Call out for designers for FROCK OUT 2012!

DPL’s Fresh City Life announces a call to designers.  For their third design competition, Frock Out: Come Undone, Fresh City Life partners with Brandi Shigley of Fashion Denver and they’ll host Denver’s young, creative designers for Spring’s most exciting fashion event.

Frock Out: Come Undone: Independent Designers Challenge

The Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life  and Brandi Shigley / Fashion Denver announce a call to designers for Frock Out: Independent Designers Challenge – a runway show and exhibit.

Juried designers will show five designs (one designer’s choice created especially for Frock Out, and four challenge pieces that can be new or from the designer’s current collections).  Twelve designers will be accepted for this runway show and exhibit.

Challenge Requirements-

·      All designers must schedule an interview with the jury panel on Saturday, January 21st 9:00am-1:00pm. To schedule your interview time, please contact carrie@fashiondenver.com .

·      Portfolio reviews will be held at the audtions.

·      One challenge piece must be completed, ready to exhibit and delivered to The Denver Public Library Fresh City Lounge on or before March 14.

·      The other four designs must be completed and ready for runway rehearsal on Wednesday, April 18.

·      All challenge designers must … Read more!

2012 changes at Fashion Denver!

One of the missions of Fashion Denver is to help grow our local fashion scene, to help our local independent designers grow their businesses, and to spread the word that Denver ain’t no cow town and we’ve got TONS going in in our fashion scene.

Fashion Denver started out as a business in 2004 strictly focusing on our seasonal fashion markets and business development. We opened up a retail shop in 2009 until now and since then it’s been such a fun adventure! However, one of the things that I am most passionate about has gone by the wayside…

The past 2 weeks I have been doing a lot of consultations with future entrepreneurs. One of the most important things that I say to them is to “Stop doing what you don’t love to do, and focus on the things that you truly love!” As I would say this, I found in my heart not getting fulfilled with what I truly LOVE to do, which is consulting, small business development, my “Do what you love. Love what you do” workshops, and event production.

I woke up Wednesday and knew that I had to make a decision and that decision is … Read more!

Young Adult Special Screening!

This movie looks fun fun fun!!

Post a picture of you in highschool to our Fashion Denver facebook wall and you will win a Young Adult T-shirt! You must come to Fashion Denver to pick it up.

FREE SCREENING!

You and a guest are invited to a special advance screening of YOUNG ADULT on Tuesday, December 13th at 7pm at the AMC Cherry Creek. Please visit www.gofobo.com/rsvp and enter RSVP code: FADENJHYA to download your complimentary passes. (Limit 2 passes per person, while supplies last. Passes do not guarantee admission. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis. ARRIVE EARLY.)

http://www.youngadultmovie.com

Opening Date: December 16, 2011 (Wide)|

Rating: R
Running Time:  94 minutes

Synopsis:

Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

“Young Adult” reunites Jason Reitman, Academy Award® nominated director of “Juno,” and Academy Award® winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody.

Win this t-shirt from Young Adult, the movie! Read more!

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