Posts Tagged With "supima"
Thursday, September 08, 2011
BACKSTAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOW
By CeCe Shelburne
Supima emcee Rachel Zoe poses backstage at The Studio tent with Supima Design Competition judge Coco Rocha.
For more about Rachel, check out The Zoe Report. Or check out Coco’s Twitter feed about Fashion Week.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Supima Design Competition at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
By Marc Lewkowitz
On September 8 at 1 PM, Supima will be hosting the fourth annual Supima design Competition in New York during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Supima is America’s luxury cotton. Founded in 1954, the Supima brand designates an elite variety of Pima cotton grown only in California and the southwestern U.S. […] Continue reading
Thursday, September 01, 2011
The Fourth Annual Supima Design Competition
By Marc Lewkowitz
The fourth annual Supima Design Competition has begun its mad and furious rush to the final event culminating runway fashion show that will be held in New York on September 8 at 1 PM during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
This year the Design Competition has taken a different approach towards the […] Continue reading
Saturday, August 27, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Supima in WWD
By Greg Wang
“Dawnelle goes Supima” Advertisement in Women’s Wear Daily Friday, October 26, 1956
Thursday, August 18, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Lady Manhattan and Supima
By Greg Wang
Supima Cotton and Lady Manhattan, April 1957
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
COME SEE AT TEXWORLD AND EXPOFIL!
By CeCe Shelburne
PARIS—It’s getting to be that time of year again.
Yep, time to start thinking about Fall/Winter 2012/2013 and Spring/Summer 2013.
And time to start planning your September trip to the Parc d’expositions and Le Bourget outside Paris for the […] Continue reading
Monday, August 15, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘How to Lick a Farm Surplus’
By Greg Wang
Reprinted from PRINTER’S INK The Magazine of Advertising, Selling, Marketing February 15, 1957
Agriculture Secretary Benson, in an exclusive P.I. interview two years ago (April 8, 1955, page 27) said: “In this competitive age the market goes to the man who […] Continue reading
Saturday, August 13, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Marlow Larson
By CeCe Shelburne
Gainesville, Georgia native Marlow A. Larson, 22, has been “drawing women ever since I could hold a pencil” and had decided on a design career by the third grade.
At the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he graduated earlier […] Continue reading
Friday, August 12, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Jusil Carroll
By CeCe Shelburne
Busan, South Korea native Jusil Carroll, 34, came to fashion after a career in illustration and matriculated at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she graduated with a BFA in Fashion Design this year, because “it’s one of very few schools […] Continue reading
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Amy Lynn Bittner
By CeCe Shelburne
Evansville, Indiana native Amy Lynn Bittner started sewing at age 10 and spent her teenage years doing costume design.
At the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she graduated this year with a BFA in Fashion Design, the 23-year-old studied corsetry, haute […] Continue reading
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Lorena Cuevas Restrepo
By CeCe Shelburne
A native of Bogota, Colombia, 23-year-old Lorena Cuevas Restrepo received her first formal training in fashion design when she attended Central St. Martin’s as a teenager.
Since then, she has won a mentorship from designer Rachel Roy, showcased her work at […] Continue reading
Monday, August 08, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Rachel Pullman
By CeCe Shelburne
Born in Canberra, 23-year-old Rachel Pullman moved to England and back to Australia before settling in the U.S. at age nine.
At age 12, she enrolling in sewing classes and embarked on the career that led her to the Rhode […] Continue reading
Sunday, August 07, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: MaRu Jung
By CeCe Shelburne
MEET THE DESIGNER: MaRu Jung A native of Seoul, South Korea, 23-year-old MaRu Jung graduated from the Pratt Institute this year with a BFA in Fashion Design and the goal of winning a job as an assistant designer of women’s sportswear—with […] Continue reading
Saturday, August 06, 2011
AND THE FINALISTS ARE . . .
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—Guess who’s going to be showing capsule collections during the live runway finale of Supima’s 2011 Design Competition?
The eight finalists are, all of whom earned Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in 2011, are:
MaRu Jung, 23, from Pratt Institute
Rachel […] Continue reading
Friday, August 05, 2011
MORE ABOUT THE SUPIMA DESIGN COMPETITION
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—As you probably already know, the live runway finale of the 2011 Supima Design Competition is set to start at 1 p.m. on September 8 in the Studio space at Lincoln Center, kicking off the Spring 2012 edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
During the show, eight recent […] Continue reading
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