10:44 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=210 The summer season is upon us and the countdown has begun for Miami Beach’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. This July, IMG Fashion is pleased to announce its line-up with a record number of designers to showcase their collections for 2011. The Raleigh will once again become the epicenter of the fashion industry from July 15-19, 2010 as supermodels, celebrities, press and buyers come together to celebrate fashion and beauty with the sexiest swimwear designs in the world.

“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is the leading platform globally for designers and swimwear brands to showcase their collections to the world, and we are excited to celebrate our talented roster of designers,” said Christina Neault, Executive Producer of the event. “We believe that the response from the design community represents the strength of swimwear as a growth market around the world and the important role this event plays in the industry.”

The week kicks off with a runway show by Trina Turk and opening party on the 15th, followed by four consecutive days of shows featuring collections from White Sands Australia, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Dolores Cortes, Swell Suits Miami featuring Naila and Park & Ronen, Ed Hardy Swimwear, Crystal Jin, Swimwear Anywhere, Mara Hoffman Swim, Poko Pano, True Religion Swimwear, Aqua di Lara, Red Carter, Cia.Marítima, Luli Fama, Caffé Swimwear, Nicolita, Marysia Swim, Lisa Maree, Aquarella Swimwear, Lisa Blue, Kooey Swimwear Australia and Tyler Rose.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is presented annually at Miami Beach’s historic hotel, The Raleigh. Over the course of five days, 12,000 journalists, buyers and VIPs will be in South Florida to experience the most elite swimwear event in the country. This “by invitation only” event features the top swim designers from the US and abroad showcasing Collections in two runway venues, the Cabaña Grande and the Oasis, as well as The Raleigh’s Historic Pool and Penthouse which will provide spaces for designer cocktails and presentations. All venues can accessed via the event lobby on Collins Avenue at 18th Street.

Mercedes-Benz, the event’s title sponsor, is joined by American Express®, DHL, MAKE UP FOR EVER, TRESemmé, Clarisonic Sonic Skin Care, The Raleigh, Ruffino, Ocean Drive Magazine, California Apparel News Waterwear and Getty Images.

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]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-makes-a-splash-as-it-announces-record-number-of-designers-to-showcase-collections/feed/ 0 Tara INK Wedding Contest http://www.runwaymiami.com/tara-ink-wedding-contest/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/tara-ink-wedding-contest/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:33:09 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=202 Our friends, Tara S. and her Uber-Prince, Nick D. are in the home stretch.

This nationally noted PowerPR team has made it as a dynamic, loving couple for about 12 years and now they are ready to tighten the grip!

Crate and Barrel is hosting a Wedding Contest and (we) are determined, as champions of their modern, sizzling, romantic spirit and PR pals that love good, healthy competition, to put our PR and Marketing influence to the test.

No toasters, Kyaks, breadmakers (LOL), talking photo-frames here people – WE NEED YOUR VOTES! NOW…

Let’s give them the gift of a big win and an even bigger, more FABULOUS, sponsored wedding.

Show Tara and Nick your love…via http://www.ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries/38937 or FB search phrase: Tara Solomon

Here comes the bride!!!! (and a groom with GREAT taste….)

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]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/tara-ink-wedding-contest/feed/ 0 The Pink Dress Collection To Open Rock Fashion Week At Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach http://www.runwaymiami.com/the-pink-dress-collection-to-open-rock-fashion-week-at-eden-roc-renaissance-miami-beach/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/the-pink-dress-collection-to-open-rock-fashion-week-at-eden-roc-renaissance-miami-beach/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:57:20 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=168

Rock Media and Entertainment and Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach is pleased to announce the second showing of The Pink Dress Collection, to be held on Wednesday, October 14th at 9:00 p.m. during Rock Fashion Week in Miami Beach.

The Pink Dress Collection features dresses and eveningwear donated by top designers including Betsey Johnson, Binetti, Luca Luca, Nanette Lepore, Nicole Miller, Pamela Roland, Terexov, Tadashi, as well as emerging talent Abi Ferrin, Ina Solanti, Karen Zambos, Kurru Kurru and many more.

Celebrities and Miami’s notables including retired professional basketball player, Dennis Rodman, CBS 4 anchor, Lissette Gonzalez; NBC 6 – South Florida Today anchor and reporter, Roxanne Vargas; WSVN 7 – Deco Drive reporter, Shireen Sandoval and singer/songwriter, Jamie Jo Harris will grace the runway in support of the cause.

