Australian Fashion Weeks
Australian Fashion Week is a twice yearly fashion industry event showcasing the latest seasonal collections from Australian and Asia Pacific Designers. The Spring-Summer season collections take place at the International Passenger Terminal Sydney’s Circular Quay in April or May of each year, while the Trans-Seasonal collections are shown in September. As of 2007 the Trans-Seasonal Collection are held in Sydney, having formerly been held at Melbourne’s St Kilda pier.
With a growing profile on the international fashion week circuit AFW has helped bring high acclaim to a number of Australian designers such as Alex Perry, Zimmermann, Toni Maticevski, Collette Dinnigan, Leona Edmiston, Ericaamerica, Easton Pearson and Gwendolyne.
Started in 1995 by CEO and Founder Simon Lock the event now known as Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (formerly Mercedes Australian Fashion Week)[1] has become a high profile media moment on the fashion calendar, helping to ensure Asia Pacific designers a place on store shelves the world over. The event is also important in showcasing the talent of young up-and-coming Australian designers and their labels. One such designer is Mick Ferraro, creator of the ‘Deuce’ label. The week has also spawned valuable spin off events such as Mercedes Start Up and a number of high profile charity fund raisers.
In 2005 Simon Lock sold Mercedes Australian Fashion Week and its parent company Australian Fashion Innovators to the New York-based International Management Group[2]. Lock declined to reveal the size of the deal, which industry sources estimated could have been worth “several million dollars”, or to reveal whether he has an equity stake in IMG FASHION Asia Pacific.
In 2007 many major Australian fashion designers, who had previously shown at Australian Fashion Week, were not included in the schedule. These included the likes of Zimmerman, Sass & Bide, Wayne Cooper, Morrissey, Leona Edmiston, Akia and Toni Matecevski. Most would return in 2008, however, with IMG providing much more comprehensive schedule as a part of their rebuilding of the event.
In 2008, Australian Fashion Week was hosted by Rosemount, displaying big names such as Alex Perry, Akira and the return of Sass & Bide launching their new label Sass & Bide Vie
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Fashion_Week
Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo
Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo (JFW),
Development of JFW in Tokyo
The 1st JFW in TOKYO took place from the end of October to the beginning of November, 2005. The 1st JFW held in Tokyo from late October to early November 2005.
It was organized by the Japanese government and the private sector to achieve the following three Goals. He was held by the Japanese government and the private sector to achieve the following three goals. Firstly, the JFW in TOKYO fundamentally strengthens the Tokyo Collection to increase Tokyo’s Reputation to the world, creates many substantial business opportu-nities, and creates a gateway into the world’s fashion industry for up-and-coming Designers. First, JFW in Tokyo fundamentally strengthen the Tokyo Collection for Tokyo to improve the reputation of the world, creating many business opportunities and create a large gate to the world in the fashion industry for up-and-coming designers. Secondly, the JFW in TOKYO develops closer cooperative where the story among “Designers” (Creativity), “Manufacturers” (Craftsmanship) and “Apparel and retail industry” (Trading). Second, JFW in Tokyo to develop close cooperative relationship between the “Designer” (Creativity), “Producers” (expertise) and “Clothing and retail industry” (Trading). Thirdly, the JFW in Tokyo TOKYO boosts’s attractiveness by focusing on the “town” and collaborating with the local community. Third, encourage the JFW in Tokyo Tokyo, with a focus on the “city” and work with local communities. Read more
Jakarta Fashion Week
Jakarta.
43 designers and 4 Indonesian origin designers
cooperation Australia and expose their works in the Bangkok Fashion Week (JFW) 2008 and the Indonesian Fashion Festival, The fashion of the Femina Group was held in cooperation with the Tourism Office of Jakarta.
JFW embrace the Association of Indonesian Fashion Designer Entrepreneur (APPMI), Fashion Designer Association of Indonesia (IPMI came), a young independent designers, young designers who also specializes in the field of accessories.
After working in the field of fashion a long time, including the fashion designer to run the race every year, Femina party to run the perpetrators of this fashion industry.
According to Svida Alisyahbana, Chief Operating Officer Femina Group, made this arena to introduce the Indonesian fashion industry, both paper and the perpetrators, in the local and international level.
“Moreover, this is the center of Jakarta Indonesian fashion industry. So, as Jakarta has opened a fashion week like this. Other countries also have been organized, among others, Singapore, New Zealand, even Hong Kong,” said Svida during a press conference, shortly before the JFW opening ceremony.
