San Francisco Fashion Week™: September 22 - 28, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Francisco Fashion Week™: September 22 - 28, 2014
(San Francisco, CA) - San Francisco Fashion Merchants and Alliance, Inc (SFFAMA) is pleased to announce the schedule for San Francisco Fashion Week 2014™ entitled 'From Street to Runway'. Fast becoming known as the SXSW of fashion weeks, this season’s lineup reflects the entrepreneurial spirit and creative innovation that characterizes San Francisco. As home to numerous tech startups that are changing the way we discover and consume fashion, the Silicon Valley culture plays a vital role in the dialog between fashion and technology. The weeklong program includes fashion shows by emerging designers, tech presentations by emerging technologies and a bloggers gathering featuring international style bloggers as hosts. The opening reception will be held on September 22 at Mercer and will include a Street Style Face-off for the best dressed to show off their walk and compete for a prize!
#SFFW #SFFW14 Week Schedule / RSVP : http://www.sanfranciscofashionweek.net/
For the past five years, SFFAMA has provided a community-building platform that has connected hundreds of entrepreneurs and fashion enthusiasts. This year, we’re excited to have Le Tote as one of our community partners. Le Tote will be hosting the Fashion Tech Expo on September 23 at their headquarters in the Mission. Demos include Fashion Discovery Labs HandsFreeiPad, LiveLoveModa, ProductPlay, Rogue, StyleBee, Simple Bra and more. The Le Tote team will discuss operational strategies including customer service, merchandising and quality assurance during a panel talk.
Following the Fashion Tech Expo, the focus will shift to ideas and solutions that elevate the digital and offline retail experience. The Retail Tech Summit will be held at Forio on September 24. Representatives of local innovative startups including Threadflip, Fashion Tech Accelerator and Mindspark GAP, Inc. will discuss the latest challenges and developments in retail technology.
On September 25, Caroline Curran of Perfet10SF, Natasha Lo of The Consistency Project, Rafael Cano of Mr. Renaissance, Lena Drozdova of Silk and Brocade, Kelly Huibegtse at A Side of Sweet and Pete Hopkins of Valencia Street Reviw will host Fashion Bloggers Connect with demos by Brigid Ko, California Crown, Mad Capital, StyleBee, and more, to be held at the General Assembly
The week will conclude with runway shows by A by Anubha, Apoteca, Areah Kolubah, Betabrand, California Crown Clothing, Jeaneen Brunck, Shock Feathers by Mila Hagen, Stella Carakasi and The Menimal. The runway shows will be held from September 26-28 at Eco-System.
San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA] and San Francisco Fashion Week [tm] have won the Best Producer award category in the past four years at Stellar: San Francisco Fashion Awards.
Official Partner Sponsors:
Blush School of Makeup, Eco-System, e-Models Agency, General Assembly, Pigment Cosmetics
AIGASF, Atelier Emmanuel, Betabrand, diPietro Todd, Enplug, Heart Wave Media, Le Tote, Threadflip, SFEIC/Paul Mitchell School
Blue Angel Vodka, Clif Bar, Galaxy Desserts, Hint Water, Jones Soda, JustFab, SFRoomService, Speakeasy