Let’s celebrate ART & VR (Virtual Reality) by creating customized art and design VR cardboards / Design a hip Cardboard Headset to show off your personal style / 10 Live Artists - LIVE Art Presentations and Demos / Connect with VR enthusiasts (Techies/Non-Techies) and network with fellow VR denizens >>> @ RSVP @ http://bit.ly/1Vup94R
SF Design Week 2016 #VARForum (Virtual+Reality)
: Our Future’s Reality
> Find out more @ http://www.meetup.com/VirtualAugmentedReality/events/228697279/
THE BEAUTY EXPO is an annual [6th year] LIVE hair and make-up styling presentation and fashion installation. A networking soiree for professionals in the fashion, beauty and tech communities featuring trunk show by local retailers, fashion + beauty app demos & vendors. Teams wil showcase their best creative make-up and hairstyles. This year’s event will also feature a beauty tech panel with startup industry insiders and a fashion bloggers runway competition for the “Best Street Style” look at the event. > JOIN US > April 09, 2016 > The Beauty Expo 2016 [6th Annual] Styling Beauty + Tech
> RSVP @ http://bit.ly/2581UjL
Photo RECAP : #VARForum launch #TFW2016 - PANEL Speakers : Ceci Mourkogiannis @ MettaVR + Jimmy Giliberti @ WorldViz + Gregory Gopman @ UploadVR + Alex Haque @ Retinad + Tayler Hickey (Moderator).
#VARForum launch #TFW2016 : Speakers : Ceci Mourkogiannis @ MettaVR + Jimmy Giliberti @ WorldViz + Gregory Gopman @ UploadVR + Alex Haque @ Retinad + Tayler Hickey (Moderator)
VAR (Virtual+Augmented Reality) Forum : #VARForum launch event
Meet industry professionals and hear knowledgeable panel speakers on how they are leveraging virtual reality and augmented technology to revoluttionize the future. Speakers will discuss insight about Virtual & Augmented realities in engaging with consumers. This innovative event is a cross industry event for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, creatives, hardware manufacturers, researchers & makers. It is a forward thinking event focused on expanding ones knowledge base about virtual and/or augmented reality.
Join us for our Holiday Pop-Up to be held at Saks Off 5th on Dec. 19th-20th., Reception is 6-9pm, Saturday. Sip and Shop, Meet our emerging designers. Support your local fashion industry. > RSVP HERE!
Wearable art on your arm! A chic bag that displays LED pixel art, changeable with a touch of the app, holds lipstick & charges your phone. You need a CAT Clutch to add illumination to your life and stand out in a crowd. This handsome acrylic clutch is no ordinary bag. It is a walking canvas. It is the ultimate in wearable art. It’s a conversation starter and a must-have accessory, one that expresses your style of the moment with a touch of our app. But we can’t do it without you. Your contribution will further the production of the CAT Clutch, and allow us to explore new designs. Equally as important, it will support the future of wearable LED fashion, giving us the means to continue breaking new ground in wearable LED pixel art.
San Francisco Fashion Week [TM] 2015 is offering fashion walking tours this year! FASHION TOURS are guided walking & learning tours taking place during the day on Sat and Sun (Sept 26 and 27). Join us for Saturday’s SOMA maker movement tour featuring shared technical, development and retail spaces, or Sunday’s Made in SF tour featuring local fashion and accessory brands and retailers, or both! > RSVP TO ATTEND HERE!
Despite a general decline in overall US apparel and manufacturing sectors, San Francisco’s fashion industry, with 120 years of history and innovation, still ranks 3rd in the US and is currently undergoing a major renaissance as the leading strategic development hub for fashion and technology startups, wearable technologies, and retail and brand technology R&D and innovation eco-systems – San Francisco also enjoys a strong and vibrant maker and craft movement emphasizing both old-world techniques and world-class manufacturing expertise.
Sunday’s “Made in SF” Fashion Tour will start at Timbuk2, a cycling and urban culture messenger bag startup story that has grown into a manufacturer of custom design and ready-made bags and accessories. Timbuk2 has just launched a beautiful new FEMME Collection of elegant functionality-meets-luxe bags for women – we’ll view the production process and tour participants will receive 30% off purchases compliments of Timbuk2!
Next we’ll visit Self-Edge – a story of passion and dedication to the origins, culture, and brands of denim – particularly Japanese-made selvedge denim, which preserves and celebrates the process and techniques originally used to manufacture blue jeans in the early years of San Francisco’s history. Tour participants will receive 20% off anything purchased during the tour compliments of Self-Edge!
In California’s hub of fashion and technology, #DisruptFashion will be showcasing emerging technologies and designers. The Emerging Designer Showcase will feature several new names and faces being introduced at San Francisco Fashion Week for the first time, such as Carrina Lau and Jocelyn Bada. > RSVP HERE!
A world of art awaits you at the Fifth Annual Fair-Trade Bazaar, showcasing products from global artisans. Shop for unique items including jewelry, textiles, native handcrafts, and decorative accessories reflecting many of the cultures represented in the museum’s collections. Free event admission. Members receive a 10% discount. Meet the Makers. Shop a selection of fair-trade items.
This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.
The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes. - See more at : http://truecostmovie.com/
In the digital city of San Francisco, we often find ourselves talking about e-commerce strategies. For fashion companies, in-person sales are also essential for gaining new loyal customers. Having your products in a store allows shoppers to casually discover and interact your brand. This presentation will offer you an overview of options for getting your products in front of potential customers. We’ll cover consignment, street vendors, pop-up shops, and commercial leasing. You’ll learn how to make the most of these opportunities by having the right questions to ask retailers and commercial landlords. We’ll also discuss event planning and marketing, to help you draw those customers in. You’ll walk away with new insights on business development strategies and the legal resources to help you achieve your goals. With attorneys: Alex King: Small Business & Startup Attorney at Bend Law Group and Rachel Fischbein founder of Law On The Runway. >>> RSVP TO ATTEND!
Front Row: San Francisco Fashion Week TM 2014 : RTW Designers Showcase [Day 02] | Join Us!| Source : Pete Hopkins © 2014 All Rights Reserved
Front Row: San Francisco Fashion Week TM 2014 : RTW Designers Showcase [Day 02] | Join Us! | Source : Pete Hopkins © 2014 All Rights Reserved
Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change with Lynda Grose
Lynda Grose, Associate Professor, Fashion Design, California College of the Arts, and co-founder of ESPRIT’s ecollection, the first ecologically responsible clothing line developed by a major corporation, will bring together a set of ideas and innovation opportunities regarding sustainability efforts in the fashion and textiles industry. After the lecture, she will sign the book that she co-authored with Dr. Kate Fletcher: Fashion and Sustainability; Design for Change, in the Fine Arts Museum bookstore.
Become a member of the Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and attend our lectures at no additional cost. Please see our website www.famsf.org for more membership and event information.
Textile Arts Council / de Young Museum | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / Golden Gate Park | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive | San Francisco, CA 94118
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