In a recent article Women's Wear Daily, the nation’s leading fashion industry publication, reports upon the distinctive competencies of Fashion Week Cleveland.
FASHION WEEK CLEVELAND
TO BROADEN CULTURAL PROGRAMS
Who says Ohio has no Style?Certainly no one who’s attended Fashion Week Cleveland, a regional phenomenon that’s become the nation’s third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles.Founded in 2003 by Donald Shingler, a cosmetic dentist and longtime Cleveland native, the weeklong event each spring highlights the region’s budding fashion community. FWC hopes to double its number of programs next year.FWC includes seminars, parties, lectures and films educating the public about the intricacies of fashion, with events in different cultural institutions across the city.The festivities end with a runway show on the final day of the week, when local and emerging designers highlight their creations.This year, 14 designers — student as well as professional — showed to a crowd of nearly 400, reported James Harris, managing director of FWC and partner of H/L Communications, which represents the event. The week included 12 events and programs over eight days, with a lecture on children’s fashion at the Western Reserve Historical Society, a seminar on Japanese fashion at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and a tribute to fashion in music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Next year, FWC plans to include another large-scale fashion show; several boutique trunk shows; a performing arts series of film, music and theater; a revamped Web site, and branded educational, cultural and merchandising programs.“We expect to increase our partnership venues and a menu of restaurant and hotel packages for attendees,” Harris reported.“Fashion isn’t just haute couture,” asserted Shingler. “There are elements of fashion in sports, in business, in cultural institutions. So, if you broaden what the term means, you can begin by including events at different institutions and other venues around the city.”
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Imagine Salon - Official Salon of Fashion Week
PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release June 10, 2009
Imagine Salon and Spa Announces their Participation
in Fashion Week Cleveland 2010Cleveland, Ohio.
Imagine Salon and Spa announces their participation in Fashion Week Cleveland 2010. This is the second year in a row in which they have been selected to manage the style team for Fashion Week Cleveland. Andrew Dingeldein will be the Style Team Director.
Imagine Salon and Spa is an eclectically modern salon and spa whose mission is to welcome the public into an atmosphere in which they thoroughly enjoy their salon and spa experience and to create a place where team members have the opportunity to pursue their passions and grow successfully. Imagine Salon & Spa is located on Euclid Avenue in Historical Downtown Willoughby. Our two-story, 8,000 square foot structure is a beautiful brick building with windows from the floor to the ceiling. We are proudly an AVEDA concept salon, helping to give back with their all natural products.
Imagine Salon and Spa opened in February of 2001. Owners, Jennifer Siskind-Dingeldein and Andy Dingeldein began with a unique vision. With the help of Managers, Angela Olivo and Julia Bruening, they began with only 10 team members and have grown to well over 30 team members without looking back. “Our team will apply our skills and creativity to the week’s events. It is our job to create looks that showcase the designers’ collections and we look forward to this challenge”, says Style Team Director Andrew Dingeldein.
Shalira Taylor of Seven Cosmetics will be returning again this year. Her makup artistry was a great addition to last year's fashion week style team.
Jason Kelly returns as well joining Fashion Week Cleveland for yet another year. Mr. Kelly is the makeup artist for CBS affiliate WOIO-19’s “On the Spot Makeover” show and the Cleveland Cavalier (NBA) Dance Team. He has numerous film, photographic, and television credits to his name.
Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) is an annual convention that informs consumers about the cultural importance and economic contributions of the fashion industry, and serves as a positive catalyst for achievement in fashion design, manufacture, education, and retail growth. Fashion Week Cleveland is known as "the educational fashion week” and has become the most significant industry event between New York and Los Angeles. In addition to traditional runway shows, the event incorporates films, lectures, and exhibits at cultural institutions, museums, galleries, and universities throughout Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Fashion Show, central to fashion week in Cleveland, is recognized as the showcase for emerging American fashion designers. Fashion Week Cleveland is held the first week of May in Cleveland, Ohio. www.fashionweekcleveland.com
Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) exists to inform consumers and industry leaders about the cultural importance and economic importanceof fashion design, manufacturing, marketing, and merchandising. In addition to classic and creative runway shows,
FWC incorporates exhibits, films, industry tours, seminars and workshops in partnership with a diverse group of cultural institutions. Educational partners have included the Western Reserve Historical Society - Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Hard Rock Cafe Historical Costume Collection, Kent State University Museum, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
These prominent institutions join Fashion Week Cleveland in building awareness and support for our city's rich past and promising future in the American fashion industry. They recognize that our city is one of museums and educational institutions on a great lake.
