Jovani Makes 2023 NYFW Debut

 Jovani, the formalwear brand known for glamour, elegance, and craftsmanship, made its New York Fashion Week debut with a runway show last night, Friday, September 8, 2023. The iconic show starred models Haley Kalil, Taylor Hale, Jen Selter, Jenn Lee, Camille Kostek, Jenna Bandy, Carson Roney, Xenia Tchoumi, Ari Chambers, Abby Baffoe, Sydney Zmrzel, Alison Bowles, and Ella Halikas.

Real Housewives’ Luanne de Lesseps, Rachel Fuda, Sutton Stracke & Cynthia Bailey were “Feeling Jovani” in the front row. Additional VIP guests included model Brooks Nader, dancers Allison Holker Boss, Kalani Hilliker, & Asia Monet Ray, Drew Afualo, The Bachelors’ Rachel Recchia, Indi Star, Victoria Garrick Browne, Carmella Rose, Baskin Champion, and more!

About Jovani: Jovani is a family-run company celebrating its 40th year in business. The brand synonymous with glamour, elegance, and craftsmanship creates works of art to empower women in their most magical moments. The brand has gained its fame through beloved celebrity fans, as a trusted brand to contestants and winners of Miss USA and Miss America pageants, and as a trusted brand for bridal, homecoming, prom, and more. Jovani’s trusted brand is now expanding further debuting their ready-to-wear and couture lines during their NYFW runway show.

Website: https://www.jovani.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jovanifashions/

Media Contact: Jovani@michelemariepr.com

Saks Fifth Avenue Reopens Birmingham

On Tuesday, May 12, Saks Fifth Avenue will continue its phased approach to reopening stores with its location in Birmingham. The store will reopen with enhanced health and safety protocols and modified services to ensure the safest and most comfortable shopping experience for our customers.

“The health and well-being of our associates and customers remain our top priority and the driving force behind our strategy for reopening. Saks has the opportunity to set the standard for offering a safe, easy and personalized shopping experience once stores reopen,” said Marc Metrick, President, Saks Fifth Avenue. “We will continue to evaluate store openings based on our own analyses, which take into account the expertise of local government and health officials, economics, and community sentiment. We truly look forward to welcoming customers back to Saks Fifth Avenue.”

To ensure a safe and comfortable in-store shopping experience, Saks has implemented a number of measures upon reopening, including adding enhanced cleaning protocols, regularly sanitizing high-touch areas, such as fitting rooms and point-of-sale areas, and implementing social distancing measures. Associates will also be required to wear face coverings and undergo health screenings. Stores will continue to serve our customers digitally with virtual shopping appointments available to book through saks.com.

Stores will operate with reduced hours Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m and Sunday, from noon to 6 p.m. Moreover, Saks Fifth Avenue is offering curbside pickup and returns at most locations for those who prefer a contactless shopping experience, and an adjusted return policy whereby any purchase made after February 15, 2020, can be returned to Saks Fifth Avenue stores within 30 days of reopening.

Details about specific store reopenings and adjusted hours can be found through the store locator on saks.com. 

ABOUT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE (@saks) As a leading shopping destination for the all-channel luxury experience, Saks Fifth Avenue is renowned for its coveted edit of American and international designer collections as well as its storied history of creating breakthrough, experiential environments. Its exemplary client service has made Saks a global authority in the category, a focus since the brand’s inception in 1924. As part of the HBC brand portfolio, Saks operates in 43 cities across the globe, its online experience―saks.com, and its mobile experience―Saks App.

For more information, kindly visit saks.com, Instagram.com/saks, Facebook.com/saks, Snapchat.com/saks_official, and Twitter.com/saks.

 

BADGLEY MISCHKA UNVEILS COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL SKETCHES TO SUPPORT FEEDING AMERICA AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Badgley Mischka, the iconic American design house that exemplifies timeless glamour, is pleased to announce the brand’s latest initiative. In response to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic and the uncertain, challenging times we are living in, Badgley Mischka is turning to the creativity and artistic talent of its founders and head designers, Mark Badgley and James Mischka to send messages of love, support, and solidarity through art.

Mark Badgley has created 35 one-of-a-kind sketches, conceived of and created while he and James Mischka are isolating at home in Palm Beach, Florida. Each sketch represents an emotion, mood, thought, or feeling brought on by the worldwide health crisis and each is individually titled to reflect its unique concept.

As part of the sketch initiative, Badgley Mischka is pleased to be partnering with Feeding America in an effort to give back to those that are doing so much to help people in need. All 35 of Mark’s sketches will be available on www.badgleymischka.com as part of an online auction through Ebay for Charity. Beginning today (Monday, May 11), bidding will be open for one week and 100% of the purchase price of each sketch will go directly to Feeding America. The funds raised will help Feeding America provide support to their network of food banks across the country to provide food assistance to everyone facing hunger. In addition, every sketch sold will be personalized for each winner and will be framed and shipped at no cost.

