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Event Coverage LG FASHION WEEK Bustle After-Party Doubles as Vodka Launch Fashion Week Tent Adopts an LG-Inspired Look For Fall Shows Buyers Market, Mezzanine Seating, Film Screening Planned for LG Fashion Week Where to Entertain Near the Tents During Fashion Week   BIG-NAME BRANDS Barbie Pop-Up Showcases Furniture Line, Designs From David Dixon's Opening Night Show at LG Fashion Week Roots Unveils Eco-Fragrances at Nature-Friendly Rosedale Shop Joe Fresh Launches Cosmetics Line With Makeup Demos, Photo Station Grey Goose Launches La Poire With (Get This!) Pear-Flavored Cocktails, Hors D'Oeuvres   EYE-CATCHING ENTERTAINMENT Celebrity DJ Prompts Last-Minute Changes to Microsoft Launch Sports Channel Debuts New HD Studio With Concert, Street Party Go-Go Dancers, Disco Music Move Crowd at M.A.C. Gold Fever Party     COAST TO COAST    11.24.09 3:49 PM Clinique and Teen Vogue Bring Young Women to Beauty Tour, Send Them Online Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen at the New York kickoff Photo: Aydin Arjormand FROM NEW YORK Clinique and Teen Vogue sought out their shared target audience this fall with a college tour that spanned 10 markets—including Los Angeles, New York, and Orlando—and gave young women the chance to emulate the brands' respective images by sitting for makeup styling and a professional photography session.  The nearly two-month event series required the creation of a mobile beauty studio, designed and produced by Mktg. But to get extra life out of the Fresh Faces initiative, the brands wanted a compelling online tie-in that would keep the event on participants' minds long after it ended. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Clinique, Teen Vogue NEWS    11.24.09 12:57 PM Art Basel Preview: New Convention Center Layout, Giant Beach Structure for Audi Art Basel's new Oceanfront exhibition area in Collins Park Rendering: Courtesy of Creative Time FROM MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA Art Basel Miami Beach, the international art fair that attracts more than 40,000 people annually, will kick off on December 2 with a V.I.P. Vernissage preview at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the headquarters of the four-day art fair. Within Art Basel will be 10 programs named for the type of art being showcased or the informational programming they provide ("Art Video," "Art Nova"). For the 2009 show, organizers have redesigned the layout of the convention center’s main exhibit floor and created a new 40,000-square-foot temporary exhibition structure on the sand at Collins Park. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Art Basel Miami Beach, NetJets, AXA Art, USB, Cartier, Creative Time, Audi, ArandaLasch, Dacra Development, Gucci, Fendi, Cynthia Rowley, Miami magazine, Jeff Koons, Pucci EVENT REPORT    11.19.09 5:16 PM OCAD Gala Kicks Off Mystery Art Sale OCAD's mystery art sale Photo: BizBash The Ontario College of Art & Design kicked off its eighth annual mystery art sale Wednesday with the "Whodunit?" gala preview—an event that drew more than 500 guests and provided a sneak peek at the 1,500 pieces of art available in the Whodunit? public sale, which takes place on Saturday. "It's an opportunity to buy work without being intimidated and going into a gallery," Katherine Needham, OCAD's manager of fund-raising events, said of the institution's signature fund-raiser. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Borden Ladner Gervais, Direct Energy, Colliers International, NextMedia, Barometer, CP24, Newstalk 1010, Now, Onestop Network, The National Post, Steam Whistle Brewing EVENT REPORT    11.19.09 12:06 PM MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute Burton-esque hedging around MoMA's bar Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash FROM NEW YORK Now in its second year, the Museum of Modern Art hosted its annual film benefit Tuesday night. The gala raised $800,000 for MoMA's department of film, honored director Tim Burton, and kicked off an exhibition of his work with decor inspired by more than two decades worth of movies. A crowd of 240—including event co-chairs Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as Danny DeVito, Brooke Shields, and Gabourey Sidibe—joined the director for cocktails, a short presentation, and dinner, before the museum lobby opened for a less exclusive after-party. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter EVENT REPORT    11.18.09 5:55 PM Developer Hosts Green Cocktail Party, Mini Trade Show to Unveil Eco-Friendly Homes The eco-friendly kitchen Photo: Courtesy of Kim Graham & Associates To unveil the Princess Project—three new detached homes certified as having met the LEED for Homes gold standard, a rating system that recognizes the design and construction of green homes—Cadorin Homes developer Lynn Da Pra called on Kim Graham & Associates to plan a green cocktail party and mini trade show at one of the properties on Tuesday. “The idea wasn’t to do formal tours of the home. That’s why we set up a mini trade show,” Da Pra said. “Guests could go and speak to the experts and see what’s out there.” MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Cadorin Homes, Enbridge, Pella Windows, Northern Wideplank Flooring, Alpha Tec, Uponor, American Standard, Duenas Kitchens, Universal Coating System, AquaReal Water, Steam Whistle Brewery, Select Wines EVENT REPORT    11.18.09 8:00 AM New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves The premiere for The Twilight Saga: New Moon in Westwood Photo: Line 8 Photography FROM LOS ANGELES Westwood, being a college town, is accustomed to groups of young people roaming about—but Monday night was no ordinary night in the village. The young people were out, for sure, but many weren't yet old enough to drive, and they were pressed behind barricades on closed streets for the premiere of Summit Entertainment's new installment of the Twilight series, New Moon. Summit's Eric Kops oversaw the hotly anticipated event, tapping ELS for big-time tasks like crowd control and security, and Chad Hudson Events for roles including theater management and R.S.V.P.s, plus production of the after-party at the Hammer Museum. