Brooklyn's fashion sector is a unique blend of trained professional designer businesses, young independents, and a myriad traditional and modern ethnic cottage based creative enterprises! BrooklynFashionWeek.com is a presentation format that caters to these distinctive needs!
Classifying Brooklyn Style has always been a challenge, While few specialize in one category, most designers Create from an aestehic, and artistic reference point and create wardrobes for their customers. Since Designers show individually they will present their collections as story boards. Online we will opt for Categories based on Industry classifications Sale season, and consumer Tags. Designers will be able to use all clasifications that apply to their lines
Designer Showcases Fashion,
SS09, Immediate delivery Fall/holiday 08, Resort or signature. lines and collections
The clothing consist of natural colors
and earth tones combined with natural materials like cotton and burlap
which is used to create frames, patches and frayed edges. These
garments are adorned with natural materials such as wooded beads, shells
and are also hand painted to give the garment a more indigenous look.
his ultimate goal is to create avenues where the clothing can be
obtained in Trinidad & Tobago, regionally and internationall via
sustainable methods! http://my.28squared.com/brooklynfashionweek
To celebrate we have we have special
offers to you from our designers Even if you're not attending you can get on The BKSTYLIST... help us green our marketing and outreach.
Green is not about
hype it is about a commitment to taking from the earth’s resources as
little as you need, and restoring balance by giving back! While,
designers are embracing these as “eco or green” to the Brooklyn designer it’s just life... what we
do to survive! The “Brooklyn" Style (BKSTYLE) is really one of
practicality and individual in expressions! Brooklyn has long embraced many of the ‘eco concepts as their design
aesthetic”. One reason is Brooklyn’s diversity. Many of these concepts of convertible and hand
worked pieces that are passed down are part of our global perspective,
learned at the feet of mothers and aunts! GREEN BKSTYLE is as individual
as each Brooklyn resident!
Many Independent
designers are “Green” simply as a means of survival.We shop at job end,
serve markets closer to point of production. Indie designers essentially
use job ends or salvage fabrics to create their product! Keeping Tons
of waste from landfills! use or reuse local materials. They produce only
what's needed often (on Demand) few indie designers have "excess"
product at the end of the season! They speak to the consumer directly so
often their designs are on point and the correct size again little
waist! They use every scrap that is created and when and if an item does
not sell they rip it apart and create something new!At this event we
challenged designers to look at their part in restoring balance to the
“EARTH’s environment”. I also asked designers to look at the collections
(fabric and samples) they simply have hanging around. Before making
something new what can you do whit that!; reinvent (upcycle) swap or
give to a charitable cause.
Many
Shade of Green....
At this event we have designers who have been
committed to sustainable clothing for quite some time and some who are
just looking at shifting or adding green choices. The truth is many are
not sure what really is “truly green” we'll introduced you To one Young
designers journey at this evening's event!
From designers
we got questions is my product earth friendly... I don't do "recycled"
The current belief
is that
Handmade is more the greener choice…
Vintage is greener!
Bamboo is green!
Recycling is greener!
From
The Public we got comments, questions... and opinions
I
love that up and coming designers are going green. What took so
long.its time that we take a slower and more delicate way of making our
textiles and fabaric.we need to look at the big picture.the future of
life
this is a
slightly revised version of discussion that evolved (and are still
evolving) during the process of preparing for this event
Perceptions on
green
shapes everything... many perceive that green and teh green
consumer is "conservative" and boring... or creative, excentric and
simply wacky... we developed ( and will continue developping a resource
list) But found ourselves sending them to Ecouterre and TreeHugger!
Press (including online media) need to be verified for
access to BrooklynFashionWeek.com event on April 22, 2010. We are
expecting a full house and want to make sure that everyone is accorded
the proper access for their various media houses!
This event is a private trade event put together
by a group of designers! If you are not verified
as Press you are entering the event as a private attendee and we ask
that you refrain from shooting photos and videos of designers' products
unless express written permission is given to you!
Traditional Press outlets or their representatives are
encouraged to register with us for hi resolton images and other info! As
a member of the tech community we consider blogs and online
publications - media and afford them Press privileges. We, however, ask
all Press to verify their name, contact info and media outlets. This is
standard industry practice! We respect and practice open, but we
still have a press verification procedure in place! Once
we have verified you as Press you will be issued a Press pass for the
event!
Fabian Burrell of Aziza PR is the only one authorized
to handle Press on behalf of BrooklynFashionWeek.com!
Please email her submit via the form your name,
phone number, email addres, media type and website!
What Inspires YOU- disecting the elements for your design!
The that picture inspired the upcoming post and a visual gulde on My processas well as the online tools i Use!
In search of Good Design:- theory, practice and execution
These are broad responses. What's crucial is
the "HOW" of the solutions! At Brooklyn Fashion Week.com and the
28squared project Tope Tacha and Louis and other desigenrs iin ouir
program
we'll offer
Open Salon at both online, at our venue and through participation in FashionCamp as well as other fashion and tech Forums
Xtended (Online as well as offline) workshops and seminar that guide indie designers
Small group workshops
One on one mentoring and consultation through the process
We will be speaking and participation in FashionCampare also open to other fashion and tech Forums