Many designers themselves enthusiastically welcomed this event. Moreover Sjamsidar according to Jesus, Chairman of the Board of Managers Fashion Designer Association of Indonesia (IPMI came), the designer is running its own to introduce his work.
“JFW make the designer can work with each other, especially now there is full support from the government of Jakarta. If you want to compete with neighboring countries in the world of fashion that we need the cooperation of both labor and big,” said Sjamsidar during a press conference.
However, Sjamsidar reminded, the success of cooperation this time is quite long and must be supported by the support from various parties, including the garment industry and textile industry. “This is the industry from upstream to downstream, so the designer may not make a masterpiece, if not both be supported.
cooperation Everything must be mutual. Now, our weakness lies precisely in there,” said Sjamsidar.
JFW opened by Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo, Wednesday (21 / 
night at the Pacific Place Mall, and will run until August 24 the future. In his speech, Fauzi hope this event can grow so big sounds
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Trends & Seminary 2009 in BFW Copyright 2008
Bali Fashion Week
Bali Fashion Week (BFW) 2008 not only show the fashion show from various countries, but in a series of events held fashion show, there are also other events that are not less pulling.
One is a seminar on the trends projected in 2009 that became hot topics and interesting. In addition, it needs to be important for designers and the fashion in general. At the same time, the seminar continued with the discussion about copyright.
In the BFW to-8, the committee invited WGSN Hong Kong to explain the trend forecasting Spring Summer 2009. WGSN itself is a large company in the world, and has several branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, and China. Clients are also big players in the fashion industry, such as Giorgio Armani, GAP, Calvin Client, and so forth.
“Trends 2009 colors will be more inclined to color a stronger auranya, properly mix color mauve, brown land, and black. Various dramatic elements will become more attractive in the mix of black and white with accents added red and blue are also predicted to be trends for Summer 2009. Meanwhile, laser printer and laser cut style will still dominate the trend in 2009, “said ANGELIA Teo, head of Asia Pacific Division WGSN.
Not only discuss the trends are, in the seminar also discussed the intellectual property rights is the Estu by Indrajaya. The discussion of these issues ranging from what can be registered copyright and what are the rights of the designers.
Estu which is the founder & co Estu, a lawyers office, which focuses on the areas of intellectual property. Adji Notonegoro, Nike Band, Garuda Wisnu Kencana is a small part of the client list Estu & co.
Problems arising interesting, one is protection of the craftsmen who make copycat products on orders from buyers.
Terjerat craftsmen can claim if they do not have a written agreement with the buyers, that the full responsibility of the buyer, not a craftsman.
So that you can not copyright issues involved, is expected to list them with a unique product.
China Fashion Week Autumn , Winter 2008-2009
China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2008-2009 in Full Bloom
2008/05/01
text by Amor Mao
The China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2008–09, held March 25–31, was among the best in this fashion week’s 11-year history. Fashion week has evolved from a small-scale occasion with just three shows, to an influential event, featuring 30 fashion shows. This year’s event gave at least 50 designers from more than 20 countries a chance to reveal their newest work. It also featured a fashion design competition for young designers from around the globe, giving them a chance to show their talent. The event was a breath of fresh air for China’s burgeoning fashion industry.
In addition to the traditional venue at D-Park in the 798 Art Zone, the new China International Exhibition Center on Bei Sanhuan Donglu, with an exhibition space of more than 200,000 square metres, played host to most shows of the fashion week. All of the exhibition centre’s eight halls were filled with displays of men, women and children’s wear.
The new venues gave China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2008–09 an opportunity to experiment with some new highlights and angles. Fashion week has never been so “Chinese,” with Chinese elements becoming popular and chic on the fashion scene around the globe. Domestic designers obviously have a natural advantage in interpreting the theme, and they did not waste the chance.
Wang Qing, president of China Fashion Week, said, “Currently, ideas about China are favoured by the whole industry. Many world renowned fashion designers have come up with their own China series, but I’m more impressed by our local designers’ performance this time.”
Another focus of this year’s fashion week is to present a stage for your designers. Nearly 30,000 students majoring in fashion design graduate every year from nearly 200 colleges or institutes. “They have become the new force pushing traditional garment making in China to upscale fashion,” Wang said. So this year featured a competition for your designers that gave many new talents a chance at recognition, including young designers from 16 countries. Read more
