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Designers:
Adolfo Dominguez, Spain, Lifetime Achievement in Fashion Award
With an already distinguished career in fashion design, Adolfo Dominguez has conquered the international globalization challenges faced by all designers. With a solid background in aesthetics and film studies, at an early age, Adolfo traveled and worked throughout Europe only returning to Spain to create what would become one of the Europe’s most prestigious international fashion houses. With over 200 international “Adolfo Dominguez” stores around the world and the launch of the Dominguez Basico Collection sold only to multibrand stores, Adolfo Dominguez became the only Spanish designer to launch a full range of perfumes bearing his name. As a published author and film director, Dominguez has surpassed the notion of only fashion design and has created an internationally renown and recognized brand known as “Adolfo Dominiguez. www.adolfodominguez.com
Camilo Pardo, Colombia / USA
As chief designer in Ford Motor Company's Living Legends Studio, Pardo has led the development and design of the timeless GT concept. The re-birth of this legend first materialized in 1999, but it began long before—with Pardo's obsession with the 1960s-era racing legend. As an accomplished designer and artist, Camilo’s work has been featured in galleries and shows – worldwide. Apart from his Automotive Design, Camilo's work includes Fashion and Furniture Design. As a Fine Artist, his work shows his strengths in water color and oil painting. From autobahns in Germany and cafés in Italy to the walls of the Detroit Institute of Arts, to the stages of the Paris Motor Show, his art reflects his love for innovation and design. Camilo will unveil his new women’s collection at Miami Fashion Week.
José Maria Almeida, Venezuela
After graduating from the Art School Universidad Central de Venezuela where he studied Artistic Appreciation, Sculpturing, Painting and Textile Stamp Techniques, Jose Maria turned his creative energies to fashion design. While participating in many prestigious international fashion events, José Maria has been the recipient of a variety of awards including the 21 Design Expo Lisboa 98 of Felissimo Group and UNESCO, Venus de Oro 2000 as Designer of the Year in Maracaibo, Venezuela and the 2000 Avant-Garde Designer award presented by VOGUE en Español. www.almeida.com.ve
GIA by Miki Nembhard, Jamaica / Canada
Miki Nembhard’s collections are known for both the emotional power and raw energy of her shows as well as the romantic but determinedly contemporary and unconventional nature of her clothes and their construction. It is typical of Ms. Nembhard to use the juxtaposition between contrasting elements; fragility and strength, tradition and modernity and fluidity and severity. An openly emotional and even passionate viewpoint is realized with a profound respect and influence for the arts, crafts, tradition and the corporate world as reflected in GIA. www.giamn.com
Leo Koel, Colombia / Palm Beach
Leo KOEL has the blend from Hispanic heritage and a mix of cultures due his experiences in Europe. His up bringing from Colombia, in conjunction with the different elements of classic tailoring translates in his designs as an unmatched wealth of techniques and rich materials from all around the world in order to redefine the purity of classic tailoring and dressmaking. www.koeldesign.com
Arianne Lingerie, Canada
Arianne’s versatility in styling is charged with sex appeal and is designed to create a coordinated lingerie wardrobe. Arianne is distributed internationally through department stores, specialty chains and independent boutiques. www.ariannelingerie.com
Sandra Santillán, Argentina
Sandra Santillán is a ground-breaking fashion designer who has always worked on exclusive handmade products. All her designs are manufactured with original textures and accessories producing innovative and unmatched creations unique in the market. At her beginnings in 2002 she opened a factory and retail store “SANTILLAN” presenting her swimsuits and other creations of casual wear, designs that promptly reached the international market, in Uruguay, Japan and Spain. This show was accented with sunglasses by Cartier. www.santillanbsas.com www.cartier.com
Nicolas Felizola, Venezuela / Miami
Photographer, Fashion Designer, Attorney at law, Nicolas Felizola has immortalized jet setters and celebrities internationally. Nicolas Felizola has been photographer of the most international fashion designer such as Gucci & Givenchy, his close contact and exposure to the enlightens and inspiration required to become one of the most advance and accredited fashion designers of today’s demanding fashion-conscious public. With understated elegance and glamour through his innovative form of art, Nicolas brings us an Haute Couture style that is totally new and always fresh. www.nicolasfelizola.com
Fabrizio de Castro, Colombia
Fabrizio De Castro, a 25 year old designer from Barranquilla Colombia known as the Enfent Terrbiel. De Castro is part of the talented new generation of Colombian designers who are taking world of fashion by storm. De Castro studied fashion for five years in Canada and Paris and is now demonstrating his talents by producing some of the most creative collections in Colombia today. fabriziod@yahoo.com
Croce Bikinis, Argentina
Carla Croce and Carina Rutenberg are the designers and brand creators behind Croce Bikinis. A collection of sophisticated practical and sensual bikinis and beach accessories, their products offer an attractive way of underscoring every woman’s individual style. “Nature and Femininity” This collection is inspired by a parallelism between the elements of nature and four typical feminine feelings: passion, romance, freshness and a sense of origin. www.crocebikinis.com
Gambino Apparel, USA
Christopher J. Gambino is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Gambino Apparel Group, Inc. a clothing company specializing in denim apparel. His signature Bullet Hole Jeans, adorned with Swarovski crystals are the hottest, sexiest and most attractive jeans on the market. Evelina M. Gambino, a native of Romania and head designer with the company is set to launch a collection of lingerie and eveningwear in the summer of 2006 creating a complete range of fashion offered by Gambino Apparel Group. www.gambinoapparel.com
Samy Gicherman, Venezuela / Miami
As Venezuelan native, this creator and designer reflects his sense of drama from his work costuming theater since the beginning of his career, dedicating himself to Haute Couture and Prêt-A-Porte and Bridal wear. In 2002 he moved to Miami and opened his Miracle Mile Boutique in Coral Gables where he specializes in Bridals that complement his work in metalsmithing.
