Paco Rabanne and Veronika Jeanvie Named ‘Mercedes-Benz Presents’ Designers for Los Angeles Fall 2008 season
@ 4:25 pm February 29, 2008Filed under: Focal Point, Runway Shows
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 29, 2008 / FW/ — Fresh from their Spring 2008 haute couture show, Paco Rabanne and Veronika Jeanvie have been chosen as the “Mercedes-Benz Presents” Designers for the Fall/Winter 2008 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios from March 9–13.
The acclaimed Rabanne came out of retirement to mentor 28-year old Veronika Jeanvie, who has fused Rabanne’s revolutionary techniques with her own silhouettes and shapes to create edgy feminine designs. Their couture collection will be presented on Monday, March 10 at 8:00PM on the Main Tent.
The collaboration between Rabanne and Jeanvie began in Kiev, Ukraine in 2006, when Rabanne was struck by Jeanvie’s fresh sense of fashion. An experienced fashion atelier in the Ukraine, Jeanvie was anxious to gain international acclaim, and when Rabanne offered to mentor her, Jeanvie gladly accepted.
Although Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios marks the debut of the designers’ collections in the United States, they have shown in Moscow, Kiev and in July 2007, Jeanvie became the first Ukrainian designer to showcase a couture collection during the Paris Haute Couture season.
“Mercedes-Benz is committed to innovative design in a range of disciplines, so we are pleased to have Paco Rabanne and Veronika Jeanvie as the ‘Mercedes-Benz Presents’ Designers this season at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios,” says Lisa Holladay, National Events Manager, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
“The design duo’s collaborative works compliment our car design philosophies through their creative metal workings, use of fine fabrics, and the seamless synthesis of their visions.”
Rabanne began his fashion career manufacturing and designing handbags for famous designers, including Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Hubert de Givenchy. A defining moment in Rabanne’s career occurred in 1966 when he presented a show involving twelve models that danced down the runway in experimental dresses made of plastic and metal.
This show was controversial, and resulted in his immediate recognition as an innovative new designer in Paris. Referred to by Coco Chanel as a “mechanic,” Rabanne has continually revolutionized fashion industry standards by defying convention and developing radical approaches to his work.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios will be held in Culver City, California, at Smashbox Studios, from March 9-13.�
‘Imagination Light Canvas’ Encourages Visitors in Waiting Area to ‘Paint with Light’
@ 12:23 pm February 28, 2008Filed under: Focal Point
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ROGERS, Arkansas, Feb 28, 2008 / — Philips Electronics (PHG) unveiled today its “Imagination Light Canvas,” the first of its kind, during a media tour of the new Mercy Medical Center in Rogers, Arkansas. The hospital will open its doors on March 16.
The canvas, displayed in the Women’s and Children’s waiting area, is an interactive light wall, 14-feet long and 6-feet high, that uses touch screen and Philips technologies to animate 1,420 LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights. By using their hands to draw on the wall, visitors can “paint with light”, using an entire spectrum of colors and shapes. The images will remain visible for a few minutes and then disappear. The Imagination Light Canvas can accommodate up to six people drawing at the same time, yet only consumes the daily energy equivalent of a single toaster.
The Light Canvas is a gift from Philips employees to the patients and staff of the new hospital.
Paul Zeven, CEO of Philips Electronics North America, stated, “We wanted our gift to harness some of our advanced technologies that would provide the area residents with a positive, healing experience, delivered in a simple, easy-to-use manner, in keeping with our brand promise of ‘Sense and Simplicity.’”
“We created the Imagination Light Canvas specifically for the Women’s and Children’s waiting room of the new hospital,” he explained, “to lessen the tension, anxiety and stress that families often experience when waiting for child birth. We predict it will be a big hit with both children and adults.”
Susan Barrett, president of Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas, stated, “Mercy is extremely grateful to Philips for helping us transform the healthcare environment for our visitors.”
The new Mercy medical campus represents an extraordinary effort to transform the way healthcare institutions function. On one hand, it involves core issues such as patient safety and workplace simplification as well as the application of information technology to fundamental processes such as medication management and supply chain management; on the other, it entails replacing a 50-year old building with a new facility that will enable Mercy to continue its mission.
Teresa Helbig Fall 2008: Armored Japanese Warrior Princess
@ 12:59 am February 27, 2008Filed under: Focal Point
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PARIS, Feb 27, 2008 / FW/ — For manga fans, Teresa Helbig’s inspiration of armored Japanese warrior princesses and the distinctive naively corrupt vision of the artist Aya Takano all make sense. With the clothes giving the feeling of both innocence and strength, Helbig captured the essence of Japanese anime heroines, and translated it into real life clothing.
Though no one here at FashionWindows has ever met Teresa Helbig, she is already close to our hearts. Beginning her fashion career as a window dresser (that’s the connection FW have), Helbig’s creativity, sophistication and love for fashion motivated her to design her first collection more than 10 years ago.
Teresa’s success is due to her passion and her unique talent in combining the latest contemporary trends with the precision of the haute couture. Unique and exceptional pieces with couture feel which are aimed at a confident, glamorous woman who desires to feel exclusive and very feminine.
Since she and her team design and create in her Barcelona atelier, she is able to pay attention to each small detail at every stage of production. This allows her to offer her clients singularly beautiful creations of perfect tailoring.
