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Pittsburgh Fashion Week fans, we are nearing our goal of 200 pairs of shoes. Please consider donating gently worn shoes and clothing for the work place. Contact Pennsylvania Women Work at 412-281-9240.
We thank all participants who came out to place their best foot forward on the "Runway" and Congratulations to the winning models! Huge Thanks to the Mall at Robinson, Eric Wennings - host, Judges: LaMont Jones, Jessica Conner and Aundrea Jackson, Live performance by LSK, and Disney personality Roshan Fegan from "Shake it Up", Congratulations model winner numbers: 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 49, 52, 53, 59, 60, 67, 68, 69, 70, 82, 83, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, 102, 104, 109, 110, 113, 116 and 120.
Designers, retailers and vendors can participate in back-to-back runway shows during fashion week Friday Sept. 30 and Sat. Oct. 1. Download the applications today on our Home page.
Designers and retailers are invited to a meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday in the Gallery room of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. This event provides the opportunity for talented artisans and retailers to showcase their fashion sense, style and beauty. A mini fashion show will kick off the evening featuring designs from Anthony Mock of Mock & Co., custom-made jewelry and Lana Neumeyer, Brazilian fashion designer. Pittsburgh Fashion Week is Sept. 26-Oct. 2. Featured in PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW - Read More from Trib Live
Pittsburgh Fashion Week names hall of fame inductees
Pittsburgh Fashion Week has announced its Class of 2011 Fashion Hall of Fame inductees. They are Jean Horne, former Trib Fanfare columnist and Fanfare magazine editor; Linda Bucci, owner of Linda Bucci boutique in Shadyside; Tricia Deems, fashion coordinator, commentator and owner of Jonell in Wexford; Carol Kinkela, owner of Carabella in Oakmont; Philip Pelusi, founder and president of Philip Pelusi Salons; and LaMont Jones, former fashion editor. By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW - Read More from Trib Live
Nicole Couch knows how to take an old piece of clothing and make it new again.
She scours East Coast thrift shops, consignment stores and any place she can look for vintage items.
Couch's fashions appeared in one of 10 runway shows Friday and Saturday in Pittsburgh's inaugural fashion week. The event ended Sunday with a Pittsburgh Fashion Hall of Fame luncheon
"Hopefully, the city is more stylish because of it," says LaMont Jones, assistant director and marketing manager for Fashion Week, in which Pittsburgh was treated to seven days of runway shows and a weekend of shopping. The runways were filled with collections from local designers and boutiques as well as the Spring 2011 couture line of internationally renowned designer Zang Toi. Read More from Trib Live
By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
From "City of Steel" to "City of Style" If your gonna do it, you might as well do it right.
This seems to be the underlying message of the behind the scenes working and planning for Pittsburgh's premiere fashion week. This fall, Pittsburgh will join the ranks of other fashionable cities that host annual celebrations of fashion when the very first Pittsburgh Fashion Week commences on Sept 27th, 2010. And unlike most other fashion weeks hosted by cities of similar size of Pittsburgh (that typically have abridged 3-4 day events), our own Fashion Week 2010 will be a full seven days of fashion shows and fashion related events and also includes a variety of cultural and social events. Read More from Pittsburgh Fashion magazine
Pittsburgh Fashion Week to give designers chance to shine in '10 From Steel City to ... Style City?
Pittsburgh will join the ranks of New York, Dallas and Miami when fashionistas gather to debut Pittsburgh Fashion Week, set for Sept. 27 through Oct. 3.
"This event will show that Pittsburgh is a region of style as well as steel," said Miyoshi Anderson, executive director and founder of Pittsburgh Fashion Week, at a Friday news conference. "Pittsburgh is a wonderful sports town, has a great cultural presence, and has been recognized as the most livable city," said Anderson, a Pittsburgh native with a successful modeling career. Read More from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh Fashion Week to be next fallWho needs New York? Pittsburgh will have its own fashion week in 2010.
At a news conference Nov. 20 at Joseph Orlando men's store Downtown, model Miyoshi Anderson announced that the first Pittsburgh Fashion Week would be held from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3 at the Sen. John Heinz History Center, William Penn Hotel and other locations across the city. Read More from Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Fashion Week to debut in 2010 Miyoshi Anderson, a Pittsburgh fashion model with a national presence, announced the creation of Pittsburgh Fashion Week at a noon news conference at Joseph Orlando men’s store, Downtown.
She was joined by a number of local fashion insiders, including store owners Joseph Orlando Sr., Joseph Orlando Jr., and Christi Orlando Marchi; Cora Deloia, owner of Spoiled Chics the Boutique in Sewickley; Diana Misetic, fashion designer and owner of Little Black Dress in Shadyside; milliner Janis Burley Wilson of Janis B. et al; Emilio, owner of Izzazu International Salon in Wexford and Downtown; fashion designer and makeup artist Adrian Cooper; graphic artist and logo and website designer Hilary Klein; fashion photographer Mary Beth Kratsas; Maria Palermo, representing Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris; PFW executive assistant Angie Williams; and PFW assistant director and marketing manager LaMont Jones, editor of TheStyleArbiter.com and former fashion editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read More from Pittsburgh Courier
