TCN to kickstart 080 Barcelona fashion week

The ninth edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion Week will begin on the evening of January 25, 2012 in the Spanish capital of Barcelona with the Catalan brand TCN presenting its home wear, corsetry and Fifties’ style lingerie.

Collections from Celia Vela, Montse Liarte, Josep Abril, Alexis Reyna and Karlotalaspalas will also be displayed along side TCN.

The government of autonomous province of Catalonia aims to turn Catalonia and the city of Barcelona into a benchmark for creativity and design in the fashion industry through 080 Barcelona Fashion.

At the four-day event, Fall/Winter collections of well-known brands and designers will be on display, including Pierre Cardin and Mango. New designs by Miriam Ponsa, Justicia Ruano, Juan Pedro López and Brian&Beast are also scheduled to be showcased at the event.

Desigual will be displaying its designs for the first time at the 080 event, while French designer Pierre Cardin will be the guest of honour at this year’s 080 edition.

Another highlight at the event will be ‘A Shaded View On Fashion Film’ (ASVOFF), which will include screening of short films, panel discussions and lectures by prominent personalities from the world of fashion and design.

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Designer Donna Karan promotes craftwork of Haiti

Internationally-acclaimed fashion designer Donna Karan accompanied Haitian Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, as he visited the cities of Jeremiah and Jacmel during his "listening campaign."

The visits, a continuation of the Minister's tour of Haiti's heartland, are aimed at advancing the government's goals for building a sustainable economy through investments that support decentralization and drive job creation across all sectors, and throughout all the communities of Haiti.

Minister Mayard Paul and Ms. Karan met with Jacmel's Tourism Minister Ms. Stephanie B. Villedrouin and visited several hotels and tourist sites damaged by the January 2010 earthquake, including the Hotel Florita, the Jacmelienne Hotel and other severely damaged structures along the coast of the Southeast.

According to the Minister, these structures hold investment opportunities for the region. "Prior to the earthquake, Jacmel was one of Haiti's wealthiest cities, with considerable tourist assets," said Mayard-Paul. "With its favorable location, it holds great potential for development and job creation for this region."

In visiting the city of Jeremiah, Mayard-Paul solicited the needs of residents, and vowed to deliver on their requests for jobs through the ongoing efforts of the Martelly government to make Haiti a country favorable to business for national and international investors.

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Gucci Menswear A/W 'tormented poets' collection

Gucci presents its menswear collection for autumn-winter 2012. He is searching for a name for that rose. Tucked into the pocket of an evening jacket like a secret memory. Saturated with blue and red ink from his writing. His dedication to Les fleurs du mal blossoms in the prints and in the jacquard effects. Unveiling a vocabulary of intellectual luxury for new Helmut Berger rebels.

Visconti grunge - “These are tormented poets with an effortless attitude, when it comes to mixing and creating a personal style,” explains Creative Director Frida Giannini, “Fabrics that allude to the nineteenth century, softly oversized pieces, shirts with a dandy hint, and the nonchalance of a newly-arrived young Hollywood actor.” With that magnetic, dreamy gaze of Leonardo DiCaprio in Total Eclipse.

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Bohemian grunge - With warm layers overlapping, like the bud of a flower. Deconstructed coats with oversized lines and peacoats with Prussian details, back-belts, and metallic buttons. Double-breasted blazers for an aesthete, cardigan-sculptures, and jackets with boxy lines to promenade this season’s new style, short, free of volume, in botanical prints of roses and iris created exclusively for Gucci, for a graphic fil rouge along with tapestry prints and micropatterns.

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