February 17, 2010
The
TheRunwayReport
Portland Observer Black History Month
by
Page II
F a S hun N. S tyles /F or the P ortland O bserver
Olympics of Top Fashions
Just because you didn’t have a front row
ticket to fashion week doesn't mean you
can't have an inside look at the action.
No need to worry that in the Northwest
you’re about 2,400 miles from this week’s
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York
City. The Portland Observer’s Runway Re­
port is a virtual front row seat o f what
designers debuted to be fashion forward for
Fall Collections 2010.
In the name o f charity for earthquake
relief in Haiti, supermodel Naomi Campbell
helped kick off the spectacular event by
throwing a fashion show on Friday night.
Some o f the celebrities who participated
were R&B and pop singer Chris Brown,
model Selita Ebanks, R&B singer Estelle and
more.
Advertised at the world’s premier fash-
buyers can place their orders and have them events, the focal o f the week is typically the
arrive at stores in time for the upcoming big designers.
seasons, Fashion magazines from around
Celebrity careers have been molded or
the world are on pins and needles for that melted during the festivities, depending on
hot or not; rave or rant in the arrival o f the how fashion forward they are or how fash­
season’s must-have items.
ion forward they fell. It’s a love-love rela­
The events attract approximately 232,000 tionship in the fashion world o f celebrity
attendees annually. From magazines to elec­ clients and designers. Designers may gar­
tronic media, from broadcast journalists to nish certain celebrity artist; no matter the
internet bloggers, from retailers to the repu­ genre; o f next season’s hottest “must-have”
tation at celebrities, each Fashion Week, is outfit. Why? Because they know that, that
a stage o f for the world to see what design­ A-list celerity icon or that up and coming
ers are going to fly off the shelves or which actor/actress will be glossed on several
ones will flop.
magazine covers and articles. This is like a
Fashion Week is a showcase o f style that walking billboard on the backs and bodies
designers hope to have on the bodies and o f entertainment celebs.
backs of those who can afford it, as well as
For a link to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion
those o f us who may not. There about 100 W eek
e v e n ts,
you
can
v isit
attractions, from runway shows to charity mbfashionweek.com/newyork.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell lends her
support for Haiti relief during Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week in New York City.
NEW
N O W D E L IV E R IN G
Y o u r fa v o r ite n e ig h b o r h o o d g r o c e r y s t o r e n o w d e liv e r s
g r o c e r ie s r ig h t t o y o u r h o m e o r o ffic e .
The latest from the Calvin Klein
Collection for Men draws the
fashion world to New York City.
ion event, the entire Fashion Week
affair is a mass production o f de­
signers to show off their up-to-the-
minute collections, an Olympics of
top fashions.
Designers try to deliver next
season’s “it” and “must have” col­
lections. Some produce their de­
signs in mind o f people and places
that have inspired them. Some re­
vive and mend eras from the past,
infused with a lot o f inspiration from
the present.
The Fashion Week extravaganza
features fall and winter collections
for next year, while spring and sum­
mer collections for 2011 will come
during another Fashion Week in
September. The shows are timed to
the lead o f the actual season so that
w w w .n e w s e a s o n s m a r k e t.c o m
¿ou click, we deliver, (or pull up for pick up