Buenos Aires Runway 2011

BUENOS AIRES RUNWAY

Buenos Aires, April 2011- On March 22, 2011 the Buenos Aires city government debuted Buenos Aires Runway at the Metropolitan Design Center (CMD) located in the traditional Barracas neighborhood. Designed to showcase local designers, last month’s inaugural edition put some of the finest Argentinean styles on display for the Fall-Winter 2011 collections.

This first edition of Buenos Aires Runway served as a project platform to celebrate Argentinean fashion as a new creative field, as well as reinforce its integration into the industry and economy.

Daniela Sartori

Fabian Zitta

Laura Valenzuela

Marcelo Senra

Mariana Dappiano

Mariano Toledo

Min Agostini (142)

The second edition of Buenos Aires Runway will include several new and exciting additions. The event, to be held in Fall 2011, will feature business rounds with buyers around the country, various conference cycles and a showroom similar to the main fashion event in Latin America.

In all future editions of Buenos Aires Runway, new talent will continue to be selected, with the goal of offering these upcoming designers the professional tools and base to establish adequate connections within the local and international market.

With help from prestigious IMG Fashion, Buenos Aires Runway seeks to become a part of the international fashion calendar while also establishing the city of Buenos Aires as a symbol of design and fashion.

Among the designers who participated in the first edition of Buenos Aires Runway:

Marcelo Senra, an Argentinean native, known for her ethnic and tribal designs, was selected last year by the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs to show her collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York.

Daniela Sartori, a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, she works with organic material and speciailizes in tailoring. Her clothes are unisex.

Min Agostini studied architecture at the University of Buenos Aires and uses that background in her designs. She’s known for her short skirts with big volume, dresses and urban coats. In 2009, she was selected by the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs to show her collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York.

Fabian Zitta, once a doctor, studied design at the University of Buenos Aires. He is inspired by Art Deco and his collections have many layers.

Marina Dappian, a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, she was insipired by pictures her daughter scribbled on the wall of the house. She works a lot with wool.

Mariano Toledo is an argenitinian Designer who works on Latin America Project Runway. His Fall-Winter 2011 Collection included some leather goods and jackets that are typical of his design. He appreciates a masculine style that highlights feminity with personality, mixing skirts, ties, and transparent pants.

What Would the Countess Do?: Forgetting the Past; Dealing With An Ex .

When it comes to etiquette, manners and overall good behavior, even celebrities need help navigating the rough waters of stardom! It’s a good thing Countess LuAnn de Lesseps of the Real Housewives of New York is joining forces with OK! to school them on the right thing to do! In a rough situation, we just ask, “What Would the Countess Do?” This week the Countess weighs in on giving back expensive bling after a break-up and Dancing With the Stars!


OK! WHAT WOULD THE COUNTESS DO?: GIVING BACK THE BLING; STEPPING ON IN REALITY TV
Chris Brown appeared on the Dancing With the Stars elimination show and performed — despite having had a tantrum at ABC’s Good Morning America the week before. Do you think we should all be expected to move on from what happened between him and Rihanna, or is it understandable that some are angry he isn’t being reprimanded more, in light of his recent tantrum?

Rihanna, two years after being assaulted by Chris Brown, has softened her restraining order so that she and Chris can have contact with each other as long as he behaves. Unfortunately, Chris’s unresolved anger management issues and his tantrum in the Good Morning America studio made his past an issue again. He will never rehabilitate his image if he goes around trashing green rooms just because he doesn’t like an interviewer’s questions. Instead, he needs put his bad-boy behavior in the past, and act like the grown up he (supposedly) is.

Tip: If you want people to stop talking about your past, give them something positive to say about you in the present.

OK! WHAT WOULD THE COUNTESS DO?: TASTEFUL CELEBRATIONS; GETTING INKED UP

How do you deal with a significant other’s ex in a classy way, especially when they keep reappearing and sticking their nose into your business?
Communication is key when your current love’s ex keeps coming around, stirring things up. First, your lover needs to be clear with his or her ex that it is over and they have moved on. If your significant other won’t severe ties with the ex, there could be a reason that he or she is still hanging around…maybe the affair isn’t totally over? If your lover tries and fails to stop this person’s intrusive behavior, then you have every right to communicate to them that they need to go away and stay away.
Tip: Like the song says “you gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure”!