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Over the past 13 years, Gen Art has helped introduce some of the most exciting new talent in fashion in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and San Francisco through high-profile group runway shows, fashion presentations and shopping events. Gen Art invites the best new design talent in womenswear, menswear and accessories to show their lines free of charge. Designers debuted by Gen Art include Zac Posen, Rebecca Taylor, Chaiken, Rodarte, Louis Verdad, Milly, Philip Lim, Twinkle by Wenlan, Duckie Brown, Geren Ford, Sari Gueron & Shoshanna.
Gen Art show draws strong industry support with Host Committee members and Judges such as Cynthia Rowley, Diane Von Furstenberg, Todd Oldham, Kate Spade, and Betsey Johnson, and top modeling agencies including IMG Models, Next Model Management and New York Models. Gen Art also produces Business of Fashion seminars with the CFDA, networking events and serves as industry and resource referrals.
Gen Art shows generated millions of positive press impressions for the designers and partners, read some of the great press in WWD,Vogue, Nylon, The LA Times, and Fashion Wire Daily
If you are a designer interested in showing with Gen Art or participating in shopping events click here for more information on how to apply.
10TH ANNIVERSARY STYLES RUNWAY & AWARDS SHOW
On May 19th, Gen Art celebrated its 10th Anniversary Styles Show before 1,500+ guests at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Click here to read designer bios and get their contact information.
On hand were master of ceremonies stylist and fashion commentator Robert Verdi and award presenters actress Sophia Bush and Project Runway runner-up Kara Saun. Also in attendance were Miss Universe Riyo Mori and Miss Teen USA Hilary Cruz, socialite Casey Johnson, songwriter Matt White, and designers including Richie Rich ("Heatherette"), Lulu Frost and Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll.
A Fashion Judging Panel Watched the Finalists & Selected the Winners:
Designer Victoria Bartlett
Designer/Entrepreneur Marc Ecko
Designer Alvin Valley
Designer Douglas Hannant
Designer Carlos Falchi
Designer Alexis Bittar
model Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
Stylist Rebecca Weinberg
Sak's Fashion Director Michael Fink
Designer & Agent's Founder Barbara Kramer
The Winners!!!
Botox Design Vision Award for Accessories: NINAKI (Los Angeles)
Botox Design Vision Award for Ready to Wear: Yujin Song (London)
Botox Design Vision Award for Menswear: Timothy Franklin (London)
Botox Design Vision Award for Avant-Garde: Marie Potesta (San Francisco)
Botox Design Vision Award for Eveningwear: Louisa Parris (San Francisco)
Tone Design Award for Radiance: Jolibe (New York)
Each Award came with a $5,000 cash prize and the Tone Award came with $10,000 cash prize.
Read about the Styles competition on
Fashion Week Daily, Style.com, FashionWireDaily and Elle.com.
FRESH FACES IN FASHION
For the last 13 years, Gen Art's anchor event, Fresh Faces in Fashion, has shown some of the best emerging fashion runway and given runway debuts to fashion's rising stars including Zac Posen, Rebecca Taylor, Philip Lim (for Development), Katy Rodriguez, Sari Gueron, Shoshanna, Louis Verdad, Chaiken and many more.
Find out more by visiting each of the event pages below.
Fresh Faces in Fashion New York
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Fresh Faces in Fashion Los Angeles
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Fresh Faces in Fashion Chicago
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Fresh Faces in Fashion San Francisco
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Fresh Faces in Fashion Miami
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SHOP GEN ART!
To give our fashion-savvy audience a chance to buy items from the high-end emerging designers they see on Gen Art's runway, Gen Art holds multi-designer sample sales in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco, where guests can shop directly from Gen Art alumni as well as recent and current season clothing and accessories designers at up to 70% off, with open bars and beauty product sampling and services.
Don’t miss the next Shop NYC on December 5th, with designer items for sale from designers Lynne Larson, Dagmar, Sunshine&Shadow, Chrishabana and Mooka Kinney.
And on December 11th, Gen Art LA and DWELL present Shop by Design at the Cooper Design Space, with art, home design and fashion for sale from lines including Project Runway winner Jeffrey Sebelia, Geren Ford, and Marcello Toshi shoes. For more information on the LA sale click here.
•On October 25th Gen Art & Bailey’s presented Shop Miami at the landmark Alfred I. Dupont Building for over 1,000 guests see the press, see press coverage here
•On October 9th, Gen Art presented Shop CHICago for over 1,000 of who were treated to wares from the hottest new designers in the Windy City at magnificent Millennium Park. Check out photos from the event here
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UNCOVER/DISCOVER
On October 22nd Gen Art and Biore unveiled the winner of the Uncover/Discover fashion competition at a multi-discipline showcase at The Art Director’s Club in New York. Womenswear designer Ardistia was presented with the coveted award of $20,000 and her work was featured in a Grecian goddess-themed installation at the Biore Uncover/Discover event.
Indonesian born Ardistia Dwiasri worked with Diane Von Furstenberg, Gap and Ann Taylor before starting her own line in 2006. Ardistia was also a finalist in the ready-to-wear category in Gen Art Styles 2007 International Design Competition and Runway show.
See the press on E!
In preparation, Gen Art reached out across the nation for the best new female fashion designer. After reviewing hundreds of submissions, we narrowed the group down to six semi-finalists who were posted on the competition website www.bioregenart.com. Over 15,000 votes were cast by visitors to the site, determining the three finalists. Sally Tseng, Sunei Kim and Ardistia. The three finalists were evaluated by a jury of prominent members of the fashion industry, including Ann Watson, Fashion Director of Henri Bendel, Cameron Silver of Decades, designer Norma Kamali, stylist Mary Alice Stephenson, and designer Isabel Toledo who chose one winner from the national outreach for talent.
THE NEW GARDE
Gen Art’s newest and wildly successful fashion program The New Garde will take place during New York fashion week in early February and Los Angeles in March. The New Garde is a fashion presentation featuring the Fall collections of three emerging designers in separate installations with live models wearing looks from each designer over a two-hour period.
This program has launched the careers of avant-garde designers Jeffrey Sebelia and Kit Pistol, (both of Project Runway fame), Geren Ford and FORM by Jerry Tam.
See coverage from last year's shows in WWD and in The LA Times
GEN ART STYLES 2007 WINNERS:
On May 22, Gen Art and Eos Airlines presented Styles 2007 Runway & Awards Show before 1,700 guests at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Hosted by Robert Verdi of E! Fashion Police, the winners were chosen by a judging panel of influential industry members including Liya Kebede, designers Cynthia Rowley, John Bartlett, Trina Turk, Bill Blass' Michael Vollbracht, retailer Jeffrey Kalinsky, IMG's Fern Mallis and Elle Style Director, Isabel Dupre.
***Watch the behind-the-scenes fashion show video from Styles 2007 here.***
To see list of winners and finalists!
Read about the show in Advertising Age, Financial Times and WWD.
**Check out photos from the show and after-party!
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide:
An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your Own Fashion BusinessBy Gen Art's Mary Gehlhar,
Mary has worked with hundreds of emerging designers including Zac Posen, Twinkle by Wenlan, Milly and Cloak as they get their start in the fashion industry and ultimately create a viable business out of their dreams.
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"For anyone interested in being a fashion designer or working in the fashion industry, The Fashion Designer Survival Guide is the quintessential must-read.”
-Tim Gunn, Parsons School of Design
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