Come shop Local Designers… A/W 2014 and Holiday 2014 preview. Door Open To shoppers at 8 pm-12 pm sharp… event will be video taped so do represent! Entrance to event is an agreement to be recorded for broadcast!
BKstyleCon looks at strategies, business needs and technology in key areas especially relevant to immediate solutions… professionals can select one or all
#BKstylecon 2014 Wrap party – literally ! Celebrate BKStyle and add some flair to your year round wardrobe while raising funds to support local talent and community projects! Fashion as entertainment is a huge part of the local fashion scene! How can technology affect this aspect of fashion… and how can fashion Entertainment affect the community. Fundraiser Fashion Show, Auction & Birthday Celebration BKStyle is open to general public , friends and supporters! This project is designed to be self-sustaining but we also believe we are our brothers and sisters keeper!
Please check back for details on event! Details coming soon
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#BKStyleCon market prep and professional development for designer. What do Buyers really want, who are they and where can you find them. Attendees get an opportunity to meet buyers., learn what they are looking for and get valuable feed back on their lines …
6- 6.30 Using the Conversation Prism to find “buyers”
6.30-7 .30 Meet The New Buyers Local Online Marketplaces
7.30-9 pm Meet The Buyers- Local Retail Boutiques
Facilitator –Atim Oton Calabar Imports
Five sessions- BKstyleCon looks at strategies, business needs and technology in key areas especially relevant to immediate solutions… professionals can select one or all
A #bkstylecon motivational training seminar for professional development . Success requires leadership and presence some admonish you to fake it till you make it” For Designer Sasha Peters, it’s about Tapping into and leveraging your alter ego and she is expanding her service menu to include motivational Speaking!
Description- Tap into your alter ego and leverage your way to success!
Master Designer Sasha Peters AKA “Designer Hot Cocoa” speak on her decision to walk away from a successful six figure label, to rediscover her muse, her recent relaunch new adoption of technology (check her Instagram media cards) ! Bigger Bolder more playful!
Presenter Sasha Peters
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Jumpstart you creativity and build confidence. Mini fashion show & presentation by Lingerie designer Sasha Peters
Lingerie designer- Sasha Peters designs and presents as her alter ego HotCocoa Cocoa. A “partnership” that has been extremely successful! She now lecture and presents.
Google+Junior Designer Fashion Studio launched for young designers ages 8 -18, hosted by our STEAMED2014 Junior Designer, with the help of a team of adult instructors. This is a fun studio to introduce young people to fashion technology and entrepreneurship.
The evening ends with a fashion showcase and sale from 4pm – 6pm. Meals will be provided and each student will receive one ticket for a supporter to attend the show and sale at 4pm. Space is limited so reserve early.
Fundraiser Fashion Show, Auction & Birthday Celebration BKStyle is open to the general public.
This project is designed to be self sustaining but we also believe we are our brothers and sisters keeper! Please check back for details on event!
This is for the Shoppers #bkstylecon Pop- up
Come shop Local Designers… A/W 2014 and Holiday preview
Door Open To shoppers at 8 pm-12 pm sharp… event will be video taped so do represent!
Entrance to event is an agreement to be recorded for broadcast!
Dress to impress Preview will be sent to those who buy tickets1
#BKStyleCon presents two wokshops that challenges designers to create solutions specific to a customers wardrobe needs, as vehicles to increased sales.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
11:00am – 1:00pm – Design Elements and principles for the Accessory Designer
1:00pm – 4:00pm Shoe Redesign lab Shoe Covering Workshop with Designer Tenneh Wilkins
Too often the local customer complains they cannot find what they need. The cries that
“It simply does not go with my outfit “,
Really is simply a lack of merchandise planning that can be attributed to isolation of independent designer. What ever your medium of choice learn to take the wardrobe needs into account and leave with a series of templates to build on.
Each session we’ll look at
#BKstyleCon 2014 – Local112- Fashion | Business | Tech
Designed for independent fashion designers – BkstyleCon is a unique conference, specifically addressing fashion technology and the business of local fashion!
