GEN ART, a national non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing emerging visual artists, fashion designers, and filmmakers is showcasing 12 new designers this season.

The 9th Annual Fresh Faces in Fashion which will be held on Friday, September 12 at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom (211 W 34th Street)will feature womenswear designs of Alistair Carr, Annelore, Gayle met Glenn, Lars Andersson, Lauren Felton and Tom Scott.

Menswear designers Duckie Brown and Romain Kapadia will also show their collection on the runway.

Accessories by Agent Anonym, Erva, Kristen Lee and Thorn will also be shown, both on the runway and during the Accessories pre-reception show at 6:00PM, an hour before the runway show commences.

Clothing designer Ashaka Givens and jewelry designer Lorraine West are holding a combined champagne reception on Monday, September 15 at the Oda Mae Lounge (111 W. 38th Street) between 3-7 PM.

Givens and West together have dressed a number of style maven in the music and entertainment industry which includes Annabella Sciorra, Andre3000 from Outkast, Talib Kweli, Common, The Roots and Erykah Badu.

Givens collection is entitled 'Rah Goddess,' which captures the bohemian spirit and the essence of woman as a desirable self-actualized and self-sufficient being.

West's theme is Abyss, which also reflects the rare essence of the human spirit.

Levon, who trained under Patrick Robinson in New York and Boudicca in London is debuting on the New York runways on September 17 at West Village's 11 Weehawken St. (between Christophe and W. 10th St.)

For Spring, Levon envisions a world inhabited by violent butterflies. "Smother Nature," the title of his collection, reminds the viewing public that if we continue ignoring the welfare of our planet, the results will be deadly.

For more information about the GenArt show, please contact GenArt at info@genart.org

For information about the Ashaka Givens and Lorraine West show, please call (212) 625-3696.

For information about the Levon show, please call (646) 489-4432.

(Photo courtesy of Ashaka Givens)