Fashion Week 2005: Miami

Fashion Week
2006 Spring Collections

South Beach is never hotter than during Miami Fashion Week of the Americas (FWA). Recently celebrating the 7th year in Miami, FWA is the largest showcase of Latin American fashion talent in the U.S. Thirty-four designers from 14 countries throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, USA, Europe and Asia introduced their Spring 2006 collections. Pieces this year ranged from earth-toned daywear to pretty pastel numbers and touched on many styles in between.

The roster of designers included Italy’s Roberta Scarpa, recipient of FWA’s 2005 Designer of the Year award, Russia’s Vemina Fashion House, Cuba’s Ivonne de la Vega, India’s Aparna Chandra and Mexico’s Pineda Covalin. Accessory designers included Esther Soued, Fassardi & Rohrscheib, Danal International Design Group, Sonia Stephen and Viviane Guenoun, all from Venezuela, as well as Mexico’s Martha Vargas. Miami Designers Showcase featured Julian Chang, Samy Gicherman, Nicolas Felizola and Ivonne de la Vega.

There was also a Student Designer Showcase by A.I. Miami International University of Art & Design and the Design and Architecture Senior High School; Furniture Exhibit by McKinley Pierre; Designers’ Fashion Gallery with mannequins representing each designer; and concerts and after parties at the hottest clubs on South Beach.

The MiamiModa & Music Awards brought FWA to a spirited close, with the FWA Designers Choice, Prêt-A-Porter Style and Excellence in Eveningwear and Terra New Model of the Year awards, followed by a special guest entertainer. Emcees are Telemundo’s Candela Ferro and Roberto Angeleri.

CityStyle

CityStyle also made ts debut this year during Fashion Week. Lifestyle designers were the spotlight of runway shows including Sean John Collection, Mia Shvili, Reebok and Taylor and Madison. Capping off the event are performances by PopStarz and the Hip Hop Kidz, with an after-party at Opium Garden on South Beach.

CityStyle event partners are Elini Designs Corp., AOL Radio, Vencer Marketing Group, City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Miami-Dade Tourist Development Council and Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Founder

Beth Sobol, of Sobol Fashion Productions, Inc., founded Miami Fashion Week of the Americas in 1999 to provide a forum offering international exposure for designers from Latin America. It has developed into one of the world’s premier fashion events spotlighting designers from Europe, USA, Canada, the Caribbean and Asia as well as the largest showcase of Latin American design talent in the United States. CityStyle is a new addition to Sobol Fashion Productions, Inc.

Photographs

Photographs by Anton Oparin FashionStock.com

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