Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment

A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment

Advanced Screening of BIRDS OF PREY and costume contest!

Advance Screening of Birds of Prey
February 5th, 2020 6:30pm
IMAX | UA Colorado Center
2000 S Colorado Blvd Suite C
Denver, CO 80222

Anytime there’s a chance to dress up super fun, the Fashion Denver team is down!!! Please join us for an advance screening of Birds of Prey, where the fashion is oh so fun and colorful, and adventure will be happening!

Come in a BIRDS OF PREY costume at the screening for a chance to win a date night prize pack! (One entry per person, multiple entries will be disqualified. Passes do not guarantee admission as theater may be overbooked. Arrive early!

Some of our fashion inspirations from this movie!

Fashion Inspo from Birds of Prey

Enter to win advance screening passes to see BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) at the IMAX on Feb 5th in Denver.

Visit www.wbtickets.com/BOPFashion to request for passes.

Winners will get notified starting January 30th with their unique download code.

#BirdsOfPrey in theaters February 7th.

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A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment

Body Mantra: A Body Positive event

BODY MANTRA
Saturday, February 1st, 2020
Nativ Hotel
1612 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202

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On Feb 1st, 2020 Nativ Hotel will be hosting an event called Body Mantra by Christina Marie. Body Mantra is a daytime event that educates attendees on the power of self-love and body positivity. This is done through  fitness classes, food education, fashion show, and top social media influencers sharing their knowledge on a feelings panel. Christina Marie says, “ A body-positive mindset is so important in our society today. For so long we have been told only certain types of bodies are beautiful, or that if we look a certain way on the outside we will finally be happy. I live by the belief that if we can accept who we are and what we look like in the present moment, we will love ourselves into the best version of who we want to be!”

The event goes from 1-5 PM on Saturday, Feb 1st and tickets are available on Event Brite. Ticket types include: General Admission, VIP, and Yoga with top influencer Mindful Jess.  

The founder of Mantra events, Christina Marie started her company back in 2018 … Read more!

A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment

b.shigley designs Custom Handbag Pop Up Shop

b.shigley pop up

Saturday, January 18th, 2020
11:00am-4:00pm
Track Architecture
2265 Lawrence St
Denver, CO 80205

b. shigley designs would like to invite you to create a custom b.shigley one-of-a-kind bag of your dreams! Fabrics, trims, buttons and more will be displayed for guests to pick through or bring your own special fabric for your bag to be incorporated! Custom bags range in price from $40-$100 depending on design and fabrics used.

Brandi Shigley’s passion for handbag designs began in 3rd grade when she would hide behind her Trapper Keeper, making the first collection of b.shigley bags out of paper. Paper turned to fabric when she started her handbag business in 1999, creating “funky fresh handbags with a twist of simplicity.”

A success both locally and internationally, Brandi’s bags were featured in Lucky Magazine, Denver Business Journal, 5280 Magazine and International Design. Popular with local fashionistas and beyond, Brandi’s bags were also sold in boutiques in Paris, London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, LA, San Diego and her hometown of Denver.… Read more!

A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment, Benefits

Fierce in the City 4

Fashion and Live Music Return to the Runway in
Denver at Fierce in the City 4

Denver, CO – The fourth Fierce in the City event, featuring live music performances interactively with fashion runway shows, creating a uniquely fierce experience, will be held on Sunday, December 15 at 5:30 p.m. at Halcyon Hotel, Cherry Creek, 245 Columbine Street, Denver, and will benefit GIRLS, INC. of Metro Denver.  It is being produced by Denver-based Fashion Designer, Salwa Owens. Fierce in the City 4 is being sponsored by Maaliki Motors.

The show is created with Owens’ overall mission of empowering women and does so by not only giving back to Girls Inc. of Metro Denver, but also by bringing real women from the community who are movers and shakers onto the runway in a segment called “The Real Women.” Owens will showcase new collections of her own, as well as feature other established designers.

Guest designers invited to have their own runway shows include bridal designer D’Lola Couture, jewelry designer Andrea Li, and leather and fur designer Andreas Tsagas.  The show will also include Icon custom suits, handmade children’s clothing and accessories by Peach & Penny, headwear … Read more!

A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment, Denver Fashion Week

DFW Review National and International Designers

The carriages have turned back into pumpkins (or Ubers), but the visionary beauty of Denver Fashion Week lingers on, even a week and a half later..

Fashion Snippits from Ari Trillo
Photos by 303 Magazine’s Amanda Piela

The last two nights of DFW were nothing short of extraordinary. The National and International Designers runway show opened Saturday night with Maxwell Bresler showering us in vibrant futuristic space-pop looks (Mars – we ready!);

O’Field Apparel intensifying the tribal and modern-western flair with sophistication;

Overseer Production bringing in artsy, colorful street-wear;

Jasmine Lewis giving us sporty, dramatic shoulder pieces laid over edgy garments;

Read 303 Magazine’s wrap up

Four international designers from Mexico City also graced the McNichols Civic Center Building catwalk that night.

Amor & Rosas showcased modern designs and Mexican handmade embroidery;

Fábrica Social followed with a similar ethically sustainable vision, and the creative beauty of indigenous women artisans and neutralized minimalism;

To finish the jaw-dropping show, PAY’S covered the runway with knitwear love in playful and artistic fashion;

1.8 Takamura focused on gender-neutral garments with free-flowing forms. 

A show that could be relived over, the audience was left ebullient and excited. … Read more!