| NEWS 03.19.08 2:08 PM |
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| Sponsors Fill Fashion Week Tents With Product Displays, Guest Lounges, and a Cocktail Bar |
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With all the product giveaways and eye-catching displays, it's hard not to notice who's backing L’Oréal Fashion Week—which kicked off Monday and runs until Saturday—at Nathan Phillips Square. Makeup artists roaming through the main tent offer lip touchups courtesy of L’Oréal, servers dressed in orange wigs hand out bottles of Orangina at mobile soda carts, and guests can stop to shop at a jewelry stand featuring designs from Foxy Originals.
Additional displays include a Travel Alberta exhibit promoting tourism in the province, Fashion Television's booth—where Jeanne Beker conducts postshow interviews with each designer—and a display from the Italian Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the Talenti Moda Milano show, featuring designs by students from four fashion schools in Milan. In support of Rethink Breast Cancer, Schick Quattro is offering women the opportunity to have a photo taken of their breasts for display on the Booby Wall, a virtual, interactive exhibit created to educate women about early breast cancer detection. |
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 | A series of L'Oréal posters hang on the exterior walls of the media lounge inside the main tent.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | Centre Court—an elevated lounge area in the middle of the main tent—features a large white sectional sofa, white ottomans, and white-topped tables courtesy of Luxe Rentals.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | The Hush Puppies booth showcases new shoes for fall.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | An exhibit by Travel Alberta—in town to support fashion designer and Alberta native Paul Hardy—includes video screens promoting local tourism activities.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | The sponsors' lounge—furnished by Casalife—features simple white decor.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | The media lounge includes wireless workstations so journalists can file on site.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | In support of Rethink Breast Cancer, Schick Quattro is displaying the Booby Wall, a virtual, interactive exhibit designed to educate women about early breast cancer detection.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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 | The main bar, sponsored by the Liberty Group, offers a selection of cocktails including mini cans of Rich prosecco.
Photo: George Pimentel |
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The overall look, created by Rob Dittmer of Three Events, is black and white, accented with purple and magenta lighting. The front of the tent features a glass wall looking out onto the skating rink in Nathan Phillips Square, and two 12- by 25-foot screens placed at either end of the main tent broadcast interviews and runway shows for guests to watch. A tower of gold cans of Rich prosecco sits atop a square white bar, bearing the Liberty Group logo.
The media space, sponsored by L’Oréal, is decorated with a stretch spandex wall and includes workstations for journalists so they can file on site. Luxe Rentals provided the furniture for the Centre Court in the main tent, which features sleek white leather sofas and ottomans on top of a two-foot-high 16- by 16-foot platform. Four columns at each corner of the platform showcase the work of four fashion photographers, commissioned to contribute images for the display. Guests can also relax in the Lincoln style lounge, which features two silvery grey sofas, shiny black lamps, and pink roses in black vases and was inspired by Pink Tartan's fall 2008 collection.
The 800-square-foot V.I.P. lounge, sponsored by Casalife, also features a black-and-white scheme, with black candelabras and photos hanging in glass frames on the walls. The simple colour scheme continues in the runway room, which seats 600 and includes a 90-foot-long ground-level runway constructed out of bamboo flooring.
—Susan O'Neill
RELATED TOPICS
Fashion Week, Travel Alberta, Schick Quattro, Lincoln, Hush Puppies, The Liberty Group, Orangina, Foxy Originals, Pink Tartan, Fashion Television, Jeanne Beker, Italian Chamber of Commerce
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