“I am so excited about The Pink Dress Collection show during Rock Fashion Week,” said Bobbi Meyers, executive director with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. “This collection will help us continue to bolster our overall vision: a world without breast cancer.”

The annual Pink Dress Collection debuts in three cities: New York City, Miami Beach and Los Angeles. The dresses are auctioned off in an online auction at the close of Rock Fashion Week L.A. at Paramount Studios on October 31, 2009, where proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.

Gen Art will open Rock Fashion Week Miami Beach with a cocktail reception from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00p.m. before The Pink Dress Collection show.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/the-pink-dress-collection-to-open-rock-fashion-week-at-eden-roc-renaissance-miami-beach/feed/ 0 Cutting the Weight http://www.runwaymiami.com/cutting-the-weight/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/cutting-the-weight/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:03:48 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=167 When it rains, it pours is as the saying goes. At almost any point in any large fashion magazine, you could find huge ads and many of them. For example in the 2007 September issue of vogue, that weighed in at an astounding 4 pounds, 9 ounces, out of the 840 pages in the magazine, 727 of them were ads. Vogue said that that number dropped by 36% to only a mere 429 pages. So why the steep decline? Well it is a culmination of a few things, but mostly just the three elephants in the room; free marketing, cheap marketing and the economic downturn. With all the money lost in the stock market and everything else, the big fashion companies that spend a ton of money on those big fancy ads we all love, have either been cutting back or cutting out.

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So now, without those big extensive ads, what are these huge companies doing to compensate? They, like many others, are utilizing the full capability of social networking sites like twitter, youtube, facebook, mixx, etc. They are using the free ad space that is there by creating fan pages blogs, etc and buying up digital ad space. Almost any large website you go on you will see the banner ads down the side and across the top. “These are advertisers where luxury and perfection and style is first and foremost. The Web experience was pretty cluttered. Now that there are bigger screens on desks, hi-def, beautiful video in real time, iPhone apps that look beautiful, the aesthetics have gotten to a place they are interested in,” says Drew Schutte, senior vice president and chief revenue officer for Condé Nast Digital, which is trying to boost the number of ad packages it sells that include both print ads and digital ads. Is this the future for ads in regards to fashion, or ads in general. With the decline in print, and the incline in digital media outlets, it seems it may be so.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/cutting-the-weight/feed/ 0 Coco Perez, Fashionista Central! http://www.runwaymiami.com/coco-perez-fashionista-central/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/coco-perez-fashionista-central/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:59:05 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=161 Perez Hilton Gossip King, Queen, Royalty, what have you, has expanded his already huge grasp on the Internet gossip business by making a sister site to his vastly popular perezhilton.com, cocoperez.com. His new site is devoted to exclusively covering what the celebs are wearing. When asked what the fashion magazines should feel about the new kid on the block, Perez responded with, “Absolutely. Anna Wintour watch out! Actually, Anna Wintour’s days are already numbered now, so she should be cowering in fear. I don’t know if she’ll make it past the Fall. Eventually, I will have a larger audience than Vogue.” That’s some pretty big words for Perez, but I have a feeling that he will back them up and then some! We look forward Perez to what you have in store for the fashion world!

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]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/coco-perez-fashionista-central/feed/ 0 Cool Of This Summer With Cuban Espresso Brand Cafe Bustelo’s Newest Flavor, Cafe Mocha, a Delicious Chocolate Flavored Iced Cafe Con Leche With a Little Extra Boost Of Caffeine To Jump Start Your Day http://www.runwaymiami.com/cool-of-this-summer-with-cuban-espresso-brand-cafe-bustelo%e2%80%99s-newest-flavor-cafe-mocha-a-delicious-chocolate-flavored-iced-cafe-con-leche-with-a-little-extra-boost-of-caffeine-to-jump-start-y/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/cool-of-this-summer-with-cuban-espresso-brand-cafe-bustelo%e2%80%99s-newest-flavor-cafe-mocha-a-delicious-chocolate-flavored-iced-cafe-con-leche-with-a-little-extra-boost-of-caffeine-to-jump-start-y/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:37:43 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=153 America’s #1 Cuban espresso brand, Café Bustelo™ just got a little cooler! Today, Café Bustelo™ announces the launch of its newest flavor, Café Mocha, a delicious iced café con leche with extreme caffeine to energize your summer days and summer nights.  Café Mocha is based off of the same delicious flavor as Café Bustelo’s popular ready-to drink iced beverage, Bustelo Cool, with a hint of mocha to give an enhanced chocolate flavor, a bit more bite and extra caffeine for the espresso lover in all of us.