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Summit Entertainment, Twilight, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner EVENT REPORT    11.10.09 5:07 PM Dark and Moody Accents, Animal-Inspired Decor Appear on Tabletops at Diffa's Dining by Design A table designed by Mario Pinto with Scott Heuvelhorst Interiors Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash FROM CHICAGO "This looks like a serial killer's home. There should be conspiracy theories written on the wall," said one guest at Thursday night's Cocktails by Design event, which served as a kickoff for a three-day Dining by Design benefit hosted by Design Industries Foundations Fighting AIDS. The event filled the eighth floor of the Merchandise Mart with 42 dining environments decorated by design-industry professionals ranging from painters to architects to fashion designer Maria Pinto. With so many creative professionals behind the tables, the environments ranged from a wooden box tacked with newspaper clippings and bathed in an eerie blue light—which inspired the serial-killer comment—to a cozy gazebo setting filled with fairy lights and plush Ralph Lauren pillows. Though there were tables that defied categorization, some dining environments illustrated popular design trends; one theme was "dark and sexy atmospheres, which we're seeing everywhere this year," said Diffa's director of special events, Peggy Bellar. At an installation from Interior Investments by Gensler, black moving blankets hung behind a table surrounded with dark leather chairs; a chandelier made of painted black cardboard crowned the scene. Hermes glasses in deep purple hues spruced up place settings at a table that Herman Miller by Richard Bliss and Solomon Cordwell Bunez designed; and lacy black napkins dotted the table that Maria Pinto decorated with Scott A. Heuvelhorst Interiors. Artist Francine Turk's design also created a dark, moody ambience with black chalkboard walls, charcoal sketches of crows, and framed paintings of gold Gothic crosses. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Diffa, Diffa Dining by Design EVENT REPORT    11.10.09 4:35 PM Scarlett Ball Adopts Speakeasy Theme With Flappers, Newspaper Boys Tap dancers performed for guests Photo: Envision Flapper girls, newspaper boys, and mobsters interacted with guests as part of the Swanky Speakeasy theme at the fifth annual Scarlett Ball, held Saturday in support of the West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation at the new Allstream Centre. Heather Hurst, the foundation's president and C.E.O., called on Roni Feldman & Associates to produce the benefit, which is the organization's signature fund-raising event. "Last year we did a French Moulin Rouge theme, and at the end of the event I decided I wanted to do a speakeasy, dirty '30s theme. The vision was to really do something exciting and different," said Feldman, who organized a number of interactive activities designed to raise additional funds for the foundation, including Scotch tastings and casino games. Guests could also purchase flowers, pearls, armbands, and head dresses to add a vintage look to their outfits. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS West Park Healthcare Centre, West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation, Ozz Electric, Enbridge, TD Bank Financial Group, CIBC, Shoppers HomeHealthCare, Aird & Berlis L.L.P., Royal de Versailles, TransCanada, the National Post, Eagles Nest Golf Club EVENT REPORT    11.09.09 4:23 PM Flare's 30th Anniversary Lights ROM in Pink, Puts Sponsors on Mannequins Pink lighting filled the party space Photo: George Pimentel Hot pink was the accessory of choice for Flare's 30th anniversary gala, which drew more than 1,000 guests to the Royal Ontario Museum Thursday. "It's a big milestone for the magazine, and we wanted to do it in a very glamorous yet fun fashion...really elegant with a lot of whimsy,” said Tracy Finkelstein, Flare's director of business development and promotions. Westbury National Show Systems filled the museum’s Samuel Hall Currelly Gallery with pink lighting, and pink floral arrangements from the Pink Twig Floral Boutique accented the black and white furnishings, supplied by Lounge Rentals and Furnishings by Corey. "For years pink was our colour…it just suits the space so beautifully," Finkelstein said. "The glamour is black and white, but you need an accent colour and pink really does it for us." MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Flare, Joe, Para, Pandora, P&G Beauty, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Smart Car, HMV, Cashmere EVENT REPORT    11.06.09 3:09 PM Feist Steps in to Perform at Holt Renfrew's Holiday Window Unveiling Feist performed on Bloor Street Photo: George Pimentel In a last-minute change to the lineup, singer-songwriter Feist stepped in for scheduled performer Kristin Chenoweth at Holt Renfrew's fifth annual Holiday Window Unveiling Thursday after the Tony winner cancelled her appearance due to an illness. “We’ve always wanted to have Feist. She’s Canadian, and the Abrams Brothers are opening for her, so it’s an all-Canadian lineup. That’s a first for us,” said Gwen Gibson, the retailer's director of special events. Gibson reported that organizers were notified at noon on Wednesday that Chenoweth was ill and wouldn’t be able to perform. About six hours later, they secured Feist for the event. “It’s my favourite event of the whole year,” Gibson said. “It’s a performance on the street. 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