Supermodel Naomi Campbell to Make Southeast Asia Runway Debut at #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 - British Exchange; Singapore Fashion's Biggest Event
Singapore (PRWEB) October 12, 2013 -- Owned and organized by DFW Creative, #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 – British Exchange will showcase the best of Singapore’s fashion from 1st - 4th November 2013, to be held at the National Design Centre. 32 Singapore designers will participate in the event’s new format THE CATWALK SPACE and THE SHOWROOM SPACE, celebrating the creative and commercial importance of the Singapore fashion industry.
Legendary British supermodel Naomi Campbell will be walking for #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013’s runway. One of the five original supermodels, Naomi Campbell was born in London and caught her break when she was 15 years old. She has graced the covers of more than 500 magazines during her career, and has been featured in campaigns for Burberry, Prada, Versace, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino to name a few. Campbell was also the first black model to appear on the cover of Time magazine, French Vogue and Russian Vogue as well as the first British black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue.
At home on the runway, Campbell has showcased the collections of top designers including Chanel, Azzedine Alaia, Christian Dior and Versace, for whom she walked this summer in Paris for the first time in 14 years. Naomi continues to be a star attraction in many shows, most recently during NY Fashion week where she walked for Diane von Furstenberg.
In addition to maintaining her modelling work, Campbell serves as Executive Producer and on-camera mentor in the internationally acclaimed reality modelling series The Face. The Face recently completed filming the second series in the USA, with the first season of the UK version currently being transmitted and an Australian version soon to be filmed. Discussions are currently underway for other international versions of The Face.
This will mark Naomi Campbell’s Southeast Asia runway debut and her only stop in Asia for the Spring Summer 2014 season.
“With Naomi Campbell joining us for #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013, we are elevating the status of Singapore’s fashion industry on a global scale. Never before have the runways of Singapore’s fashion festival/week been opened by a bona fide supermodel, much less someone as reputable as Naomi Campbell herself. Our fashion week will truly boost Singapore’s goal of becoming the fashion capital of Asia.” – Charina Widjaja, Project Director of #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013
#DIGITALFASHIONWEEK SINGAPORE 2013 – BRITISH EXCHANGE
This year will mark the first #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013's partnership with AMPed, a local music subscription service, to style the runway music and the runway playlists will be exclusively available on AMPed. There will be 12 catwalk shows, 22 showroom presentations, 8 on schedule events and 4 official after-parties. British High Commissioner to Singapore, Antony Phillipson, will open the Spring Summer 2014 season with a private hosted dinner on Thursday, 31st October 2013 at Eden Hall.
“By insisting that no designer should be forced to pay a large sum to get the exposure they deserve, we provide Singapore designers with an all-encompassing online and offline space to bring their careers to the next level,” said Charina Widjaja, Project Director of #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore. “We also work with our participating designers with know-hows to market and merchandise their work, and provide PR resources to help tell their stories to a wider audience."
BRITISH EXCHANGE
In addition, one top British fashion designer and British fashion personalities will be coming to Singapore as a part of the fashion week. They will be announced in due course.
“I am thrilled that we are able to support #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 - British Exchange in collaboration with the British Council, and that this year’s event has a British theme. Fashion is one of the UK’s most vibrant and creative industries, contributing more than £21 billion pounds a year to the UK economy. At the same time we’re very pleased to support #DigitalFashionWeek in their efforts to encourage and nurture home grown designers, many of whom studied or took up internships in the UK before launching their own brands in Singapore. This event is, therefore, both a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the strength of the UK/Singapore fashion partnership and a fabulous stage for some of the most exciting designers in the world to show off their talent. I wish everyone taking part in #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 - British Exchange all the best for a very successful event.” – Antony Phillipson, British High Commissioner to Singapore
“Through our Arts work, we at the British Council are looking at new ways of connecting with each other and understanding each other through the arts. Working through partnerships and with new technology is very much part of how we go about things and so our work with #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore is an excellent example of what we want to do and how we want to go about it. The partnership with #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore and with the British High Commission enables us to support upcoming Singaporean designers under the theme of British Exchange and further contributes to the rich mix of cultural relations between our two countries.” – Roland Davies, Country Director, British Council Singapore
“The British Council is delighted to be collaborating with Digital Fashion Week Singapore to present a British Exchange. By partnering with #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore, that provides unprecedented access to fashion by presenting designers in a way that is relevant to our digital generation, we look forward to reaching and inspiring new audiences and to expanding the impact of our work in the arts. #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore - British Exchange enables us to engage with new and creative ideas of showcasing and to bring people together via an innovative platform for communicating and connecting across cultures.” – Sarah Meisch, PhD, Director of Arts, British Council Singapore
THE CATWALK SPACE
Sven Tan and Kane Tan of In Good Company will make their women’s wear collection runway debut, joined by established Singapore labels AL&ALICIA, Frederic Sai, MAE PANG, MAX.TAN, L’ILE AUX ASHBY, PAULINE.NING, Thomas Wee, YOUYOU and ZENCHI, who will present their Spring Summer 2014 collection at THE CATWALK SPACE.
