HIGHLIGHTS
•4th edition
•Annual support of Mayor and Brand Atlanta including Proclamation from the Atlanta City Council
•Celebrity attendees such as Kim Kardashian, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Monica, Dwight Howard, Mychael Knight, Dwight Eubanks
•Sold out nightlife celebrity events throughout city
•Featured designers included Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole, Sean John, Juicy Couture, Dereon, Baby Phat, Marc Ecko
•Completed 15 city international model & designer search
•Named to Stars Confidential’s Best Event by Market List
• Participation from countries such as Africa, Europe, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
•Features the Fashion ICON Awards
•Filmed for worldwide television broadcast
•Average attendance is 3,000
•Partners have included Mercedes Benz, W Hotel, World Fashion TV, Paul Mitchell, Smartwater, Comcast, Dolce Group
After three consecutive years of bringing some of the biggest names and brightest emerging designers to Atlanta, the Atlanta International Fashion Week has become a spectacular event gaining international notoriety.
AIFW has teamed up with the fashion industry’s internationally renowned elite to afford aspiring designers and models the opportunity to network, learn, and enjoy the best that Atlanta has to offer in fashion, style, glamour, and nightlife at various acclaimed venues, night clubs and restaurants. This star-studded affair will be entertaining and designed to benefit local and national charities all in the name of fashion.
Beginning in 2007 at Atlanta’s preeminent exposition center, the Georgia World Congress Center for two years then the luxurious Biltmore in 2009, AIFW remains to be at the center point of fashion in Atlanta and the must attend event. AIFW has showcased the catwalk favorites of
Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole, Juicy Couture, Rock & Republic, Sean John, Ed Hardy, Dereon, True Religion, Akademiks, Apple Bottoms, Ecko, Baby Phat, Rocawear, Phat Farm, and many more.
Atlanta is slowly becoming an epicenter of fashion with AIFW bringing it to the forefront on a global level.
The Atlanta International Fashion Week is bridging the gap and connecting continents through fashion and entertainment with national partners such as the Brand Atlanta, World Fashion TV, Mercedes Benz, Comcast, Paul Mitchell, GIANT Magazine, Dolce and more, along with international partnerships with countries such as Africa, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, India, and Europe.
Brand Atlanta commends AIFW for its commitment to Atlanta’s fashion and design community as well as its promotion of women’s health issues. Many AIFW events demonstrate the organization’s dedication to economic development and promotion for the city of Atlanta. “This event supports the growth of Atlanta’s local fashion and creative industries,” says Sonya Moste, director of Marketing at ADA and interim marketing executive for Brand Atlanta. “Fashion Week is about economic development and raising Atlanta’s profile.”
Atlanta International Fashion Week was created to provide a centralized platform for American designers that seek to become players in the global fashion business. This celebrity-studded affair will impress and excite partygoers and addicts alike. It is set to become a marquee event attracting over 3,000 plus industry insiders, buyers, retailers, celebrities, VIPs and members of the regional, national and international press.
Atlanta International Fashion Week is designed for consumers and business owners who thrive on what’s hot in the ever-evolving worlds of Fashion and Entertainment. Each day of AIFW will offer intense, highly informative, and entertaining workshops and fashion related courses within Pretty Academy. In addition, each night of AIFW will provide participants with the opportunity to make key industry contacts and linkages at one of our lavish dinners and networking events. These networking opportunities simply cannot be missed. Two gala events will also set AIFW apart as a truly exceptional experience. First, on July 13th, AIFW Opening ceremony will feature a keynote address from a major innovator within the fashion industry and culminating on July 18th, with a ceremony honoring fashion icons and moguls as part of the Fashion ICON Awards and Gala.
Atlanta International Fashion Week is dedicated to showcasing Atlanta’s elite designers and models in the fashion industry. This week, full of fun-filled events exemplifies your dedication to the economic development for the City of Atlanta. I commend Atlanta International Fashion Week for your commitment to Atlanta’s fashion and design community, says Mayor Shirley Franklin.
In producing AIFW, the Atlanta Fashion Network plans to shape fashion and style by displaying what Atlanta has to offer in fashion to the world.
Atlanta is known to be a chief influence and birthplace of numerous mainstream musicians and genres, however it is the goal of AIFW Director, Paula Whittle, to have Atlanta recognized as an emerging fashion capital.
She says: “Atlanta is known as a music Mecca, but is now becoming a site for fashion stimulus, and can now play a major role in the fashion arena and gain international recognition. I want to bridge the two to create a powerful, innovative convergence.”
Atlanta International Fashion Week will bring together hundreds of the brightest stars in fashion and entertainment for a week of fun designed to both raise funds and heighten awareness of issues facing today’s communities.
Come to Atlanta to experience the convergence of the most powerful ideas and most powerful network.
From Tuesday to Sunday, you’ll be immersed in actionable learning and profitable exchange.