Five sessions- BKstyleCon looks at strategies, business needs and technology in key areas especially relevant to immediate solutions… professionals can select one or all
Monday, September 15, 2014 –
3D for Fashion Eleanor Whitney of www.Shapeways.com & Jerry Castanos of www.3DHeights.heights will SHOW local designers how to use 3d technology To create products for their lines.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 – Meet the Buyer Trade Edition
5-6 meeet buyers from online Market Places –
Atim Annette Oton of Calabar Imports will bring a Panel o speak on getting your product to buyers!t
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6-9
People, Pricing, & Profit Bonnie Sandy we take on Pricing for profit
Financing & funding your lIne
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Brooklyn “Tee” Party
5-7 Perfecting a unique “tee” shirt- Block Tenneh Wilkins …House of Rubi on creating a branded twill tee shirt through FIT!
7-9 Branding & Professionalism Louis Narcisse of Pharaonic Brand Designs speaks his favorite topic…
Specially designed so that those who work can attend evening sessions currently available at Earlybird prices till September 4th… This is a lean startup bootstrap model… so your support ensures these will continue…
Shopping Party
Friday September 19th 5-12pm Meet The Buyer (Consumer Edition)
Selling techniques matter- the pop up shop is designed to explore how Local designers sell attend our pre- event prep even if not Selling to gain insight!
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#BKstyleCon 2014 – #SewOpen Design Fashion Studio –
An intense five day workshop focused on understanding fashion, business and tech, how they work together and how to leverage them to build a Six Figure Indie Fashion label- or indentify “challenges, needs and desires” on which to build the next big #fashiontech Startup.
A master lab led by experts in both Traditional and Cottage based fashion
Monday 15 – 19, 2014 5 Day Sessions
This is a specially designed 5 day seminar-workshop- lab that focuses on Local Fashion ecosystem and the
Business | Production | Operations | Sales & Marketing
It will place all these issues into perspective for attendeees.
Fascilitators
Lawrence Pizzi www.Lawrencepizzi.com will be fresh of New York Fashion Week technical production for a major International Luxury Label and brings his expertise as a designer, a professor at several New york Institutions and his experience as an owner of a luxury label. Local designers will gain insight as how to manage quality control Line production and communicate their needs effectively.
Bonnie Sandy www.Bonniesandy.com
Ms Sandy will bring her expertise in the local creative cottage & te3ch sector.
Attendess will leave with the skills
Attendees must attend all 5 days . This not a “how to sew” but rather ‘how to manage” decisions needed in the creation of a fashion line. One of the most intense prep session s out today!
With input from Fashion Business | Production | Operations | Sales & Marketing& tech experts
Best suited for buiness & concept development in fashion & soft furnishing – apparel, home decor and exterior design. One can take the role of Buyer, Consumer, Manufacturers, Designers, Wardrobe suppliers, Artist, Stylist , Entertainer, Promoter, Educator, Blogger, Journalist, Curator, Critic, Archivists, marketer, Techical support – Collector, Exhibitors, Innovators, service providers or ven “Fashionista’ becoming an enthusiatic consumers of various sub niches, scales, locales and interest or those in apparel manufacturing
Note EarlyBird Special $300 valid till September 4th
Full lab price $400
Includes Pop up shop participation
Designers have been submitting their questions to be sent a full outline please fill out this form …
10:00am – 4:00pm – Profit from Your Passion for Fashion
Sell your passion Sunday 14th
10-12 Breakfast _ Opening
This ain’t your mama’s dress shop – How Tech is Changing Local Fashion
Designer Bonnie Sandy Fashiontech consults, teaches, designs sells … in the cloud.
Drastically saving cost, increasing proficiency and serving clients across the globe
She’ll review existing and potential opportunities bring attendees up to speed on
“How tech can reshaping your fashion business model !- Bonnie Sandy
Tech differnec between a Fashion Business and a Fashion Startup
Opportunities as For Fashion Startup to serve this area
12-2
How to earn a profit while Teaching Your Passion –
Joanne Black will walk creatives thru the process of establishing a successful career teaching their skills!
