SFFW is an annual fashion event highlighting talented; up and coming local designers in the San Francisco Bay Area. MISSION STATEMENT To promote creativity and business in the thriving San Francisco Bay Area fashion industry. OPPORTUNITIES For sponsorship opportunitties or to get involved further with this exciting event, please join the specifically categorized group(s) below or contact Owen via email at: owengeronimo@gmail.com ANNOUNCEMENT We are in a process of selecting interns as part of our organizing team for this annual event. If you have any experiences in the following fields: event promotions, marketing, public relations, fashion merchandizing, videos and styling, we’d like to hear from you. We are also looking for event sponsors. This is going to be the first SFFW to be broadcasted in real-time, fashion bloggers are welcome to contact me. For further details or questions, please contact Owen via email: owengeronimo@gmail.com Visit San Francisco Fashion and Merchant Alliance FASHION WEEK A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers or “houses” to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, it lets the industry know what’s “in” and what’s “out” for the season. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals like Milan, Paris, London, and New York City. In the early and mid 2000s, fashion weeks sprang up around the globe to draw attention to designers elsewhere. In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. January through March designers showcase their autumn (fall)/winter collections and September through November the spring/summer collections are shown. Fashion weeks must be held several months in advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following season. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into their retail marketing. The schedule begins with New York, followed by London, with the penultimate fashion week in Milan, ending the events in Paris. These four cities are the traditional “big four” fashion weeks that are followed by new emerging fashion weeks globally. The Menswear shows occur in between autumn(fall)/winter and spring/summer in Milan. Some fashion weeks can be genre-specific, such as a Miami Fashion Week (Swimwear), Prêt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) Fashion Week, Couture (one-of-a-kind designer original) Fashion Week and Bridal Fashion Week, while Portland (Oregon, USA) Fashion Week shows some eco-friendly designers. The dominance of the big four benefits industry participants. For example, buyers, journalists, models and celebrities can limit their travel and simply move from one to the other over the four week period. However the arrangement is criticized for stifling design talent in emerging fashion hubs such as Los Angeles or São Paulo. Source: WIKIPEDIA Feedjit Live Blog Stats Feedjit Live Blog StatsTumblr (3.0; @sffw)http://sffw.tumblr.com/<a href="http://sanfranciscofashionweek.blogspot.com/2009/07/sf-fashion-awards.html">SF Fashion Awards</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/delgeronimo/si.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 511px; height: 422px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/delgeronimo/si.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></a><br/><br/><br/><br/></p> <div class="js-kit-comments" permalink=""></div> <br/><script src="http://js-kit.com/comments.js"></script><br/><br/><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s3.chuug.com/chuug.twitthis.scripts/twitthis.js"></script><br/><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /></script><br/><br/><br/><br/><div> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="owengeronimo";</script><br/><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_sendto()" target="_blank"><img width="125" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" height="16"/></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <br/><br/><br/><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">...</script>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/139404606http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/139404606Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:06:34 -0400<a href="http://sanfranciscofashionweek.blogspot.com/2009/07/get-involved-designers-call.html">Get Involved - Designers Call</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sanfranciscofashionweek.org/uploads/8/0/1/2/801236/9337758.jpg?386x245" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 246px;" src="http://www.sanfranciscofashionweek.org/uploads/8/0/1/2/801236/9337758.jpg?386x245" border="0" alt=""/></a><br/>Get Involved<br/><br/>ATTENTION DESIGNERS, to be considered for SF Fashion Week - Please mail your resume, mission statement and images of your work in a cd-rom to:<br/><br/>modAgency, MODA Management<br/>Attn:…</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/139404602http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/139404602Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:06:34 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/evr6KSyXoP0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/evr6KSyXoP0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Thread Show, SF</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86387086http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86387086Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:30:27 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QG1nZc5gIBs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QG1nZc5gIBs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Clothing Swap San Francisco. CBS 5 | Consumer Watch with Jeanette Pavini<br/> Clothing Swap @ Sugar Cafe San Francisco </p> <p><a href="http://www.clothingswap.org" target="_blank">http://www.clothingswap.org</a> - The people attending these fashion free-for-alls are not just the young starving artists, hipster students and fashionistas-on-a-budget who first made them popular, but women of all ages and income levels. And they have embraced bartering as much to protest consumer culture as to look good without emptying their wallets.”</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86386162http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86386162Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:23:14 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jltnJkdUkuw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jltnJkdUkuw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Wearable Tech Fashion Show: Second Skin. Xeni of BBTV goes backstage at a wearable technology fashion show held at the San Francisco Exploratorium, and tries digital and analog clothing on for size.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86384454http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86384454Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:03:44 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FkrbMFYBuNg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FkrbMFYBuNg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Art Institute Fashion Show, San Francisco, CA</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86383646http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86383646Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:56:10 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_u53kcg51o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_u53kcg51o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>San Francisco Fashion Designers. San Francisco Fashion Designers, by photographer Ariel Soto, copyright 2009, for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Max Larson, Davia Schwind (<a href="http://fashiondesignportfolio.blogspot" target="_blank">http://fashiondesignportfolio.blogspot</a>. com), Amy Bobeda/Glen and Constance (<a href="http://www.glenandconstance.etsy.com" target="_blank">www.glenandconstance.etsy.com</a>), and She-Bible (<a href="http://www.she-bible.com" target="_blank">www.she-bible.com</a>).</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86383215http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86383215Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:51:51 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w6JfUsQLI98&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w6JfUsQLI98&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>MACY’S Passport Fashion Show 2008.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86381967http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86381967Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:40:59 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yEUhWlFu4CY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yEUhWlFu4CY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Academy of Art University 2008 San Francisco Fashion Show End of Show/Awards. Academy of Art University Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony on April 25, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86381313http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86381313Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:35:00 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sb1erpj1AFI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sb1erpj1AFI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Marshalls Fashion Police in San Francisco. Marshalls Fashion Police in San Francisco. June 2007 Fashion Consultant Anthea Tolomei</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86380782http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86380782Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:30:38 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0pLnQaima8o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0pLnQaima8o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Union Square. Union Square is a popular upscale shopping destination easily accessible via the famous San Francisco cable car.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86378938http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86378938Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:14:31 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bOMsNjLa2OA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bOMsNjLa2OA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Insider Guide: San Francisco</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377502http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377502Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:59:14 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7et4EKC8Qyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7et4EKC8Qyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>City Showcase San Francisco, CA. Highlights include a visit to Duplex and Gravity. Shopping takes place at Upper Ashbury and Haight Street.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377308http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377308Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:56:38 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6uYUVOo-j4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6uYUVOo-j4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Fashion-Able San Francisco, CA. On the streets of San Francisco, local citizens share their fashion do’s and don’ts.</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377000http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86377000Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:54:34 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCQCti-U21M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCQCti-U21M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Style and fashion in San Francisco. Designers at the W hotel</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86376645http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86376645Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:51:17 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGDYxBsmThM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGDYxBsmThM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>San Francisco <a href="http://www.vintageexpo.com" target="_blank">Vintage Fashion Expo</a>. The King Vintage booth at the San Francisco Vintage Fashion Expo</p>http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86376411http://sffw.tumblr.com/post/86376411Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:48:57 -0400