A Collection of Essential Beauty by Designer Jamil Khansa at Couture Fashion Week New York

Prominent Lebanese-American designer Jamil Khansa will present his latest opulent collection at Couture Fashion Week New York. The fashion show at the prestigious event will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday February 19, 2011 in the iconic Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue, New York City.

Like so many great Middle Eastern designers, Jamil Khansa studied fashion design in Beirut  He went on to hone his expertise in Los Angeles starting in 1994, where his style developed to suit his discerning clientele’s exquisite tastes. Mr. Khansa’s fashion talent goes beyond a passion for fabric or color; his designs are a statement of femininity, elegance, charm, and the embodiment of a woman’s constant quest to be unique and personalize her presence. Mr. Khansa has shaped his vision of fashion by taming nature’s diversity and customizing it in a classic original silhouette to fit every woman’s perception of beauty.

“A woman’s beauty is portrayed through her heritage, culture, and tradition,” says the designer. “I strive to capture that essence and sew it to perfection one stitch at a time. I am inspired by meeting and dressing women from America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East.”

As a young designer, Mr. Khansa was invited to be the first Lebanese designer to show at Couture Fashion Week New York where he presented his Fall/Winter 2005-2006 collection to rave reviews. That year he was honored by the event as the  “Fashion Designer of the Year” for his collection.

Jamil Khansa continues to build his iconic brand showing his distinctive  creations on the important runways of Beirut, the United States, Dubai, Rome, and Paris, as well as the entire Arab world.

Visit the designer’s website for more information: www.JamilKhansa.com

A Sublime Collection by Designer Hadi Katra at Couture Fashion Week New York

Acclaimed Lebanese designer Hadi Katra will present his latest inspired collection atCouture Fashion Week New York. Marking the designer’s first appearance at the prestigious event, the fashion show will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Friday February 18, 2011 in the iconic Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue, New York City.

Hadi Katra, son of famous Lebanese designer Pierre Katra, has been creating incomparable fashions for the past 12 years, following his studies at Esmod, the international fashion design school in Paris. Mr. Katra’s concept and vision of fashion is to create a unique mixture of elegance, glamour, simplicity, and trendy creativity, giving each woman a unique touch of her own personality reflected in the dress, making her a feel like a star.Hadi Katra at Couture Fashion Week New York

Mr. Katra’s latest fresh designs mingle colors with the changing pleasure of light. This original collection offers a variety of gorgeous short dresses and glamorous cocktail dresses to suit all tastes and occasions. Endlessly inspired by the feminine spirit, the designer creates a visual symphony of fabrics where the transparency of muslin, the beauty of lace, the sumptuousness of taffeta, the glow of satin and the elegance of embroidery take us into a world of glamour and sensuality. Details in the meticulously detailed gowns twinkle as threads of light.

Hadi Katra has presented his unforgettable evening, bridal and ready-to-wear designs at numerous fashion events around the world including Sydney Bridal Week, Miami Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, MedModa (Italy), and other fashion venues in Dubai, Germany, Italy and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His fashions have also been seen at numerous red carpet events such as the 2010 Oscars and Vanity Fair 2010.

Visit the designer’s website for more information: www.roblanche.com

Fashion Week Tickets Anyone?

nedret taciroglu designs at couture fashion week

One of the best kept secrets of New York Fashion Week is a gem of an event:Couture Fashion Week featuring couture and luxury collections. Launched in 2003, CFW is held twice a year presenting exceptional fashion designers from around the globe, along with world-class entertainment, red carpet photo ops, displays of fine art and luxury products, parties and receptions. Unlike other major fashion week shows, CFW is open to the public in addition to the press, VIPs, celebrities and the trade.

The next Couture Fashion Week will be held September 10-12, 2010 at the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with participating designers from Dubai, Romania, India, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Australia, Italy, Spain and the USA, among other countries. Tickets are available online atwww.couturefashionweek.com/tickets.htm

“Couture Fashion Week was created to bring what I like to call ‘wearable couture’ and luxury fashion to the people and to offer the opportunity to upscale international designers to present in New York,” says event founder and producer Andres Aquino. “It is also a powerful branding platform for reaching high-end consumers as well as an artistic forum for creative stylists and makeup artists. In addition, we pride ourselves on using runway models of many ethnicities, rather than the homogeneous model type usually seen in the mainstream runway shows.”

The event features several different fashion shows each day. Each collection is as different as its designer, and styles range from avant-garde to classic. Many of the ensembles seen at the prestigious event are typical of those seen at the Oscars, Emmys and other red carpet events in Hollywood, New York, Palm Beach, Monte Carlo and Cannes. Many are well within the reach of the well-heeled fashion maven, others are more suited for a princess. Several past participating designers have sold gowns for over $1 million to private clients.

“Always expect the unexpected” says Mr. Aquino who is also a luxury and couture designer.

Couture Fashion Week continues to grow and garner worldwide attention from such media as Book Moda, Collezioni, Moda Style International, Fashion TV, NTDTV, World Fashion TV, and many others. In addition to the immediate attending audience in New York, over 600 million globally experience the event through press coverage in a multitude of languages.

Visit the event website for photos, videos, tickets and more information:www.CoutureFashionWeek.com