“We have been isolating in Palm Beach, Florida for eight weeks now,” said Mark Badgley.  “We decided to use this time creatively by working through some of our feelings with art,” he continued.

“After posting some of Mark’s sketches on Instagram, we had an overwhelming response and requests to purchase them,” James Mischka explained.  “We wanted to use that opportunity to benefit people in need.”

“In the face of enormous challenges, Feeding America food banks are responding with extraordinary efforts to make sure no one goes hungry during the pandemic,” said Mark. “We were supporters of Feeding America before the pandemic, and their mission is even more critical now,” added James. “Badgley Mischka is honored to be assisting in their efforts through the artistry of fashion design.”

All 35 original sketches can be seen HERE.

About Badgley Mischka

Over the past thirty years, Badgley Mischka has flourished into a true lifestyle brand recognizable worldwide. To date, the Badgley Mischka brand includes multiple product categories such as Eveningwear, Day Dresses, Sportswear, Outerwear, Bridal, Swimwear, Footwear, Handbags, Eyewear, Timepieces, and Jewelry. Mark Badgley and James Mischka’ s timeless designs appeal to a wide range of fashionable women including Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Garner, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Taylor Swift, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Carrie Underwood. Badgley Mischka is sold in the most prestigious stores in the world including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Harrods and Harvey Nichols in addition to the Badgley Mischka flagship boutique in Los Angeles. For additional information, please visit www.badgleymischka.com.

 

About Feeding America

 

Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, the organization provides meals to more than 40 million people each year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people they serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Visit www.feedingamerica.org.

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week: Yanina Spring-Summer Collection 2020

Yanina Fashion House greets the second decade of the XXI century by creating a daring, extravagant and at the same time extremely elegant Spring-Summer collection.

Stepping aside from the usual noble and discreet black and white style, designer Yulia Yanina in SS2020 collection reveals the additional facets of the designer’s work with colors and flowers.

The collection is inspired by legendary beauties of the sixties, who created the most memorable images of the generation, inspired the designer for this collection, such as Audrey Hepburn or Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Kennedy or Lee Radziwill. Fringes and overalls will remind of such legends as Cher and Jane Fonda, while striking mini will evoke the style of Jean Schrimpton and Twiggy.

“Rebellious spirit under the bourgeois classics » – this is the mood of a new chapter in the history of the Yanina Fashion House.

Those inspirations create a glamorous and dream-like universe. At the end of the show, Yanina comes back to the iconic dresses of the House – black dresses with the signature embroidery of filigree work. The cut is both chaste and outrageous, classical and audacious: the past enables the designer to create modern clothes, made for women who want to make a difference.

Yanina’s new collection is an ode to freedom and boldness: it magnifies the female body with chic and timeless pieces.  This new collection marks a new chapter in the history of the House counting 25 years of dressing women around the world.

PARIS HAUTE COUTURE FASHION WEEK : ADELINE ZILIOX COUTURE SS 2020 SHOW

The fountainhead of a river or stream; the place from which a flow of water begins. A person who or thing which is the chief or prime cause of a specified condition, quality, emotion, etc.; a place where such a condition, etc. originates. A place where, or process by which, energy or some specific component enters a system; a point or center from which a fluid or current flows.

Like pure water spouting out of the Mother Earth and flowing down the rocks covered of moss in a virgin forest. The sources are several. They can be made with joy or sadness, with happiness, inspiration, life, and energy…

The source of life is the origin of the new collection by Adeline Ziliox. This inexhaustible source, inside all of us. An interpretation as much spiritual as in the reality of the moment that we’re living on our planet. This planet we must protect, as we must take care of our inner source. The mix of the elements like water and ground reflects the association of the fabrics, the work on the empty and the full like our life tempo, the embroideries like emotional landscapes…

Always in an eco-friendly approach and involved in the future of our planet, Adeline Ziliox uses only french know-hows, short courses for restraining the ecological impact, and fabrics like embroideries made by hand in her french ateliers.

Paris Fashion Week: ALIANNA LIU Runway Show Spring Summer 2020 Collection

The designer’s cats inspired Alianna Liu’s SS2020 collection. This time, she explains to the world by using her way of inspiration. The silhouette is the key between the collection and the female body. It has given the audience the sensation to represent a confident and independent woman image, as the brand identity described. By combining luxurious soft fabric with a touch of transparency, this collection is trying to bring out the natural beauty of modern femininity, a certain softness, and grace, or an ambitious and inspirational figure.

