Brooklyn Event and Entertainment : Fashion

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Fashion Week Brooklyn "Be Bold. Be Strong" FW 2014

Fashion Week Brooklyn is set to kick off it's "Eighth Annual Event", FWB "Be Bold, Be Strong" FW 2014. The fashion world is getting ready for Brooklyn's 4 day fashion event.

This four-day event runs March 13-16, 2014 at Industry City, Bush Terminal in Sunset Park. This show features established and unknown designers. A different theme each night.

Past shows have included French-Armenian designer Loris Diran whose clients at his former Bowery Boutique have included Beyonce, and Ghana-born Nana Boateng, who designs clothes for actor Samuel L. Jackson.

Thursday Night Opener will tout eco-friendly designers,followed by an Africa-based theme on Friday,
Euro-Centric Fashion on Saturday and Brooklyn-based style makers on Sunday.

To win tickets to this four-day event, all you have to do is send a message to Yelp Brooklyn on Facebook or twitter. Say "Hey @Yelpbrooklyn , send me to @FashionWeekBrooklyn #FWBK
http://fashionweekbrooklyn.com/?p=873

For timing and a listing of the designers visit, http://fashionweekbrooklyn.com/?page_id=422

Check out Fashion Week Brooklyn 2014 "Be inspired" Spring and Summer Collection. http://whatsupnewyorkkeepingupwithbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2013/10/fashion-week-brooklyn-2014-spring-and.html

https://www.facebook.com/IndustryCityBK

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Brooklyn Museum and Fashion

Now through Feb 23, The Brooklyn Museum is showing "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier". The work, Lifestyle and Impact of French Couturier and lauded Fashion Designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

The multimedia exhibition consists of mannequins with interactive faces, photos along with 140 haute couture and ready to wear pieces.

The Brooklyn Museum is the only East Coast venue to present the Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the side walk to the Catwalk. The first International exhibit of Gaultier's work.

Admission to the Museum: $15 adults, $10 Student with valid ID and adults 62 and over. Tickets include admission to the Museum. Members are free.

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Gaultier

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn New York 11238

718-638-5000

For more information visit,

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/jean_paul_gaultier/

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Fashion Week Brooklyn 2014 "Be Inspired" Spring and Summer Collections.

Fashion Week Brooklyn 2014 Spring and Summer "Be Inspired" designers came from various part of the world, including the United States. Canada, Germany, Spain, Africa, Philippines, Norway, Poland and Scotland.

Only Brooklyn can hold such a diverse presence in a Fashion Show. Great Live Music entertained us as we awaited for this anticipated show to began at Industry City. http://www.bushterminal.com/

Fashion Week Brooklyn environment was just like Brooklyn style, lay back, energy was great and the fashionistas was showing their fashion taste.

Organizers announced the re-branding of Brooklyn Fashion Week and added new sponsor, they also changed the name to Fashion Week Brooklyn.

This great fashion event show opening began with their collections of "Eco friendly/Innovative Designers/ Ready to wear. Hosted by our very own State Senator Eric Adams.

Designers, Erin Birmingham, Maxwell William H.S., which is in Brooklyn, High School of Fashion Industry, Andrea Fitzgerald, Draft Minerva, Howareyou and yes Francesca Defranchis showing her doggy couture line. This as too cute.

Sunday's Closing Evening consisted of "Men and Women Designers". Designers On Nami, Olena Dats, B. Gold, Kathrine Hynes and Bishme R Cromite.

Fashion Week Brooklyn first event took place May 2006 at the Tobacco Warehouse and it was a way to show case Brooklyn's emerging designers. They also raised money to fund self-esteem programs for Brooklyn Youth at risk.

What's up New York? Keeping up with Brooklyn was invited to all 4 shows. I made it to the first and last, but I heard through the grape vine that Saturday's Show was to be at and I missed it.

Designer Erin Birmingham is based in Bushwick, Brooklyn and as you see, her designs are Eco/Friendly Couture design. Her wedding dresses are to die for and she was my favorite. https://www.facebook.com/onb2bushwick?fref=ts

Designer B. Gold, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He designs, develops and market high quality jewelry & made to order clothing which are hand cut. His collection have been seen on the likes of Jay z, Alicia Keys, Sean Stone, Sam Webb and many more.https://www.facebook.com/BGOLDNYC

As you know, my camera decided to play games with me and couldn't take pictures of the whole show, but I made it up with Sunday's closing show.

As a blogger, this was my first Fashion Week event, and I tell you this much, Brooklyn has more emerging designers, and we have our own definition on what is beautiful. We are in a class of our own, and Fashion Week Brooklyn proved it.

Brooklyn is made up from people, style, distinct culture and it is the most popular of New York City's five boroughs and today if it were an Independent City, Brooklyn would rank as the fourth most popular City in the U.S., behind only the other boroughs of N.Y.C combined, Los Angeles and Chicago.

For more on 2014 Fashion Week Brooklyn Spring and Summer "Be Inspired" Designers, http://fashionweekbrooklyn.com/?page_id=469

If you didn't make it to this year's Fashion Week Brooklyn 2014 Spring and Summer "Be Inspired", we Brooklynites forgive you and there is always next year. I want to thank Fashion Week Brooklyn for allowing me to be part of this great event, right in the middle of Brooklyn and by the way, I have a whole new respect for photographers.