“We’re excited to introduce our newest flavor, Café Mocha, to our legions of Café Bustelo loyal fans,” says JP Souto, Marketing Director of Rowland Coffee Roasters, Inc said.  “With its delicious milk chocolate taste and increased caffeine, Café Mocha will give you a magnificent charge at any time of the day or night!”

Coffee has never tasted better as Café Mocha will hit shelves at the beginning of August in Café Bustelo’s over 1,200 retailers throughout Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and more.  A refreshing twist for coffee consumers on the go, Café Mocha is a sinfully delicious mix of coffee, chocolate, milk and ice, made with quality roasted Bustelo espresso beans chilled to perfection in a ready-to-drink iced coffee beverage in a can.

Introduced at the chic weekend retreat, Carrera Summer Escape, in New York City on July 26th and July 27th in the penthouse of the Cooper Square Hotel, Café Mocha was a favorite amongst the trendsetters, influencers and celebrities in attendance. In addition, the chocolate flavored iced beverage was the drink of choice during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami this month.  As the exclusive coffee partner of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, Café Bustelo™ sampled and gifted Café Mocha throughout the event, from backstage to the Penthouse of the Raleigh hotel for an assortment of Fashionistas and VIPs to keep them energized throughout the week.

About Café Bustelo™

Café Bustelo™ has a history dating back to 1930s of producing espresso in the traditional Hispanic style.  With a family tradition of creating savory and aromatic coffee, the Souto family believes the best coffee is achieved through quality beans and roasting perfection.  Today, Café Bustelo™ is one of the leading and most recognizable coffee brands in the world and is part of Rowland Coffee Roasters, Inc., parent to over twelve different coffee brands brewed in the company’s state-of-the-art facility in South Florida.   In 2007 Café Bustelo™ introduced its new café con leche iced coffee beverage, Bustelo Cool, to target the coffee’s younger and loyal consumer base. Bustelo Cool was first previewed at major music festivals and entertainment events throughout the summer in Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin, New York and the Hamptons. Fans of Café Bustelo™ include Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Gym Class Heroes, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Chloe Sevigny, Kim Kardashian and 50 Cent.  Café Bustelo™ is available throughout Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, New England and more.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/cool-of-this-summer-with-cuban-espresso-brand-cafe-bustelo%e2%80%99s-newest-flavor-cafe-mocha-a-delicious-chocolate-flavored-iced-cafe-con-leche-with-a-little-extra-boost-of-caffeine-to-jump-start-y/feed/ 0 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2010 Celebrates The Largest Event Ever! http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-2010-celebrates-the-largest-event-ever/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-2010-celebrates-the-largest-event-ever/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:24:16 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=144 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, produced by IMG Fashion, made its biggest splash ever as it concluded its 5th and largest showing of Resort and Swimwear Runway shows at Miami Beach’s Raleigh Hotel. Press, buyers and celebrities from around the globe previewed, photographed, reviewed and applauded the 2010 Collections.

The week began with Bohéme Boutiques’ poolside presentation and the official kick-off party. Over 12,000 attendees enjoyed the five days of shows from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim newcomers Caffé Swimwear, Marysia Swim, Crystal Jin, Aqua Di Lara, Mercedes-Benz Presents Designer: L*Space by Monica Wise, Tori Praver Swimwear, Mara Hoffman, White Sands Australia, Vitamin A and V Del Sol. Returning designers included Tibi, Red Carter, Cia.Marítima, Xtra Life LYCRA®, Luli Fama, Ed Hardy Swimwear, Poko Pano, True Religion Swimwear and ANK by Mirla Sabino.

This seasons front row regulars from the world’s leading press, media corporations and retailers, were joined by celebrities  Nicole Trunfio (Make Me a Supermodel), Perry Reeves (Entourage), Gilles Marini (Sex and the City), Kelly Killoren Bensimon (Real Housewives of NYC), Adam Greggory (90210), Whitney Port (MTV’s The City), Olivia Palermo (MTV’s The City), Roxy Olin (Brothers & Sisters), Paige Sreenan, Ariel Stein, Anchal Joseph (America’s Next Top Model), Dina Manzo (Real Housewives of NJ), Jason Kennedy (E!), Catt Sadler (E!), Bravo’s Miami Social Cast Members, Jeff Donovan (Burn Notice), Jessica Rivera (Former Miss Latina Central Florida), Brooklyn Decker (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model), Gretta Monahan, Jagged Edge, among others!

