Fundraiser for the Miami Fashion Week Foundation Also Honored Five Legendary Women

Fundraiser for the Miami Fashion Week Foundation Also Honored Five Legendary Women and Featured Performance by Grammy-Winning Artist Albita

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – (October 2010) - The inaugural Miami Style Awards not only recognized South Florida’s fashion elite in grand style at the W South Beach, but organizers officially announced that Miami International Fashion Week will return to Miami Beach in 2011 and will be rebranded as “Miami Beach International Fashion Week (MBIFW).” The largest Latin American and international fashion event in the U.S. drawing innovative designers from around the world is scheduled to take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center March 3 – 6, 2011.

Since leaving Miami Beach in 2006, the annual event has grown significantly in its global reach and has earned an influential role in South Florida’s garment, tourism, international business, and hospitality industries.

“During the 2010 shows at the Shops at Midtown Miami, we had more than 58 international designers from 22 countries throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Lebanon, Europe who unveiled their latest collections in women's evening wear, prêt-a-porter, swimwear, men’s wear, jewelry and accessories,” said founder and President Beth Sobol. “Overall, it’s estimated that Fashion Week contributes about $10 million annually to the local economy as participants spend money on hotels, restaurants, entertainment, and transportation.”

MBIFW will continue several of Fashion Week’s trademark events such as the exciting Miami Moda & Music Awards® show that takes place on the final night and presents honors and awards to pioneering designers and features live performances from electrifying recording stars.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Miami Beach International Fashion Week back to the island and the Miami Beach Convention Center,” said Bob Balsam, Global Spectrum’s General Manager at the Miami Beach Convention Center. “Our venue and Miami Beach’s international flair make it the perfect host location for an event of this caliber and prestige. We are confident this is the beginning of a very successful and long-term partnership with the MBIFW.”

During the Miami Style Awards, the five honorees chosen for their personal style as well as their extraordinary community service were socialites and philanthropists Lea Black, Abigail Pollak, and Alexia Echevarria; renowned shoe designer Lisa Pliner; and successful beauty and fashion entrepreneur Loren Ridinger. Later in the evening, Grammy-winning singer, producer and composer Albita took the stage for an amazing performance.

Co-hosted by celebrated fashion designer Julian Chang and MIFW Founder & President Beth Sobol, the event was a spectacular evening of fashion, food, music, and cocktails benefiting the MFW Foundation. Celebrity emcee Elaine Lancaster co-hosted with Brian Andrews, former WSVN and WFOR anchor and Director of English News at RCN TV Colombia, and Ileana Garcia, host of Alfombra Roja on Romancé Radio.

The clothing designers who presented collections during the Miami Style Awards were Julian Chang, Nicolas Felizola, Viviana G for Petit Pois, Andres Vieira for Sewing Souls, Zebra, Erin Healy and Luca Luca. The jewelry and accessories designers included Amaloa Art to Wear, Shannon Saint Clair, Ankora Jewelry, Musa Jewelry, Charles Albert Jewelry, Cyclus, and Zunco Accessories.

Tiffany & Co., W Hotel South Beach, Morracanoil, The Miami Institute for Age Management & Intervention, Barefoot Wines & Bubbly, Cravings Magazine, Laser Cosmetica, and the Capponi Group are sponsors for the event. Solea restaurant provided catering with music by DJ Frank Delour.

About Miami Fashion Week
Beth Sobol, President of Sobol Fashion Productions, Inc., founded Miami Fashion Week® in 1999 following a successful career as an international fashion model. She has worked with some of the fashion world’s most influential designers and producers and launched Miami Fashion Week to provide a platform for designers from Latin America to gain international exposure. During the past 12 years, MFW has evolved into one of the world’s premier fashion events spotlighting designers from Europe, USA and Canada, the Caribbean, Middle East and Asia as well as the largest showcase of Latin American design talent in the United States.

About Miami Fashion Week Foundation:
The Miami Fashion Week Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) independent, not-for-profit organization that provides scholarships benefitting emerging designers and students studying fashion design, fashion photography, jewelry making and graphic arts who are the winners of the Miami International Fashion Week™ competitions. The competition winners are announced on the closing night at the Miami Moda & Music Awards®. Inquires on donations and additional information should be emailed to info@miamifashionweek.com.


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Capacity Building Tools for African Immigrant Nonprofits- DC

Capacity Building Tools for African Immigrant Nonprofits- DC

Date:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- to -
Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 8:30 PM (ET)

Location:
Martin Luther King Jr. Library,
901 G Street NW.
Room 300/3rd Floor (Adult Literacy resource Center)
Washington DC

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B Michael Spring 2011 Collection "Advanced American Style"

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b michael Spring 2011 collection
"Advanced American Style"

On Thursday, September 16th, 2010, at the Plaza Hotel in New York, famed fashion designer b michael paid tribute to Haiti, by featuring garments and jewelry from the country at his “b michael America Spring 2011 Fashion Show.”during New York's Fashion Week.

The designer introduced several fabulous and exciting garments made of hand embroidered Haitian cotton. Some of these pieces were worn by Ms. Haiti Universe 2010, Sarodj Bertin.

