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Dreamer / Doer / Founder of Fashion Denver

Fashion Denver Spring Market ENCHANTMENT

May 1, 2015 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Fashion Denver’s Spring Market ENCHANTMENT
May 17th, 2015
The Byers-Evans House Museum
1310 Bannock St

On Sunday, May 17th from 10:00am-5:00pm, Fashion Denver will celebrate spring and Denver’s history at the Byers-Evans House Museum (located at 1310 Bannock Street) by hosting the spring fashion market “Enchantment.” This shopping extravaganza will feature a small selection of local designers and boutiques at the historical home built in 1883. Enchantment is free and open to the public.

“We have lots of new up and coming businesses in this market as well as some veteran Fashion Denver designers. I really appreciate the diversity at this spring market.” says Brandi Shigley, founder of Fashion Denver.

This market will feature couture hot off the runway designs, elegant bridal dresses, unique upcycled handbags, jewelry, scarves, a multifunctional swimsuit design, on the spot henna design, and even a VW bus where guests can make jewelry. Enchantment will showcase a plethora of creative fashion.

3 fashion shows will grace the sidewalks at noon, 2, and 4 while musical entertainment and croquet will add to the spring festivities. Iced tea and tea sandwiches will be served to keep the energy of history and … Read more!

Enchantment, Spring Market Designers

Spring Fashion Market Designers: Ultrakini

April 30, 2015 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to feature another designer that will be apart of Enchantment! Today we are featuring Ultrakini®, and we are absolutely thrilled to have them be apart of the market!

Ultrakini® founder and creator, Summer Sawyer, realized that her relationship with swimwear had changed during a family reunion at the beach when wearing a bikini around family members she hadn’t seen in years, made her feel self-conscious. A mother of three, Summer spent the afternoon frustrated wishing she had worn her other swimsuit, a more modest tankini, which was packed away in her suitcase at the condo. Summer began to wonder why she needed to bring two swimsuits for every vacation and decided she would need to find a more versatile swimwear solution. Searching for this perfect swimsuit yielded no results. Purchasing multiple swimwear garments that ultimately did not solve her problem was the only option available. Realizing that this is an issue for other women, Summer was inspired to create the Ultrakini®.

The Ultrakini® is a new one-of-a-kind versatile swimsuit that converts from a bikini-style bathing suit into a tankini-style bathing suit instantly, using hidden waterproof magnets The Ultrakini® is truly an all-in-one solution to … Read more!

Community, Events, Fashion Events around town

“Empowering Women Through Fashion & Beauty”

April 30, 2015 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Denver’s Salwa Owens Presents “Empowering Women Through Fashion & Beauty”

Saturday, May 23rd 12:30pm – 3:30pm Hotel Monaco Lobby 1717 Champa Street Ticket Information

Denver fashion designer Salwa Owens invites you to attend a glamorous day of fashion shows, indulge in exquisite sweets and cocktails, enjoy live musical entertainment, have exclusive trunk show access, and be treated to beauty services to help you feel extra spoiled and empowered on Saturday, May 23rd from 12:30 to 3:30pm in the lobby of Hotel Monaco, 1717 Champa Street in Denver. In honor of some of the most empowering women out there, Moms, this event will be friendly to all ages and mini fashionistas are welcome. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Ohio Health Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group, which assisted Salwa in her time of need.

www.SalwaOwens.com or https://www.facebook.com/events/973796165972178/… Read more!

Classes

Do What You Love Funshop 2015

April 28, 2015 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

DWYL Workshop/Funshop Wednesday, May 6th 2015 6:30-9:30pm 1070 Bannock Street Suite 150 Denver, CO 80204 $85.00

Fresh back from her trip to the Philippines, Brandi is
excited to come back and bring you the spring edition of the DWYL workshop. After experiencing a different world in the Philippines, she has new ideas and perspectives that she wants to bring into the workshop. The Philippines made her heart smile because she was doing something that truly made her happy. This is the year that we get on with our life of doing what we love and loving what we do, while spreading our light to the world!

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS WORKSHOP

*Business licenses & money management 101 *Creating the perfect work space *Developing a brand identity *Creating a website *Marketing online and social media *How to get your product to market *Writing press releases and getting your business in the press *Creating events to launch your product or service

Denver’s entrepreneur and fashionista, Brandi Shigley offers her workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs. ‘Do What You Love, Love What You Do’ workshops are designed to help people with business ideas take their creativity and passion to new heights by learning … Read more!

Enchantment, Spring Market Designers

Spring Fashion Market Designers: Threads Art Studio

April 28, 2015 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Today we are releasing another designer that will be apart of the Spring Market: Enchantment! We will be featuring Threads Art Studio and will be talking about how Karen Bennet, the founder of the company, got her start in the fashion world!

Karen Bennett is a fiber artist from Arvada. She began her art career as a hand weaver and then worked as an art teacher for 25 years. During that time she supplemented her income by sewing wedding dresses and teaching sewing classes. After retiring she returned to her roots as a fiber artist. She creates her clothing and jewelry from the handmade silk and wool fabric she makes to use in her art work. She creates her garments using technique more familiar to artists than the fashion world. The result is art-style cool, something that could be seen in a gallery, but in reality is being worn by a woman.

Her handmade fabric is an explosion of textures, focused on the inherent quality of the threads in the raw fiber (hence, the name of her business, Threads Art Studio). Sumptuous black and creamy satin colors are predominant in her jackets a fashion april 12, 2015 031 nd often hair-thin threads of metallic Mylar … Read more!

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