“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim has become the industry’s premier platform to showcase Resort & Swimwear collections from around the world,” said Christina Neault, Sr. Director of Fashion & Brands at IMG Fashion. “We are so proud of all of our designers who participated this week with glamorous, sexy and saleable collections. They have made this our largest and most successful event yet.”

“The success of this season’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim provided the perfect backdrop to showcase our newest vehicles,” said Lisa Holladay, Brand Experience Marketing Manager at Mercedes-Benz USA. “The event draws a diverse group of people within the fashion community and beyond and it was great to see them embrace the design and styling of the all new E-Class sedan and coupe”

This season’s Mercedes-Benz Presents Designer, L*Space by Monica Wise, raised awareness for OmniPeace, through a special capsule collection shown as part of her runway show on Friday, July 17. The collection was created by L*Space to benefit OmniPeace, a humanitarian fashion brand. Connecting with the vibrant looks seen on the runway, the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge in the historic Raleigh Hotel was the result of collaboration with Eric Villency, President and CEO of Maurice Villency. The design embraced Art Deco motifs and utilized splashes of rich purples and oranges inspired by the natural light and color palettes of South Beach. During the week, the Star Lounge was the destination for celebrities, VIP’s, press and Mercedes-Benz customer guests. Beyond the Star Lounge and the runways, three of the newest editions in Mercedes-Benz’s own collection were presented, the 2010 E350 Coupe and the E350 Sedan in front of the main tent and on display poolside for the first time in South Florida, the 2010 E63 AMG.

This season Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim also introduced its first interactive application. Now, fashion afficionados who couldn’t be poolside or at the runway can get their front row access to the hottest swimwear  shows directly on their iPhone or iPod touch. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim application is available now for just $0.99 in Apple’s App Store,and features demand video highlights and photographs from each of the designer shows and presentations.

Mercedes-Benz, the event’s title sponsor, was joined by American Express, DHL, LYCRA®, MAKE UP FOR EVER, The Raleigh, Conair, Bain de Soleil®, Continental Airlines Inc., Peroni, Chambord, smartwater, Ocean Drive Magazine, Miami.com, California Apparel News Waterwear and Getty Images.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim-2010-celebrates-the-largest-event-ever/feed/ 0 V Del Sol Closes out the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim http://www.runwaymiami.com/v-del-sol-closes-out-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/v-del-sol-closes-out-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:09:12 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=142 V Del Sol was the last show of the Week at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim and it was a great not to finish the week out on. The clothing was beautiful and very innovative. It was fresh, different, and very sexy. Following the show was a great after party for V Del Sol.I am sure we will see this swimwear from this collection on beachs everywhere, very soon. V Del Sol was the perfect show to close the week out for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/v-del-sol-closes-out-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/feed/ 0 Ed Hardy Makes Waves at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim http://www.runwaymiami.com/ed-hardy-makes-waves-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/ed-hardy-makes-waves-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:47:12 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=138 I was looking very forward to the Ed Hardy show, and it delivered as usual at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. I love Ed Hardy’s punk/rock/hip styling and this year was no different. The hair and make-up was radical, the clothing was new and exciting, with hints back to the past in design and styling and the music was great, as well as the rock bands that the models wore. The Ed Hardy show was one of my favorites for the week, as well as many others as well. The after party at La Cote was a great way to have some fun after the show. I am already looking forward to seeing Ed Hardy at next years Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim.

]]> http://www.runwaymiami.com/ed-hardy-makes-waves-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/feed/ 0 Tori Praver and Poko Pano make a Splash at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim http://www.runwaymiami.com/tori-praver-and-poko-pano-make-a-splash-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/ http://www.runwaymiami.com/tori-praver-and-poko-pano-make-a-splash-at-the-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-swim/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:27:45 +0000 zach http://www.runwaymiami.com/?p=135 Tori Praver and Poko Pano put on stellar shows at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Saturday, which was probably one of the busier days at the Tents was filled with shows. Two of the highlight shows from that day are Tori Praver and Poko Pano. The Tori Praver show was a relaxed, and chilled setting in the Penthouse of the Raleigh. Models strolled out, posed and walked around. Every one was laid back, enjoying cocktails and the view. Tori Praver was definitely one of my favorite shows of the week, plus she gave a great gift bag.

Poko Pano on the other hand was different, but just as good. Poko Pano has always been one of my favorite collections and this year, that was only more reinforced. The clothing was sheik and stylish, which is typical for Poko Pano. The swimwear stood out over the other designs presented at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim.

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