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Bali Fashion Week ended on a rockin’ note with a closing party at the Hard Rock Hotel in Kuta in Bali.
The cover band, Siluet had a rock-and-roll feel and played covers from artists like No Doubt, Maroon 5, Pink and U2, among others, taking requests from the audience and also inviting audience members to sing along as they roamed the bar area.
Following Siluet, a crowd favorite called The Rice Girls from Australia sang sugar sweet songs- a sort of pop Barbie meets the Spice Girls.
Throughout the evening, various fashion shows with some of the main designers from Bali Fashion Week walked on the bar as their runway. The fashion shows started off with Logo Jeans, a jeans and tank top brand. Bomboogie showcased a men’s collection also with jeans and tank tops, but as the show moved along, the men went sans shirts. The show ended with Spotel, a sportswear and swim collection featuring flirty pieces such as floral bikinis and bikinis with mini ruffle skirts.
The bands played on throughout the night and awards were given out to the best collections from the week, along with highly anticipated audience giveaways from the designers and LT PRO Makeup.
I’ll be traveling to Bali this Friday to enjoy the tail end of Bali Fashion Week (BFW), titled “Fashion Meets Nature- A Celebration of Life,” which started on Sunday, August 24th.
According to the Web site, www.balifashionweek.com, BFW “is a unique fashion event that fuses fashion, art, culture into a fun-filled and inspiring festival that is developing into a significant world fashion event.”
The show is put on with a combined support of the government and private local and international enterprises and involvement of the fashion community of Indonesia.
There will be a trade exhibition, seminars, dialogue with designers, a Fashion Model Award, and a week of evening Fashion shows.
As environmental protection is an ongoing concern of the residents the island, costumes are being designed for the closing carnival as statements on protection of nature, among other “green” events including the Going Green Handbag Design competition .
Bali is a great place for fashion given its “cross cultural taste in women’s fashion and the popularity of spa and resort lifestyle today.”
You’ll be hearing more from me at BFW. Stay tuned!
Last night I boarded a boat full of all types of “greenies” from climate scientists to architects for Green Drinks NYC, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of green issues and providing a forum to meet other like-minded individuals from NGOs, academia and business.
I had the opportunity to talk with Starre Vartan, Founder & Editor of Eco-Chick, an environmental blog she started in October of 2005. Since then, she’s been busy with media appearances from Fox TV to the Today Show, and will release her new book this month, The Eco Chick: How to Be Fabulously Green Guide to Life.
I personally admire Starre’s passion in creating a forum for women to come together and talk about issues affecting the planet, and am of course drawn to her posts on topics like eco-friendly fashion, such as her eco style previews. Check them out at: http://eco-chick.com.
Eco-friendly fashion isn’t just for the emerging designers and boutiques any more, however. Mainstream fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan and Stella McCartney have joined in by creating looks for Fashion Week in partnership with FutureFashion and Earth Pledge. Spring ‘09 upcoming collections for New York Fashion Week are sure to follow this trend including bamboo, silk and hemp.
Talk about eye candy on Tuesday night at Espace, where the 6th Annual National Underwear Day was held, hosted by Lydia Hearst and Michael Kleinmann, President of Freshpair.
Hotties clad only in their skivvies walked for Diesel, DKNY, 2 (x) ist, Sean John, Champion, Wacoal, Natori, Le Mystere and Unico among others.
Other notables included Tyson Beckford, Alex McCord from the Real Housewives of New York City, Jason Scarlatti, Creative Director or 2(x)ist and friend of Janice Dickinson, and Suede from Project Runway.
Jack + Bill was there to capture all the action- check out our exclusive video interviews and photos.
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