She loves to experiment with the finest fabrics and forms, combining materials such as fine silks, tulle, crochet and crystal beads - assuring one-of-a-kind creations, which are created in her innovative and refined style.
Visit Teresa Helbig at the Workshop
The Workshop
Feb 27 to Mar 2
0900 10 1900
Hotel Regina
192 rue Rivoli
Paris 75001
Metro: Palais Royal
Txell Miras Fall 2008: Le grand déjà vu (The big déjà vu)
@ 12:57 am February 27, 2008Filed under: Focal Point
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PARIS, Feb 27, 2008 / FW/ — It is frequent to have the sensation of having experienced things that we think we’ve already lived, and in fashion it’s even truer. Before you’ve even been able to digest a collection you already need to present the following one.
This seasonal voracity submerges you in a state of permanent loop. This effect gets even deeper when it comes to collections that do not follow trends. Why is it that ideas that have been developed 6 months ago is no longer valid? There is no creative discipline being that much slave to the seasons. There shouldn’t be any.
In front of such an excessive situation, “déjà vu” goes with a superlative adjective coming from the movie “La Grande Bouffe” (Marco Ferreri, 1973). An homage to excesses and a peculiar way to say goodbye to life.
Thus, this collection is a reflection on the seasonal system in fashion and a full stop new paragraph and constant in the career of Txell Miras. As from now on she will focus on presenting solely her winter collections, therefore once a year only.
The shapes are the usual ones of the Txell Miras’ style; we’re back to déjà vu. Garments of elaborated pattern with a strong constructive element; among them, a jacket with pleated lapels, skirts with volume, hipster stretch trousers and a puffed pinafore dress.
Armed with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Barcelona (1999), Txell Miras enrolled at the
A 1999 graduate of the University of Barcelona (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Txell Miras studied Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño Llotja de Barcelona in 2000 to study fashion design. One year later she won a competition of the Domus Academy of Milan, called “insideouting” and obtained a scholarship to study a master degree in Fashion Design.
In 2002 she was a finalist in the Tokyo Grand Prix Fashion Awards. After one year, La Camera della Moda Italiana considered her to be the most promising fashion student of Italy. In 2004, Miras goes international by participating in the showroom Danielle Ghiselli Diffusione in Milan, and since 2006 she has participated in each edition of Showroom Barcelona during Paris Fashion Week.
The designer has received several prizes such as the Lancôme Award for the best young designer at the Barcelona Fashion Week in 2005, the “Barcelona és Moda” for the best professional in fashion in 2006, and was finalist of the Botón-Mango International Fashion Awards as well as of the Gen Art Style New York Fashion Awards in 2007.
Since 2003 she is in charge of Neil Barrett’s women’s collection and has her own brand since 2004.
Visit Txell Miras at
Rendez-vous Femme
Dates: Feb 28 to Mar 2
Hours: 10:00 to 19:30
Espace Pierre Cardin
1 - 3 Avenue Gabriel
Paris 75008
Metro: Concorde
Serguei Povaguin Fall 2008: Evolving Volume
@ 6:58 pm February 26, 2008Filed under: Focal Point
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PARIS, Feb 26, 2008 / FW/ —- Volume is the main protagonist in this collection. The lower half is as narrow as possible and it widens as it climbs, concluding at some exaggerated shoulders which frame the face.
It is about a volume that evolves throughout the collection, being very concrete at the beginning and becoming more and more abstract towards the end. Beginning with a rather rigid, masculine silhouette, this undergoes transformation and becomes more fluid and feminine by the end of the collection.
Garments made from warm fabrics such as thick wool felt for overcoats, woolen cloth and double wool crepe for the dresses; knitted angora, gauze and silk organza creating enveloping, conclusive silhouettes.
Basic colors, such as white, black, red and grey, together with some earthy colors is an obvious wink to the 1990’s and minimalism. The recovery of the masculine silhouette and the exaggerated shoulders is a reference to the decade of the 1980’s. This collection is about a reflexion in abstract on the contradictions between the masculine and the feminine, the rigid and the fluid, the minimal and the baroque …
The designer, Serguei Povaguin was born in 1980 in Klintsky, Russia. As a teenager he moved to the north of Spain and later to Barcelona to study design. He graduated from ESDI (Escuela Superior de Diseño) of Sabadell and University of Southampton as a fashion and textile designer. Since 1998 he lives in Barcelona where he also has his studio.
Remarkable among his first projects are “I love Spain”, which won the Pure White prize for the best collection in ModaFad (2002), and his end of studies “Flamenco”, which was presented at the London’s Graduate Fashion Week (May 2004), the Berliner Durcheise Preview (July 2004) and the Genial Fashion STIB in Barcelona (September 2004).
Both collections are influenced by movement and dance, especially flamenco and ballroom dances of the thirties. During 2005 and 2006 he presented various collections at CreaModa in Bilbao, Barcelona Fashion Week, Pasarela Gaudí and Barcelona Bridal Week.
He has also designed collections for the Chivas Mexican football team, as well as a series of uniforms for several companies in Mexico.
Visit Serguei Povaguin at
Rendez-vous Femme
Dates: Feb 28 to Mar 2
Hours: 10:00 to 19:30
Espace Pierre Cardin
1 - 3 Avenue Gabriel
Paris 75008
Metro : concorde