Celebrate local independent designers who work with sustainable materials and adhere to green business practices at The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion Festival hosted by YBCA. Offering a runway show, vendor fair featuring clothes and accessories from emerging and established regional brands; and panel discussion on fashion and politics, this event highlights the craft and couture of some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic independent designers. It also offers a glimpse inside and a living exhibit based on the upcoming book The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion by Letitia Ntofon.
Supporters of the event include CCA, Innovative Fashion
Council SF, Global Exchange, SF Indie Fashion and Eco Citizen.
Locally Bazaar 12–4 pm Forum & Grand Lobby
Vendor Fair featuring local independent designers w/
Couture Exhibits by Cari Borja, Erin Mahoney, and Warren
Difranco Hsu of After5Media.
Runway Snapshots 2–3 pm Forum A quick-look on the Runway w/ Orundide, Miranda Caroligne & Juleselin. See exhibitors list below.
Fashion & Politics Do Mix 5–6 pm Forum A conversation w/ Leslie Rabine, Susan Kaiser, Erica Varize, Irene Hernandez-Feiks. Take a deeper look at current issues of diversity in fashion, through a critical lens of America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Sean Combs' If I Were King documentary, Rip The Runway, and an exploration of the article written in New York Times in 2007 about the lack of diversity on New York 's fashion runways and the current “Black Issue” of Italian Vogue. Moderated by Cicely Sweed, YBCA Public Programs Curator.
The Craft & Couture Runway show 6:05–7 pm Forum Our evening featured runway show w/ designers from R.A.G. Co-op, Hellyn Teng Mersereau, Sarah Zins, Rehema Bah, and Erin Mahoney.
Locally Bazaar features:
Mittenmaker
Christine Uemura
Heathen
Fifty-seven Thirty-three
Rehama Bah
Beatnik Bags
Amanda Archer Collection
Sweetmarie
Linda La Touche
JoyRider Clothing
Orundide
Jasmin Zorlu
MCG T-shirts
ESTAR
Fluidance
Ikohl
Mediums to Masses
Mad February
Ibeji Body Care
RocknSocks
Tuckymama A and I Designs
Oaklandish
Threads By ChoCho
SAAZ Designs
Homeygrown
Secession Art & Design
Porcelynne
Peggy Li Creations
Nika Tang
AC Clothing & Bags
Arara
Azul Jewelry
AriRenee Clothing
F.A.T.
Eco Fashions
miss velvet cream
Ruchi
Extra Fuerte
Aiko Designs
Field Day
Dana Levitt Designs
O’Lover Hats
Global Exchange
Eco Citizen
Evarize
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Innovative Fashion Council of SF
BAGTIF/ Black Dot Artists Inc.
Fashion & Politics Do Mix Panel: Irene Hernandez-Feiks of Chillin' Productions Susan Kaiser of UC Davis, Chair of Textiles and Clothing Erica Varize of Evarize Fashion Café and Evarize Design Panel Moderated by Cicely Sweed of YBCA
Couture Exhibits With:
Cari Borja, Erin Mahoney, and Warren
Difranco Hsu of After5Media.
The Runway Snapshots Show With: Orundide Miranda Caroligne
The Craft & The Couture Runway Show With:
Hellyn Teng Mersereau, Sarah Zins, Rehema Bah, Erin Mahoney, and
RAG Co-op designers: Rag Rehab, Self
Clothing, Little Red Sparrow, Icon National, Martin & Mag Pie, boi.oi.oing,
Toast, Funk Divine, Red Threads, Racquel Valle, Invisible Hero, S.I.N.D.Y,
fiftyseven-thirtythree, fluffy co, Made Jewelry, Jennifer Bair, mzz T rzz
accessories & clothing.
Sponsors:
This event benefits Black Dot Artists, Inc, a local non-profit cultural arts organization.
This Public Program is supported by a generous grant from The Wallace Foundation.
BAN5 BLOG
Sep 30, 2008
In Living Fashion
The Bay Area Guide To Independent Fashion Festival is probably the first-ever event of its kind in the Bay Area. Based on the book of the same name, the festival is a living exhibit---since many of the panelists, exhibitors, and vendors are featured in the forthcoming publication by Black Dot Cafe Press.
The Bay Area Guide To Independent Fashion and festival's purpose is to generate financial and network support for fashion artisans, to encourage social entrepreneurship, and promote awareness of regional brands to the greater public. On October 11th be sure to visit Booth #7 to get your questions answered about the project. Be sure to ask how to join the mailing list so you can be in tune of updates and to find out when the book can be ordered hot off the press!
I had a great time working the fashion show this past weekend and wanted to share some pics I took. To view click on the link below. Video interviews coming soon.