Launching at Miami Fashion Week, Samy introduces his feminine and sexy ready-to-wear collection inspired by the Hollywood Divas of the 1950’s. www.samygicherman.com
D’Lorisan, Russia
With designs and images perfectly recognizable, the cost and quality of this collection speaks for itself. Their catwalk shows gather fashionistas from buyers to celebrities by constantly creating an unlimited fantasy that is a unique and non-precedent approach for Russian Fashion of 21st century. Historical elements in the context of modern fabrics’ working technology, original cut and ambitious color solution are basic elements of Fashion House D’Lorisan politics.
www.d-lorisan.ru
Jenia Fashion House, Russia
Moscow Fashion House Jenia first opened its doors in the late nineties and was originally organized for the fashionable design of costumes for theatrical cast of Metropole Theater Shows of Moscow. Renamed “Jenia” in honor of the original head designer, the creative approach and ideas today’s designer, Evgenia Solovieva, always focus on current trends in world fashion. With a diverse clientele, Jenia Fashion House continues to create innovative evening collections for today’s stars. eshor@rcn.com
Francis Montesinos, Spain
A creative and innovative visionary, Montesinos contribution to this field has constituted a new artistic challenge. Multidisciplinary, transgressor and a provocateur by nature he has worked in different creative fields including fashion, accessories and perfumes, as well as graphic and industrial design. With licences in Prêt-A-Porter for brides and ceremony, eye wear, carpets, home wear, furniture and gift items, the creativity of Montesinos is endless. The work of Montesinos is characterised by the influence of his roots and the folklore of his native land, by its spirit of exploration and modernity and by its reinvention from a very personal and innovative perspective of fashion. www.francismontesinos.com
Cecilia Perez, Colombia
Cecilia Perez began her career as an artist creating on canvas what would arise from within to become one of the most renown Haute Couture collections from Colombia. Her studies in Plastic Arts defined her passion and horizon as a creative artist and fashion designer. Perez will launch her Prêt-a Porter collection for Fall-Winter 2007. www.ceciliaperez.com
Mohamed Dagher, Egypt
As Egypt’s top award winning fashion designer, Dagher has created a stir in the fashion industry in the Middle East. His clientele includes an array of stars, royalty and diplomats in the region. Presenting his D-1 Collection, a creative outreach of femininity and romance lit with a classic touch that safe keeps a woman’s glowing secrets. www.dagherhautecouture.com
Mirla Sabino for ANK & Água de Coco, Brazil / Miami
Achieving notoriety for a great swimsuit outside of Brazil proved to be a fun and cool task for Brazilian born Sabino, who used her “carioca” beach roots to fine tune the style of her garments to enhance the best features and bring out the glamour of the women of different nations.
Eventually, Mirla Sabino meets a renowned Brazilian swimwear designer Clecia Basso, with whom she shares similar designing perspectives and together launch their own brand named ANK. In 2002, Sabino was invited by Agua de Coco swimwear to tailor their products to the international market. Today, Agua de Coco by Mirla Sabino is exclusively distributed in numerous countries throughout the world. www.mirlasabino.com
Jewelry / Accessories Designers:
Mariana Lopez Osornio for MLO, Argentina
Mariana Lopez Osorio’s jewellery is handmade by artisans in her Buenos Aires studio. The pieces, made with various semiprecious and precious stones, metals, and animal horns have been featured in a variety of international fashion magazines. After studying Interior Designer and travelling through Asia and Europe she started her adventure designing jewellery. As an award winning jewellery designer, her collections are sold throughout the world.
