the wearhouse district

It’s that time again in New York City, when press, buyers, and distributors gather at fashion and lifestyle trade shows in search of new and exciting brands. The amazing folks at Liberty Fairs , one of my favorite trade shows, invited the WearHouse District to attend once again, scope out brands to watch, report outstanding fashion trends, and witness the amazing growth that this specific show had in just one year. Liberty Fairs took place July 20 – 22 at a new location, Pier 94 along 12th Avenue, and the event opened with the second Bi-Annual Liberty Lebowski Classic, an industry bowling competition at Lucky Strike. Back bigger and better, Liberty Fairs hosted so many amazing new brands that joined the Liberty Fairs family. Some notable newbies include Theory , Helmut Lang , Daniel Won, Norman Russell, Sully Wong, Skargorn, Freenote Cloth, SLVDR, K-Way, MRKT and Lifetime Collective. But it was also great to see some returning favorites like Chapter, Closed , Danner, Dehen 1...

Kerry Bannigan and Arthur Mandel NOLCHA FASHION WEEK is a leading award winning event , held during New York Fashion Week, for independent fashion designers to showcase their collections to a global audience of press, retailers, stylists and industry influencers. Co-Founder and CEO of Nolcha Fashion Week: New York, Kerry Bannigan, wanted to build and grow what she envisioned as an event that supported the independent business of fashion to industry standard, and held during New York Fashion Week, to give aspiring fashion brands the opportunity to showcase at a key time and to decision makers. When she moved to New York City from UK after studying English and Communications at university Bannigan met a lot of people from the fashion industry. She soon discovered the various obstacles that aspiring independent fashion designers face, specifically having a professional industry standard runway show during New York Fashion Week. In 2007, with the help of her business partner, ...

Mobley: Tim Shelburne, Anthony Watkins, and Alfredo Rios. "We're a band of indie rock... with a lot of energy," said bassist Tim Shelburne. It's simple, but I think it does describe the band Mobley of Austin, Texas pretty well. Every Mobley show I've been to has been full of energy - energy from the band, and from the audience. The band makes their shows into an experience with catchy tunes, soulful lyrics, a high-energy performance, accompanied by perfectly synced video and light show. It's hard not to have fun at one of Mobley's show, and it's even harder not to enjoy the music that they make.  Mobley played at the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge on March 8th with Vacationer and Body Language. Originally the band was supposed to play there earlier in the year (on the lead singer’s birthday, none the less!), but unfortunately the building lost power. The band was very excited to have another chance to play at the venue because it is their fa...

[Jordy Marilyn] [The article I'm about to write means so much to me and is entirely dedicated to my friend Dalton and all of my blossoming beauties in this world.] By Charlotte Caprice This event will always be a special memory of mine. The beauty of human conflict should be celebrated as we did celebrate our flaws at the Safety Inside Marilyn Manor event. We attended this darling event hosted by the lovely Jordy Marilyn of Marilyn Manor. The event was produce to help raise money for the Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on empowering youth and promoting acceptance. The theme of the event was being true to yourself, celebrate all your colors and accept those for their beautiful colors as well. At the event, we met up with Jordy Marilyn at the Red Star bar in Baton Rouge, where Dalton and I began our night with complementary “club kid” inspired makeovers. The setting was subtle but very comfortable, that is, until DJ Chris Bird and Alex Nunez began to play their...

This past weekend The WearHouse District took it's first big step into changing fashion forever. The WearHouse District hosted a live fashion competition and cocktail event entitled WildHouse Fashion: a Benefit for the Audubon Fund at the House of Blues in New Orleans. The WearHouse District focuses on fashion trends and special events, and we are advocates for self-expression and creativity, whether it is through fashion, fine art, or music. We like to think of ourselves as young movers and shakers trying to build a new community that can have fun and appreciate art in all its forms. Veronica, creative director, Michelle, associate editor, and I created the WildHouse event to show a different side to fashion. We wanted to prove that fashion can be more about art and self-expression and less about being judgmental or shallow, by giving all the proceeds to a charity that does so much good for our community, the Audubon Fund. We also wanted to use this event to show the work ...