"Through the partnership they have forged with technology partners such as Google and Twitter, we believe that #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore is a great platform that uses technology as an enabler, for brands to transcend the limitations of time and physical spaces in order to engage and communicate with our audience across the globe. We are excited to present our first ever runway show with #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 and are proud to be part of a burgeoning design community in Singapore that has so much to show the rest of the world." – said Sven Tan & Kane Tan, co-founder of In Good Company
This year, Topshop will be presenting their latest collection on #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 runway for the very first time.
THE SHOWROOM SPACE
22 Singapore fashion designers will participate in THE SHOWROOM SPACE, showing their latest Spring Summer 2014 collection at a showroom setting. Only invited guests to the catwalk shows will have access to the showroom, pre- and post- show. Daily events will take place at the showroom, providing press and selected VIPs an opportunity to meet the designers and discuss their collections.
With the introduction of THE SHOWROOM SPACE, #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore is also opening the doors to Singapore’s accessories designers who will now have the opportunity to display their collection to the fashion week’s targeted audience.
Participating brands of THE SHOWROOM SPACE are 72 Smalldive, ARC, By Invite Only, Carrie K., Cosset, ERA ORA, Feist Heist, Foreword, Kae Hana, Ling Wu, Lion Earl, Mandy Wu, MASH-UP, Mystic Vintage, Noel Caleb, SUNDAYS, The Cult of Nine, Triologie, Trioon, Under Current, Yuki Mitsuyasu and Yumumu.
COLLABORATION WITH TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Back for the second year, the world's first shoppable live streaming fashion week, #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 will bring all of its live fashion week actions to global audiences across social media platforms.
Daily Q&A interview sessions will take place on Google+ Hangouts, with guests including high-profile Singaporean and British fashion personalities. Consumers around the world can watch live-streamed shows and live backstage action from the THE CATWALK SPACE on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/DigitalFashionWeek.
#DigitalFashionWeek Singapore will also partner with Twitter to create Asia's first ever live 'Tweetwalk' show, premiering the Spring Summer 2014 collection with instant backstage Twit pics of every look live from The CATWALK SPACE. Every look will be shared before the models hit the runway, allowing followers to view the collection moments before anyone else. Images can be viewed in full using Twitter's new media gallery photo functionality.
For one-click access to #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore's official site, Coast by Opera, an innovative gesture-based browser specially built for iPad, will feature #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 live runway shows in the selected regions, including Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. From November 1st, the users in these regions will be able to watch the shows with comfort on their iPads directly on Coast without the hassle of searching. In addition, to support and promote the work of their favorite designers from #DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013, all Coast users will be able to download the designers' collection to dress their browsers in style.
KEY SPONSORS
#DigitalFashionWeek Singapore 2013 – British Exchange is organized by DFW Creative Private Limited, in collaboration with British Council and British High Commission. It is supported by the DesignSingapore Council.
Key sponsors include MINI, Maybank, Nokia, British Airways, Raffles Hotel, AMPed, The Body Shop, label.m, Poh Heng Jewellery, Fiji Water, Mitsubishi Electric, Wisma Atria, Google, Twitter and Opera Software.
More sponsors will be announced.
DFW Creative PR team, DFW Creative Private Limited, http://www.dfw.com.sg, +65 62225087, [email protected]
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