www.mlo.com.ar
Nazly Villamizar, Colombia / Miami
Hip, downtown designer, Nazly Villamizar, creates sophisticated one of a kind leather hand bags. Mixing calf’s leather with horns and bones, she also creates her trademark look in fitted classic jackets, cropped motorcycle jackets, miniskirts and belts, with hand-stitched embroidered designs, bone and tagua finished buttons all melting into a sassy fit. Nazly is known for producing products that boast an intense blend of modern Miami style with a native Colombian flare. www.nazlyv.com
Mercedes Payer for Me Obligaron, Argentina
Me Obligaron, dedicated to the confection of accessories, enhancing the woman’s beauty with a touch of glamour, offering handmade one of a kind pieces European inheritances. The collection is created with semiprecious stones, silver, leather, horn, and other materials, giving a real sensation of personal exclusivity, so valued by women all over the world. www.meobligaron.com.ar
Samuel Burstein, Mexico
Talented Mexican jewelry designer Samuel Burstein launched his own line, Samuel Burstein (SB Collection) in 1995 to express his exotic, avant-garde style which has been compared to Art Nouveau and Gaudi. He combines the energy and radiance of amethyst, citrine and tourmaline from the depths of the earth and cultured pearls from Tahiti with gold, silver and platinum in elegant lines and minimalist shapes that celebrate and interpret nature. His designs, conceived to reflect the personality of the wearer, are brought to life with service and craftsmanship of the highest order. www.samuelburstein.com
Paolo Pasotti for Seduco, Italy
One unmistakable style, an ancient artisan tradition with a contemporary touch. These elements define Seduco and the Italian art that is passionately molded on a variety of colors through prestigious materials. Accessories that have the power to capture, interpret, and transmit the mind. Each piece is meticulously done with passion and elegance, which are refined, yet expressive emotions. Art and passion is the trace of Seduco. One unmistakable style, an ancient artisan tradition with a contemporary touch…. miamodafashion@gmail.com
Fassardi & Rohrscheib, Venezuela / Miami
Gustavo Rohrscheib & Silvia Fassardi are the designers of Fassardi & Rohrscheib. Designing contemporary jewelry since 2000 and dedicated to creating sterling silver and gold plated 18 KT limited editions, the collection is showcased in more than 180 of the retail stores throughout the US. With a celebrity clientele, their designs are regularly featured in publications such as WWD and Ocean Drive. www.fassardi.netfirms.com
Piropo™, USA
Based in Miami, Florida, the Piropo™ line consists of accessories designed by Lori Nanwani that will stand the test of time as great fashion and conversation pieces. Each handbag in the collection is hand sewn and painted with exquisite detail and signed by local artists in Merida, Mexico. Hand-beaded handles are added using only the highest quality materials including all genuine stones. Coordinating jewelry rounds out the line with all of the materials selected for quality as well as style. www.piropodesigns.com
Flor y Plata, Mexico
Flor Unda, a business and philosophy graduate individual creates stylized pieces in breathtaking designs with a loyal following throughout Mexico and Europe. Her collection results in an intellectual and sensual overlap, nourished by history, literature and philosophy producing jewels for a contemporary woman that looks beyond an esthetical object. www.floryplata.com
La Nina, Chile
Michelle Granger, designer for La Nina created her hand-crafted jewelry and accessories collection in her private studio. The collections are constantly rotating with new materials and innovations providing a wide variety of one-of-a kind and limited editions pieces. La.nina@mac.com
La Chica Chic, Brazil / Los Angeles
Cristiane Valdez, designer of La Chica Chic creates an accessories line that is bold, fusing high fashion with traditional artistry. Her purses, bags, belts and accessories combine semi-precious stones, beads and high quality crystals, all native to South America to create truly wearable art. Cristiane strives to include en element of fun with the distinct aura of chic that come so naturally to those from her native Brazil. www.lachicachic.com
Marianela Henriguez, Peru
As a professional businesswoman, Venezuelan born yet Peruvian at heart, Marianela Henriguez is the epitome of brains and talent. As an architech turned diplomat and with an inclination for colors, purity of lines, contrast and mixtures, Marinela now turns her talents towards creating the “Latin Avant-Garde” jewelry collection she is known for today. mahen@terra.com
Yamila Guedez, Venezuela
After studying architure and fine arts at the most prestigious universities in Venezuela, Yamila turns her creative talents towards accessories designing. Integrating her talents through art, fashion and industrial design and with the beauty and asthetics of the nature and sensibility of women, she has created and materialized interesting, conceptual and functional objects de art.
Yamila_g@cantv.net
FIBO Steel USA / Miami Steel, Inc., Italy / Florida
www.fibospa.com
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