On August 12th 2010, b michael & Mark-Anthony Edwards Vice President of Business Development & Media Relations for b michael America visited Port-Au-Prince/Fishing Village of Luly in Haiti, where they met with representatives of the Clinton Foundation and USAID-HAITI, to discuss heightening the creative resources and beauty of Haiti in contrast to all of it’s devastation. The inclusion of the Haitian products stems from these meetings.

The “b michael America Spring 2011 Fashion Show,” was also used as an awareness event for the “The Dream Yard Action Project,” the largest arts education provider in Bronx, New York, reaching 8,500 from grades K-12.

In support of b michael's Spring 2011 collection the Legendary Actress Cicely Tyson was spotted sitting on the front row, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson was also spotted on the Front row, Myrna Colley- Lee, BeBe Winans, Harriette Cole, Marcia Dyson, Nicole Murphy, Michaela Angela Davis and Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) were also spotted on the front row.

The beauty look was modern glamour. The hair, created by Laura Ziba with Faces Salon, and the make - up was created by Michelle Virtue for Damone Roberts New York. Jewelry provided by Michele Frisch and several other Haitian Accessories Designers.

***The b michael America Spring 2011 collection was Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company***

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FASHION DESIGN COUNCIL OF CANADA AND IMG FASHION ANNOUNCE EXPANDED RELATIONSHIP

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FASHION DESIGN COUNCIL OF CANADA AND IMG FASHION ANNOUNCE EXPANDED RELATIONSHIP

Ongoing Relationship to Support Growth of LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris

Toronto, ON (Oct. 22, 2010) – IMG Fashion, a division of IMG Worldwide and the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) announced today an agreement to expand their long standing relationship to include collaboration on production, marketing, communications, operations and sponsorship sales for LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris. The first event under this expanded arrangement will be the 2011 Fall/Winter Collections in March 2011. The relationship will have IMG work under the direction of the FDCC to develop programs to support Canadian talent both in the country and throughout IMG's network of fashion events globally.

"IMG Fashion has made a strong commitment to support the growth of the international fashion industry," said Peter Levy, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of IMG Fashion Worldwide. "We are proud to be working even more closely with the team at the FDCC, to bring new opportunities to Canadian designers as well as help them to build strategic alliances in the global fashion industry. The FDCC has done an excellent job over the last decade building Canada's principal fashion event and we look forward to building on that success."

IMG Fashion, which currently produces and represents the world's leading fashion events along with the FDCC, will create an international platform for designers to showcase their talents. IMG and the FDCC's primary objectives will be supporting a strategic international communications program, expanding the opportunities for interaction with the industry at LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris, creating new opportunities for designers and elevating the FDCC and its council's role in the global fashion landscape.

"We have celebrated fashion excellence for over a decade and now LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris is ready to reach out beyond its borders and become active on a global level. Our new relationship with IMG Fashion has great potential due to their extensive global connections," says Robin Kay, President, FDCC.

The Event in Canada was initiated by Robin Kay in 1999 in conjunction with the FDCC (formerly known as the Ontario Designers Association), which currently produces the largest fashion event in Canada. The 23rd LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris season started Monday, October 18th, 2010 and is featuring over 30 presentations representing more than 60 designers and talent from British Columbia, Winnipeg, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and more.

"With the expansion of our working relationship with the FDCC and their stakeholders, we plan to build year-round programs to support Canadian designers at home and abroad, as well as further grow the marquee event to support both established and emerging designers," said Danny Fritz and Sam Galet, Vice President and Managing Director of IMG Canada. "Our goal is to continue to connect premier corporate brands to LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris that will further escalate the position of FDCC and its members for the long-term growth of the industry."

About IMG Fashion
IMG Fashion is dedicated to facilitating a gateway to the fashion world - from creation to consumer. We offer solutions that seamlessly connect and associate fashion's key constituents and corporate brands using IMG's global resources, influence and expertise.

Within the fashion industry IMG represents the world's top models, leading designers and the most influential photographers, art directors and stylists. The division produces the leading fashion events around the globe and represents many of the industry's top organizations and federations as well as works with various local and national governments, creating regional and international fashion platforms.

About FDCC
Established in 1999, the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) is a non-government, not-for-profit national association created to support Canadian fashion designers and the Canadian fashion industry. To pursue this goal, the FDCC has created Fashion Week, now in its 12th successful year. The bi-annual LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris has gained international respect and is the second largest Fashion Week in North America. For more information please visit www.lgfashionweek.ca.

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Contact:
Alison Levy
Public Relations Manager
IMG Fashion
646-871-2492
Alison.Levy@imgworld.com

Debra Goldblatt
rock-it-promotions
416.656.0707 ext 101
debra@rockitpromo.com

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Swahili Fashion Week launch party 2010

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CONTACT PERSON: Saphia Ngalapi, Media & PR Manager
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +255-712-099834
EMAIL ADDRESS: media@swahilifashionweek.com

Swahili Fashion Week launch party 2010
Party in style and glamour

Designers, models and fashion celebrity in attendance

The third Swahili Fashion Week, official launch party will be held at RSVP Much More, part of Bilicanas Group, on Saturday 23 October from 10PM onwards.

