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DC FASHION WEEK: THE NATION’S CAPITOL ON THE RUNWAY

Oh what a week DC FASHION WEEK was! The week was filled with amazing events, people, and of course the beautiful clothing. The entire week was coordinated by the Executive Director/Producer Ean Williams and an amazing staff of people and volunteers. The week kicked off with The Eco Fashion Show/Meet and Greet at the Textile Museum. At the Textile Museum the DC Fashion Week Models strutted around the gallery showing off Eco friendly threads. Wednesday a production by Planete Chic featured collections by designers Tatjana Tatalovic, Artemiza Cruz, and Ruben Gonzales. Each designer showed essential pieces from their Fall/Winter 2010 Collections.

On Thursday, the Fashion Networking Event took place at the Mie N Yu Restaurant located on Historic Georgetown’s infamous M Street. Many fashion industry and Washington, D.C elite gathered at the venue to mix and mingle and of course network. This was a great opportunity not only for designers and models, but for media outlets and public relation firms around the city. This event was a perfect way to get ready for the last two shows of the week: The Washington Menswear Collection and the 12th International Couture Collection.

Appearing at the Washington Menswear Collection Show, were many media outlets and fashion conscience men and woman who witnessed the designs of DURKL, Stella Bonds, Emore J Couture, Kustom Looks Clothier, Ray Vincente, and Andrew Nowell Menswear. All five collections were definitely different from each other which gave the audience a chance to see the diversity in menswear. Also at the show, featured artist, Etcetera performed, making the show more exciting and most definitely eventful.
On Sunday, DC Fashion week wrapped up with The 12th International Couture Fashion Show. The show featured designers such as Cameron Gray, Corjor International Couture, Destiny’s Creations and Designs, Elizabeth St. John, Heydari, House of Jola, Kalaa, Saman Zar, and Van Maele. The event was hosted at the Embassy of France.

Overall DC Fashion week was a definite success. The venues were great and so was the clothing. The weeklong event‘s gave the opportunity for Washington to show itself off as fashionable city that are home to not only Politics, but Fashion as well.

DC Fashion Week is a partnership of independent fashion designers, producers and models and was created to increase economic development in the area of fashion design, clothing merchandising and modeling, and to enhance the visibility of the nation’s capital as a center of international fashion .

Kiera A. Manison
Fashion Editor
The Urban Feed

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