Archive for the ‘Annoucements’ Category
Peter Prince Debuts Tonight at Guys and Dolls
The celebrity fueled rock and roll tee shirt range from innovators Peter Prince, Louis Liu and photog Mike Rock are fresh off their debut at New York Fashion Week last month. Tonight they launch in Lalaland with a soirre hosted by Evan Ross at Guys and Dolls on Beverly Blvd.
Peter Prince Celeb Collage
The edgy tees are favored by Rihanna, Taylor Momsen of Gossip Girls and Josh Madden of Good Charlotte. View the Spring/Summer 2010 capsule collection and super sexy video at Peter Prince.
FBI Projects Ambitious Growth Plans
Fashion Business Inc. has announced ambitious growth plans this year, in spite of the troubled economy. Leveraging its expertise in employee training, small business coaching and monthly seminars, FBI has expanded its services to the fashion industry by partnering with Microsoft. Together, the two companies offer free retraining programs targeting displaced apparel and textile workers.
Founder Frances Harder spoke to Buzzflikr about her commitment to cultivating emerging fashion brands. “Times are tough for the apparel industry, but we offer the tools to innovate and get thru it,” she explains.
To accommodate this expansion, FBI has moved its Resource Center to a larger, newly renovated 7,000 square foot facility in the California Market Center. Here the non-profit organization will be able to expand its monthly curriculum and serve more members than ever. Proof positive that innovative thinking is just what we need in this market to survive and thrive!
Frances Harder Expands Training Curriculum at FBI
Catch a Buzz @ FOCUS Lounge
Catch a Buzz with Buzzflikr this week at the FOCUS ecolounge during LA Market Week. Meet our busy, buzzy team of cute interns and enjoy complimentary coffee all day or beer and wine all evening. We’ll share tips for building your brand’s online profile, making the most of blogs, SNs, Tweets and the many amazing web tools we use everyday. Join us and take the sting out of PR!”
Catch a Buzz with Buzzflikr
Find me on Facebook > The Power of SN
Call it too much desk time, or just the seductive power of social networking…we’re trying out every widget there is and loving it. So schedule a little Facetime and see what it does for your net worth:
CRATE by Carlos Alberto Launches in U.S.
We’re buzzing with pride this morning at the media frenzy created by Buzzflikr member, Carlos Alberto of CRATE. Launching his turnkey furnishings brand in the US this past weekend set off the whir of media wings as newswires picked up our press release announcing his collaboration with EVO South in Los Angeles. The long-awaited eco-friendly luxury development is the first and only LEED certified highrise community in downtown LA and features a stylish CRATE by Carlos Alberto model home.
Buzzflikr’s media efforts generated over two pages of Google coverage, including The Washington Post, The New York Daily News and The Environment blog. “This announcement improved our brand’s US debut dramatically,” offered Carlos this morning from his West Hollywood design studio. Now those are buzzworthy results we can be proud of…..! Read an excerpt from The Industrial News here:
Imagine-Attend Pantone’s F/W2010 Forecast at MAGIC
Don’t miss Pantone’s View Color Planner for Winter 2008/09, presented at MAGIC during the upcoming seminar series.
Come see why being different for Winter 2009/10 means using our creative imaginations beyond what exists today. “What makes things beautiful is not what makes them the same as everything else but what sets them apart.” We need a flexible, imaginative approach to design, marketing and brand building in the lifestyle industries in order to properly satisfy our consumers’ wishes for greater choice. Buzzflikr’s Debra Stevenson presents Pantone’s eclectic color direction as part of her work on the Pantone Think Tank and provides a thoughtful roadmap to a bold an artistic future.
WHEN: Monday, 25 August 2008, 12noon - 1:000pm
WHERE: MAGIC, South Hall, Room S114
To preview the entire MAGIC seminar series, link here.
Brand Building in the New Media Market
Don’t miss this opportunity to envision the future of brand building in today’s new media market.
The platforms for launching and cultivating a new brand have changed dramatically. What does it take to stay competitive? How can a new brand gain global market share and connect with consumers worldwide? This seasonal panel discussion sponsored by Fashion Business Inc. draws a standing-room crowd of emerging entrepreneurs, retailers and editors. Join us at MAGIC as Trend Agitator’s Debra Stevenson presents her Top 5 Global Trends for successful brand building and offers thought-provoking insight on our rapidly changing marketplace.
WHEN: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 11:00am-12noon
WHERE: MAGIC, South Hall #S226
To preview the entire MAGIC seminar series, link here.
Join us for Pantone’s Trend Forecast at WSA
Buzzflikr’s Debra Stevenson will be presenting color and trend forecast seminars on behalf of color leader Pantone at the World Shoe Association next week. If you’re a member of the media community or a Buzzflikr colonist, contact us immediately to reserve a spot. These seminars offer rich trend insight normally available only thru subscription and sell out fast, so make your plans today!
Seminars take place as follows:
Pantone Color Trends for Spring/Summer ’09 and Beyond
2:30–3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 28, will be in Room N-259.Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall
Speaker: Debra Stevenson, Trend Analyst, Pantone Color
Time: 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N-259
Fee: $50
Pantone Fall 2009/Winter 2010: Materials at WSA Workshop for Designers
Speaker: Debra Stevenson, Trend Analyst, Pantone Color
Time: 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N101
What you will learn: This premier color trend company will demonstrate Fall 2009 / Winter 2010 trend forecasting. Find out how color influences human thought processes, emotions and physical reactions in order to help utilize color more effectively.
Fee: $50
In the News >> LA’s Best Pop-up Shops
Last week, we caught up with Apparel News editors to discuss this redhot West Coast phenom. Here’s what they said in today’s Retail Report: Pop-up shops continued to make a big splash in the past year. Seemingly every retailer, including Target, JC Penney and fashion lines—and even record labels and liquor companies— sought sales and media exposure with these short-term stores, which are typically based in temporarily vacant storefronts. These flashy blitzes of retail are a good way of creating a high profile without paying a heavy price or making a deep investment, according to retail analyst Mercedes Gonzalez, director of the New York–based Global Purchasing Cos. Link to the full story here and read Buzzflikr’s report on designer pop-up shop Shoe Bliss, just opened in West Hollywood.