Recognizing the emotional impact that the right colors can have in design work, the color was enriched by the intensity of rainbow senses, leading to a more balanced and vibrant feeling. The embroidery technique and hand drew prints connected directly to the personal aspect of the collection. The ruffles are everywhere, communicate a romantic attitude that highlighted each attire.

Every piece from the SS 2020 collection is designed particularly to stand out from the crowd. The shapes of the pieces perfect for striking a look that people will notice and appreciate. Each detail gives the audiences for femininity sophistication, elevating them to the status of luxury fashion, that is a belief from the brand designer.

 

Cantu Beauty: Official Hair Sponsor of The LaQuan Smith Show for New York Fashion Week

Leading multicultural hair care brand, Cantu Beauty, is the official hair sponsor of The LaQuan Smith Show for SS20. Partnering with LaQuan and celebrity hairstylist Kim Kimble, the brand worked with the team to create runway-ready natural hair looks.

Featured Photo from LaQuan Smith Instagram

Cantu is bringing their fans backstage to fashion’s biggest week with one of the industry’s top designers whose collections have been seen on the likes of Rihanna and Kylie Jenner. From the dressing room to the front row, the partnership will provide Cantu consumers an up-close and personal look and experience into the world of New York Fashion Week through LaQuan’s show on Cantu‘s digital properties. The partnership will also entail Kimble using Cantu‘s award-winning products such as Cantu Coconut Curling Cream, Cantu Curl Activator Cream, and Cantu Edge Stay Gel in styling the models’ hair for the show.

Cantu is excited to partner with such an amazing and unique talent as LaQuan in helping create beautifully textured hairstyles to complement his Spring-Summer collection,” said Cantu Beauty Global Marketing Director Dametria Mustin. “We love how edgy and real LaQuan is as a designer and believe this partnership connects perfectly with our Cantu audience – she wants real beauty and fashion. We can’t wait to see his bold and innovative take on hair.”

Over the years, Cantu has partnered with other designers such as Tracey Reese to bring a spotlight to natural hair on the runway during New York Fashion Week. On Sunday, September 8, brand fans expected to see Cantu correspondent and lifestyle influencer Kia Davidson, who goes by @TheNotoriousKia on Instagram, go behind-the-scenes with live moments and interviews with LaQuan, Kimble, the show’s key celebrity makeup artist Sir John and models while viewing the actual runway show. Viewers can anticipate seeing various curl types to body types, the collaboration between Cantu and LaQuan will celebrate every woman.

Consumers can learn more about The LaQuan Smith Show and Cantu‘s collaboration during New York Fashion Week SS20 by following the brand on Instagram at @cantubeauty.

Cantu products are made for all hair types – curly, coily, and wavy textures – and readily available at major retailers including Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Amazon and more.

About Cantu Beauty

It’s Cantu Beauty’s mission to celebrate you in all your glory. Whether you’re rocking coils, curls, waves, or straight tresses, Cantu designs products specifically with you and your hair’s versatility in mind. Cantu‘s collection of award-winning products is inspired by beautifully textured hair to help you achieve any look you desire. With one-of-a-kind formula, Cantu helps achieve everything from cutting-edge looks to classic styles.

NYFW Runway Designers: TLZ L’FEMME, ANDRE EMERY, A SMALL COLLECTION, RON TOMSON, AUGUSTO MANZANERES and SHOKRALA 

STYLE X / KIMAC group showcased an incredible lineup of fashion, art, and music on Day 3 of New York Fashion Week to a full house at the famed Sony Hall.

On the runway were featured designers including TLZ L’FEMME, ANDRE EMERY, A SMALL COLLECTION, RON TOMSON, AUGUSTO MANZANERES and SHOKRALA with performances by FRANKLIN FUENTES and LEAH KATE

A Special Thanks to the KIMAC Group, Sony Hall, Safe Landing, BrandLab, Style X Haircare, Make a Wish, Kind Snacks and ZICO.

Below are the collages for the STYLE X NYFW Day 3 Shows at Sony Hall.

STYLE X / KIMAC Group New York Fashion Week SS20 Day One Recap at Sony Hall

STYLE X / KIMAC group showcased an incredible lineup of fashion, art, and music on Day 1 of New York Fashion Week at the famed Sony Hall to an at capacity, standing room only, enthusiastic crowd. The group kicked off their three days of high-profile and high energy fashion + music + art event (Sept 5th, 7th, and 8th) with SS20 runway shows from designers Annie Couture, Chicago Playground, Smock Me, Bradelis Lingerie, Label Lébel, Barth Bee and Bartholomew.

Guests sipped on Hennessy and specialty Redbull cocktails through the evening while enjoying musical performances by WALE, Blake Kelly and Amanda Holley.

A Special Thanks to the KIMAC Group, Sony Hall, Safe Landing, BrandLab, Style X Haircare, Make a Wish and Kind Snacks.