Fashion Week Cleveland, "the educational fashion week", is an annual conference and convention held the first week of May
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Fashion Week reflects all the essence of Cleveland’s transformation,
having gained the reputation as “the educational fashion week.”Francesco Di Maio, International Designer Representative
It's about design. It's about education.
It's about retail business development in the American garment industry.
Donald C. Shingler, President and Founder
Fashion Week Cleveland
Chisholm Halle Costume Wing - Selected to Host Educational Programming
PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release
May 1, 2010
Western Reserve Historical Society to host Educational Programs
Cleveland, Ohio. The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) has been selected as the site of Fashion Week Cleveland's Art & Culture Educational Programming. The Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle is home to the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing. Ursuline College's Fashion Design and Merchandising Program, NASA, United States Air Force,Tuskegee Airmen, International Women's Air & Space Museum, and Western Reserve Historical Society's Chisholm Halle Costume Wing will present at this year's event. This national convention and conference will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm and the program is free to the public. There is a party the evening of June 5th at La Dolce Vita in Little Italy.
"The Western Reserve Historical Society is a natural fit and the Halle Costume Wing is a Cleveland gem. We are looking foward to the collaboration", says Fashion Week Cleveland President Donald C. Shingler. The Halle Cosutme Wing was the site for the First Ladies and Lady Diana Spencer exhibits during their American tours.
The vast selection of learning opportunities include a seminar covering the form and function of space suits by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center, Ursuline College's historical presentation on the influence of the military on fashion, the International Women's Air & Space Museum discussion on WASPs in WWI, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders.
About WRHS
The Western Reserve Historical Society is a not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to explore the history and culture of Northeastern Ohio and place that regional experience within the larger context of state, national, and global history. Collections and exhibitions focus on the Western Reserve. Both permanent, and especially changing, exhibitions place the region in its larger historical context. The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum collections illustrate the history of the automotive industry in the Western Reserve as well as nationally and internationally.
Student Visitors
Over 60,000 students from pre-Kindergarten through high school visit WRHS properties throughout the school year, with hundreds more learning from WRHS programs through outreach and classroom visits. These workshops and courses are directly tied into the history of NE Ohio, based on the collections and documents that belong to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
All WRHS programs are inquiry-based, hands-on, and correlate to the current Ohio Academic Content Standards in Social Studies, Science, Math and Language Arts. Standards and grade-level indicator match-ups are available by contacting Jennifer Minor at (216) 721-5722, ext. 251.
Contact
Angie Lowrie
Western Reserve Historical Society :: University Circle :: 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 :: www.wrhs.org ::
No charge/complimentary admission to the June 5 Event.
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Welcome to Fashion Week CLEVELAND!
Who knew fashion could be this powerful? Fashion Week Cleveland 2011, armed with the creations of a wide array of talented designers, will bring together a dizzying array of organizations within the city during the first week of June. These have included the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hosptial, Cleveland Public Library, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Intermuseum Conservation Association, Hard Rock Cafe - Costumes Collection, and the Western Reserve Historical Society. What is it about Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) that compels such a diverse group of organizations to participate in the event? The answer has a great deal to do with FWC’s main focus as "the educational fashion week”, a driving force that has made FWC one of the top industry events in the United States.
This annual convention does not limit itself to runway shows; it also incorporates exhibits, films, lectures, and workshops at cultural and educational institutions. FWC serves to inform consumers and industry leaders of the cultural importance and economic contributions of the fashion industry. That is why leading industry publication Women’s Wear Daily calls us “…a regional phenomenon that’s become the nation’s third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles”.
The vast selection of learning opportunities include a seminar covering the form and function of space suits by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center, Ursuline College's historical presentation on the influence of the military on fashion, the International Women's Air & Space Museum discussion on WASPs in WWI, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders. FWC's Art & Cultural Educational Programming will be on Saturday, June 5 at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
The Cleveland Fashion Show – black tie gala is FWC’s grand finale featuring top American designers. This event features collegiate and professional designers from across the United States. The event will be Saturday, June 12 at La Place in Beachwood, Ohio.
Cleveland is a city of collegiate, cultural, and medical institutions. Our fashion week is a reflection of the city it represents. Something that is uniquely Cleveland…reserved, educational, and intelligent.This deepening of Fashion Week Cleveland’s strategic vision has made us absolutely unique and truly innovative, and we believe those who sponsor and partner with Fashion Week Cleveland will share in our success. Cleveland... a smart city, on a great lake.
See you at Fashion Week Cleveland!
Donald C. Shingler
Donald C. Shingler President and Founder Fashion Week Cleveland LLC
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