OC Fashion Week® Kicks Off 2017 Season
Fashion collides with innovation, beauty and art for the 2017 season of OC Fashion Week® (OCFW). Beginning March 6, OCFW will open its runway for four days of the season’s best in ready-to-wear and one-of-a-kind couture collections.
Orange County has been recognized as one of California’s most luxurious market and growing fashion metropolis. It is quickly becoming the ultimate destination for designers and retail brands to expand their business and expose themselves to some of today’s most influential buyers and consumers. Designers from around the globe, including Vietnamese designer Dawn Sunflower who opened her fashion house in Corona Del Mar to upcoming Columbian designer Pedro Pablo Pacheco’s house in Newport Beach. Pacheco’s fine skills were mastered with the help of his work under Italian designer Emilio Pucci for five years and designed for singer, Shakira. Fashion designers are recognizing the OC as a vital location to grow and have realized a growing economic retail shift to launch their brands in a metropolis that cultivates fashion tourism.
OCFW Industry Night/World of Fashion Photography: MARCH 6
Opening day, presented by Casey Lesher Hôm Sotheby’s International Realty, opens March 6, at The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast. The evening will open with the World of Fashion Photography offering a one-of-a-kind look at advanced innovative fashion photo film shoots of the world of fashion and art. This exciting networking event for designers and photographers will feature award-winning fashion photographer and featured publisher Viktorija Pashuta of Basic Magazine as she shares her unique insight on the craft.
New to the itinerary is the One World Symposium at the Coliseum Pool & Grill at The Resort at Pelican Hill. Fashion bloggers, brand influencers are invited to attend and hear from today’s leading retail icons as they share their inspirational stories from the fashion industry that have been known to challenge, yet transform their fashion game. The evening will offer designers the opportunity to network, connect and inspire with all who attend alongside beauty influencers as newcomers beauty entrepreneurs as Il Sole International the Official luxury tanning company of @OCFashionWeek and the all new Official Nail Sponsor of OC Fashion Week® Pardon My French Nail Bar + Beauty Lounge, "we couldn't be more excited to be part of the designer season, it's a really incredible experience to support this retail endeavor and we only see greater opportunities for everyone in the near future." - says Marketing Director Amanda Naofal, of the all new luxury nail bar. Tickets to the show are available here.
OCFW Day 2: MARCH 7
Orange County Museum of Art will host day two of OCFW on March 7, 2017 with the runway beginning at 7 p.m. Additional ready-to-wear collections include designers: Neon Beige, Marva Aylouche, Charmaine Joie Couture, Cash and Puppy, The Plunge Collective, Olivia Babarczy, Stefani Alvarado, and IONICA Moldovianu.
Day two will also feature guest Anum Tariq for the Fashion Illustrator Art Gallery. A San Francisco-based fashion illustrator and visual creative, Tariq creates stylized illustrations for a variety of creative campaigns using art markers and ink pens. Also featuring guest artist the multi-talented, creative, and fashion designer herself, Laura Krusemark with her international collections of one of a kind aesthetics for inspiring art. Tickets to the show are available here.
OCFW Day 3: MARCH 8
Soka University’s Founders Hall will return as the host of day three of OCFW on March 8, 2017 with runway seating beginning at 6 p.m. Guests will preview a special showcase collection by: Russian designer Tatiana Shabelnik, Berenice Gonzalez and Mexico’s Saul Lizacri Couture at Founders Hall. The waterfront view open space offers a surreal and serene atmosphere, with beautiful water fountain displays for guests to enjoy prior to an incredible showcase. Tickets to the show are available here.
OCFW Day 4: MARCH 9
Lamborghini Newport Beach is this year’s closing night debuting an all-new catwalk innovatively designed for OCFW. This is the first year the luxury partner is the Official Car of the catwalk and will display its iconic supercars to Southern California's finest coastal community buyers. Dina Marciano Design Interiors sponsors her creative eye in styling the catwalk’s all-new look. The evening will also feature renowned real estate agent, Casey Lesher as the premier top agent and red carpet hospitality host.
“We are pleased to be a part of OC Fashion Week® and their semi-annual showcase,” states Alex Thompson, director of marketing, PR and events at Lamborghini Newport Beach. Opening the evening Jami Goldman-Marseilles, Voted 2016 Orange County Coast Magazine & 50 Most Influential/Inspiring person opens the catwalk with a tribute runway featuring her all new bionic inspired design for amputees who now have options towards fashionable gear presented by Alleles.ca.
Guests will preview the latest collections from leading designers: Columbian designer Pedro Pablo Pacheco, Coral Castillo, Pamela Yialas, and Willa & Mae, an all-new loungewear designer from Sydney, Australia for a coming attraction. xedo.com the leading experts in online men’s formalwear rental also makes its debut at OCFashionWeek. Xedo's signature look is classic elegance meets modern swagger, featuring its latest formalwear collections.
OCFW is made possible by its sponsors: Lamborghini Newport Beach, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy South Coast Plaza, Casey Lesher Hôm Sotheby’s International Real Estate, Pardon My French Nail Bar + Beauty Lounge, Il Sole International, Dina Marciano Design Interiors, Crumb Donuts, Hauteoc Traveler and Betinnis in Brea. Tickets to the show are available here.
For additional information and to RSVP for daily passes during OCFW 2017, visit ocfashionweek.com.