The party will bring together all models, designers and Swahili Fashion week participants and other fashions industry stakeholders in the country.

“We believe that, the launch party is the beginning of the very best we have to offer that is yet to come as we commence the Swahili Fashion Week 2010 season”. Said Mustafa Hassanali. Organizer of Swahili Fashion Week

“The entrance for the party is only 20,000/= only, lets join hands together to celebrate and support our fashion industry.” Stated Roy Mbowe of East Africa Radio

“The Lunch party shall have lot of goodies for fashionistas to win apart from the Fashion Forward Beats by East Africa Radios Finest DJ who shall spin the Night away” Added Roy Mbowe East Africa’s Radios Marketing manager

The third annual Swahili Fashion Week will take place at Karimjee Gardens on the 4th, 5th and 6th November 2010 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Swahili fashion week 2010 has been sponsored by the home of Swahili Fashion Week - Southern Sun, Origin Africa, USAID Compete, EATV, East Africa Radio, Malaria Haikubaliki, BASATA (Baraza La Sanaa Tanzania), Ultimate Security, Monier 2000, Colour Print Ltd, Global Outdoor Ltd, Amarula, Vayle Springs Ltd, ZG Films, Darling Hair, Danish make up designs, Nipashe, Bilicanas group, Perfect Machinery Ltd, 1&1 Internet Solutions, Sengi Tours, iFashion and 361 Degrees.

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Saphia Ngalapi
Media & PR Manager
Mustafa Hassanali
PO Box 10684, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
105 Kilimani Road, Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(opp. Patricia Metzger Health & Beauty Clinic / near French Embassy)
Tel : +255 (0)22 266 8555
Mobile : +255 (0)712 099 834
Mail : media@mustafahassanali.net
Web : www.mustafahassanali.net
www.swahilifashionweek.com
www.harusitradefair.com
www.twende.info

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Annual World Music Mecca globalFEST Returns to NYC's Webster Hall:Thirteen Acts, Three Stages, One Ticket on January 9, 2011

"Last year, I was a kid in a candy store; this year, we're all in for a treat, so spread the word." -NPR's All Songs Considered

"Some of the bands could have melted the ice on the nearby streets." - The Wall Street Journal

globalFEST is a carefully curated bright spot for music lovers in the dark days of early January. It's the premier gateway event for world music artists about to break into the North American scene. But before all, it's one heck of a party, turning the winter doldrums into a three-stage, multi-continent romp at one of downtown New York's hippest venues, Webster Hall.

Fans can dance up a to brass-injected blazing Indian beats or funkified Colombian salsa in one room, then chill to a strikingly thoughtful collaboration between an African master bard and a world-class cellist next door. For one reasonably priced ticket, music lovers can catch global pop and traditional artists destined to make an impact in the U.S.-all in a single jubilant, compelling evening.

globalFEST began as an antidote to the xenophobia that struck post 9-11, to the closing borders and closing minds a group of dedicated arts presenters felt. Visas were harder to get. Suspicion and fear were rampant.

Now, as America is opening its doors to old rivals and new international connections, globalFEST, in its eighth year, continues to evolve, promoting stronger economic ties with troubled neighbors like Cuba and Haiti and encouraging the ongoing expansion of global music's presence on American stages by reaching out to presenters in town for the APAP conference.

"The annual globalFEST is something like a whirlwind tour captained by a cosmopolitan disc jockey, hopping from Guadeloupe to Transylvania, Senegal to the Louisiana bayou, Paris to Siberia." - The New York Times

The 8th annual globalFEST will be held on January 9, 2011 at Webster Hall. For more information, line-up announcements, and tickets, see www.globalfest-ny.org or call 212-545-7536.

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The Urban Fashion Board in Conjunction with Underdarock Entertainment

The Urban Fashion Board in Conjunction with Underdarock Entertainment Ibrahim Baith Of The Highly Acclaimed BET Centric's Model City Commands Your Presence During Our " Purple Reign " A " Fashion With A Cause" Event Benefiting the work of Panzi Hospital in Congo Saturday October 30,2010 @ Synergy Art Space 1101 Fulton St BKNY 11216 7:00pm- Until

Hosted By Raphael B. Dixon, Ibrahim Baith, Sista's In Tha City

Guest DJ"s DJ Henry C,5th Pro DJ's , Dj Afoo, Underdarock Entertainment

Special Performances by ~Knockie ~Ajani Oden~ Urban Beat ~

~Mickey Perez w/Human First~Luis Pawn~Candace Anitra

and Agent Strange

$ 20 Advanced Ticket Sales $25 @ The Door

1st 50 Ladies to RSVP @urbanfashionboard@yahoo.com and Wearing Purple Admitted Free

8 to 9pm Open Brooklyn Absolute Bar ~ Complimentary Appetizers

For Tickets Raphael 347-546-3697 Cos Canino 347-200-2509 or Denero 718-600-3619

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