Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment

Art show for our homeless community

Art for HopeA big part of our Denver community is the homeless community. Right by our Fashion Denver headquarters on 26th and Walnut is a community of homeless people who have brought me great inspiration. It’s hard to ignore what is happening on our streets and not want to do something about it. Many of the people on the streets are so incredibly talented and have passions and skills that we don’t even realize because we are so busy walking by.

I am thrilled to partner up with Westword and Dateline Gallery to put together an art show by the homeless community and for the homeless community!

WHAT:
Canvas: An art show to showcase and benefit the homeless community and inspire hope and creativity!

We will be distributing art packs to the homeless community. Each art pack will come with a 5×5 canvas or other material that will be the backdrop of their art piece and either paints, markers, colored pencils, pastels, etc.

Money from art sold and collected at the door would benefit Denver Homeless Out Loud. (I’m still waiting to hear back from them and hope that they will be on board for this!)

WHEN:
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Special Advance Screening of The Neon Demon

Special Advance Screening of The Neon Demon
Tuesday, June 21st 7pm
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
7301 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
720-588-4107

Fashion Denver friends! You are cordially invited to a special advance screening of The Neon Demon!

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has in The Neon Demon, the new horror thriller from Nicolas Winding Refn.

The Neon Demon stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent, Super 8), Jena Malone (Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games series), Bella Heathcote (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dark Shadows), Abbey Lee (Gods of Egypt, Max Max: Fury Road), Karl Glusman (Love, Stonewall), Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix series), Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men,” Drive), Desmond Harrington (“Dexter,” The Dark Knight Rises), Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year, American Hustle), and Charles Baker (“Breaking Bad,” Wild).

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BACKSTAGE: 1990’s London Fashion Week Exhibition

A truly rare insight into the 1990’s London backstage fashion scene.
Bit Factory Gallery
851 Santa Fe Drive
April 1 – 30, 2016; Tue -Sat 11am-4pm
Opens on Friday April 15 until 10pm


LondonFashionWeek-KateMossA retrospective of photography portraits taken backstage during London Fashion Week in the 1990s with a focus on the early shows of fashion legend Alexander McQueen. The beautiful images by British photographer Gary Wallis provide a true insider’s view into rare and special moments in time.

The initial shows of designers including McQueen, Antonio Berardi, Robert Cary Williams and Matthew Williamson are captured stylishly on supermodels such as Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. The McQueen first collection images have been hidden away unseen for over 20 years until very recently.

http://bitfactory.net/exhibitions/   

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Artist Gary Wallis
Exhibition by Mario Abela.Creative
CONTACT:  Mario
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Massif Fashion Week: Opening Night Runway Showcase

Fashion for a cause, Design for a difference.
Opening Night Runway Showcase
Saturday, April 2nd 2016
Massif Studios
2191 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80210

Massif Fashion WeekMassif Fashion Week (MFW) is an intimate runway event catered to retail buyers, fashion  enthusiasts, and the garment industry as a whole.

Massif will provide a relaxed atmosphere with a focus on high quality, ready-to-wear collections with an emphasis on construction and attention to detail. Join MFW for an evening of runway fashion, art, photography, and fun followed by a few days of fashion pop-up shop displays in the studio.

This season will include collections from J.Rhoden Designs, Skea, Armada, and Gino Velardi.

Massif Fashion WeekMFW is honored to be supporting Extended Hands For Hope. Proceeds from the event will go to EHH to a local shelter that protects victims of sex trafficking.

The opening night runway event and silent auction is scheduled for Sat. April 2, 2016 at Massif Studios 2191 S. Broadway.

For more information, tickets, and VIP seat reservations please visit massiffashionweek.com
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Denver Bespoke Interview for Whiteout Fashion Show

With ArtopiaDEN less than a month away, Fashion Denver is doing interviews with all of the designers being featured in the Whiteout Fashion Show! Our first interviewee is AJ Machete, creator of Denver Bespoke and Denver Dressmakers.
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Q:  When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?

A:
Lianna (the co-designer) and I met at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she was studying fashion and I was studying sculpture and photography. I was always very interested in style, whether in literature, fine art or clothing, but didn’t get into designing clothing for many years. 
In 2008, Lianna and I were talking about moving out of NYC but there weren’t a lot of fashion jobs in the middle part of the country, and not
many jobs that would be the equivalent of her job as a knitwear designer for Liz Claiborne. So I started designing clothing and sewing and was essentially able to hire her away from her job (although at much lower pay!) and we were able to move to Denver and keep doing creative work.

Q: Where do you draw inspiration from?

A: We start from the perspective that bespoke and couture clothing is
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