Tech- digital tools and online avenues and how to communicate value
Opportunities as For Fashion Startup to serve this area
2-3pm
The power of Telepresence
Video for presentation, show and sale . Voctor Arnez, -Actor televisonn producor and coach gets practical with with techniques to present your pitch via video, as well as “lighting and set design” for the home studio/og when using telepresence tools such as skype or Google Hangouts, Google Helpouts or Skype
Tech – Video tools and options for telepresence-
Opportunities as For Fashion Startup to serve this area
3-4
The exhibitionist- Exhibitions as an avenue to show and sell your fashion and wearables;-
Artist/Curator Omo Misha will discuss Exhibitions as an avenue, your Fashion as Art, as media, as Content…
Tech currently available for showcasing “creativity”
Opportunities as For Fashion Startup to serve this area
With each session we deal with best practices, quality control, new and emerging business models & apps, as well as look at look at opportunities for as to how technology can help shape or improve solutions.
Early Bird $60 till September 4th
Regular $100
With each session we deal with best practices, quality control, new and emerging business models & apps, as well as look at look at opportunities for as to how technology can help shape or improve solutions.
Our exploration of fashion as a Platform for Steam is evolving into a complete Fashion Youth Initiative! now however Teen Entrepreneurship will take center stage with STEAM highlighted as a crucial aspect of creating local industries.
Kaylah’s Participation at NYukCo has inspired us to open a FYI- Fashion Youth Initiative – And we will start with a Teen Entrepreneurial Symposium on September 19th 2015 from 1-5 pm
She actually does design these pieces. She has been tested them and will soon have a line ready for sale. It’s here confidence though that makes this so worth it! …
Bonnie Sandy project lead
We start by introducing them to creative principles and skills, as well as the discipline of committing to a project and seeing it through to completion. Teen have vivid and wild imaginations and harnessing that , teaching them to provide for themselves is invaluable. The Fashion sector si also not just design, It’s research, profiling trend forecasting, technical and creative design, mastery of specific techniques, the promotion and production of media, video and images, sales, shipping fulfillment and customer services. Add the opportunities that Data collection, VirtualReality, Augented reality, gaming, social media D design Haptics Laser cutting , solar inks etc. If You have an interested teen please contact us
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Google+It’s the season for transitions and we’re stepping the game up as far as creating a sustainable local supply chain for local cottage sectors globally. What sets us apart is the process we take our collective through. Tapping into our combined experience and expertise in; _ Tradition Fashion, Creative Cottage, Bespoke/Custom tailoring and emerging tech. The following is a report published simultaneously on Brooklyn Fashion Week, Nyukco and our project leads Personal blog… Between Now and September 1oth 2015 this report in itself will evolve..
BROOKLYN FASHION WEEK www.BrooklynFashionweek.com was reserved to support Brooklyn’s fashion sector and the designers who lived and or worked in the borough. BKStyle has evolved over the years. In 2011 we ceased following current practices and chose within the last few years to address issues affecting fashion and trade professionals. That exploration has evolved with the deployment our startup incubator space and program. In transition our startup incubator space and program. In transition, we are looking towards utilizing the site as an access point to all Brooklyn Fashion. Shifting the focus to a weekly round up of fashion related events as well as supporting the sector via the promotion of “Brooklyn made” Wheretowear and weartowhere Bkstylust across social Many of our previous projects have evolved – (see list at project leads personal blog)
We understand we do not sell images, we sell apparel. Within the local fashion sector many cater to several price points and clothing categories but “Fashion” usually refers to what’s popular with stylish fashion forward consumers. The business of fashion is successfully executed when we can provide what the consumer needs or desires and what the designersseeks to offer. The former means effective consumer profiling, interaction and development. The latter means addressing issues in the local fashion sector. We’ve worked hard in the last year testing various concepts and we are currently making the transition from testing theories to formatting procedures that works.
Improving communication between Stakeholders and vested interest parties
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