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So this year’s winner of the CFDA award Joseph Altuzarra, will be doing a limited edition collection with J.Crew, scheduled to hit stores next week. Also showing limited collections are runners up, Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind. All three designers were given the same fabric and criteria, but Altuzarra will show several more pieces. Altuzarra’s Fall 2012 collection was the hit of Mercedes-Benz fashion week this year, featuring gypsy-theme prints and elaborate faux fur coats.

It will be exciting to see what his collection for J.Crew will look like and how much of it we will actually be able to afford.

A New Bar Set for Project Ethos
Three events in one push the envelope of exposure, entertainment and innovation

Los Angeles, CA – Project Ethos reached new heights Tuesday night with a cultural juggernaut of fashion, music, live art, and celebration for buyers, media and consumers – all captured on film.

The night began with an invite only meet and greet for participants to connect to industry guests like Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), Racked LA, Yahoo News, NBC, CA Apparel News, Magnet Showroom, Directives West, and Doneger Group among many more. Shortly after the meet and greet, over 1,200 attendees swarmed into the Avalon to witness live art installations from LabArt Gallery’s Sand-One, Jules Muck, and CYRCLE.

Without delay, the first runway show was underway with Luis Mendoza & Yesica Medina (LUICA), Ermelinda Manos (Ermelinda Manos), Janean Johnson (JaJo Couture), Wen Guo (Boditecture), and Danielle Pettee (Danielle the Dress Maker). LA based Hyper Crush took to the stage and hyped the crowd with their electro pop vocals and hard hitting club beats. Moments later, Melissa Velia (Melissa Velia), Edita Bandaryan (Edita Collection), Regina Marie Woods (G. Marie), Catherine Furio (Furio Apparel) and Johana Hernandez (GLAUDI by Johana Hernandez) graced the runway. It truly was a non stop version of Project Ethos that guests have been waiting for.

Partnering with Los Angeles based production studio United Motion Entertainment, Project Ethos had the cameras rolling for weeks leading up to and the day of the event. It truly was a production within a production. Episodes of behind the scenes and show footage will be released on ProjectEthos.TV in the coming weeks.

After the main event, an electric after party with Audi, Jin & Quinn, The Seems, an encore runway show and live art from James Haunt, kept attendees entertained into the late night hours. Haunt was energetic on stage painting models into a canvas created optical illusion.

Tanya T6 – “I’m So Tired Of You:”

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Wow. Tanya T6 proves to us once again that her sizzling voice goes with so many flavors of instrumentals. Loving everything we hear from T6, this song is no exception.

Do yourself a favor and check out more music from her! <3 you T6.

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So Anya won Season 9 of Project Runway. That’s not really much of a surprise since she won most of the challenges whether she deserved to or not. I do have to say out of the final four, she did have the best style. Her line was one-note, but I could actually see women wearing it. Since my favorite two contestants, Burt and Anthony Ryan, were already eliminated, I figured that Anya would win since the judges seemed to love her.

In other Project Runway news, the spin-off Project Accessory apparently already started with new host Molly Sims, and all new judges (weak). And we have to wait until 2012 for Project Runway All-Stars. (Mondo!)

So this weekend, there were some huge shows at Fashion Week. The first show I am going to talk about is Diane Von Furstenberg. Her collection was light, airy, and colorful. She used a lot of amazing prints and all of the dresses were light and flowy. She also stuck with a more pastel color-palate, choosing to avoid neons all together.

Zach Posen presented a very structured, almost formal line, complete with business suits and evening gowns. He played it true to form and showed beautiful, jewel tone dresses with mermaid tails. He was definently getting ready for Oscar season.

One of my favorite collections was Derek Lam’s. He used minimal silhouettes with bold colors, textures, and sparkle to stand out. All of his clothes were functional and wearable, while remaining perfectly executed and tailored.

Other shows that have been happening this weekend were: DKNY, L.A.M.B, The Row, Tommy Hilfiger, Nicole Miller, Cynthia Rowley, Lacoste, Victoria Beckham, and those of potential Project Runway winners.