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#THEBEAUTYEXPO 2012 Instagram Recap
- @artiffact The winning look #thebeautyexpo #sffama @sffama
- @tattyserganova #sffama
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@LuxResale The Russian experience work is amazing! #thebeautyexpo
- @TaniaArrayales lux rocks! #sffama pic.twitter.com/2eYSKlUj
- @artiffact @stepheavvy starting this styling contest! #thebeautyexpo #sffama@sffama
- @stepHEAVVY RT @artiffact: @stepheavvy starting this styling contest!#thebeautyexpo #sffama @sffama
- @artiffact Team 4 is braiding and twisting it up! #thebeautyexpo #sffama@sffama
- @artiffact Team 3 has balls… Of hair! #thebeautyexpo #sffama @sffama
- @artiffact Team 1 is puckering! #thebeautyexpo #sffama @sffama
- @hburtAIA #sffashion beauty looks competition! #sffama!
- @SeverineWinter The peacock! Go team 4!!! At the beauty expo San Francisco — with Delphine Winter
- @wenchimon #thebeautyexpo just started! Competition in 30 mins. #sffama sponsored by ATT 4G LTE
- @MiyahImage Met some great peeps and saw some great makeup & hair styling @SFFAMA Event!
- @LuxResale Thank you to everyone who supported us at #thebeautyexpo - it was an awesome night!!
- @beautyjunkieSF Meeting some awesome people #THEBEAUTYEXPO
- @geneive They gave me a tablet to use during this years`s #thebeautyexpo. Genius :-)
- @stepHEAVVY Ready to compete! @SFFAMA
- The Beauty Expo is an annual networking event for the local fashion and tech communities featuring a trunk show by local retailers, fashion app developers & beauty product vendors, a hair and make-up styling showcase and a fashion installation by local fashion designers. Seven teams will compete in the styling showcase for the most creative make-up and hairstyles. This year’s event will also feature the first ever fashion bloggers runway showcase in San Francisco. THANK YOU to our judges Joyce Hu, Dario Smith & Gwen Wright, fashion designer: Jennifer Ly and our host Charleston Pierce. THANK YOU to all our sponsors: Wella, Fizz Marketing, Stylet.ag, Ask A Salon, Intern Sushi, Shopience, SF Indie Fashion & EvolvH, Pigment Cosmetics and most of all THANKS to all the models, photographers and our awesome volunteer team. Congratulations to the winning team: Avital Elgaziel and Jerushalem Weaver.
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- For media relations & PR/Publicity Contact Owen Geronimo
FASHION+TECHSF: Fashion Incubation Presentation with INSPIRARE 05.17.12
[Photos by: ARMAND SMITH. Written by: ROBERT BURNS NIXON]
SFFAMA, FASHION+TECHSF and fashion incubator partner INSPIRARE held a design presentation and networking event on May 17th at Pigment Cosmetics. Inspirare Founder and CEO Sean Peng gave an e-commerce industry and business model overview. Anne McEnroe discussed Inspirare’s operations and production. Kate Blank, Inspirare’s Fashion Director, completed the Inspirare team on hand to meet with local fashion designers and view their presentations. SFFAMA Founder and CEO Owen Geronimo added, “We are thrilled to partner with Inspirare to foster local talent, hone their business skills and introduce other ways of getting their products to the market. I want to offer local designers funding opportunities beyond fashion shows and photo shoots by means of incubation and crowdfunding.”
Design presentations included a leather jacket and accessories line fashioned from custom car seats by Dustin Page, luxury knitwear designs for men from Scott Mcfarland, unique denim pieces by Julian Prince Dash and re-invented hi-end patchwork denim by Gerry Kelly of Sonas Denim. Women’s wear designs included the clean sophisticated silhouettes of Audrey Szeto, the London-meets-Los Gatos effortless glamour looks from Claire Farwell of Claire Farwell London, strong yet whimsical creations by Mariya Milovidova, a full range of pretty looks, price points and beautiful color palettes by Skylier Blanchard of Skylier Wear, and a collection of visually arresting color, contrast and dramatic detailing by Celina Martin Perez. Inspirare identified four designers for immediate inclusion in the program.
Additional presentations included a discussion on alternative funding sources by SFFAMA advisory board member Gwendolyn Wright, a product presentation by Brian Carey of HipSwap and a new product and category announcement by Gal Rozov, Founder and CEO of Fold4me. ~ Written by: ROBERT BURNS NIXON
FASHION+TECHSF is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disruptive and uniquely San Francisco.
Our mission is to create educational, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. In the past two years, FASHION+TECHSF has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area.
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Startup Social SF Party (Recap/ Part 1) Supper Club 05.03.12






















[ Photos by: ARMAND SMITH ]
From as far away as Singapore to Silicon Valley, 400 startup entrepreneurs, investors, digerati and friends descended on the Supper Club in San Francisco for the Startup Socials Party on May 3rd, proving that networking and networthing doesn’t have to be boring. The crowd of many languages included the posh and the glamorous as well as the ready-for-anything denim and plaid set. The agenda for the evening was mingling, dancing, laughing and partying the night away to the hip musical curations of DJ White Cloud, DJ Taj and DJ Tati. The Startup Socials Party is hosted by Startup Monthly, Monthly Ventures, Silicon Valley Socials, Eventbrite and FASHION+TECHSF. The next Startup Socials Party takes place on June 28 at Supper Club in San Francisco. ~ by: ROBERT BURNS NIXON
FASHION+TECHSF is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disruptive and uniquely San Francisco. Our mission is to create educational, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. In the past two years, FASHION+TECHSF has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area.
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#FASHIONTECHSF - NEXT GEN Fashion Designers / Fashion Incubator Presentation
This presentation and networking event allows fashion designers to present and discuss their designs for consideration in a new fashion incubator. Aspiring designers must register with FASHION+TECHSF in advance in order to present. Attendees will also be able to meet other entrepreneurs who provide resources for the local fashion and tech industries including local fashion entrepreneurs, business professionals, interns, students, designers, app developers, bloggers, stylists and producers.
- WHAT: FASHION+TECHSF: Next Gen Fashion Designers / Fashion Incubator Presentations
- WHEN: May 17th, 2012, Door opens at 5:30pm
- WHERE: Pigment Cosmetics, One Market Street #140, San Francisco, CA
- RSVP: Eventbrite/ $10 at the door
FEATURED PRESENTERS/ DESIGNERS: Audrey Szeto, Claire Farwell, Deborah Hodgson, Diana Mitchell, Dustin Page, Gerry Kelly, Jonathan Niemuth, Julian Prince Dash, Mariya Milovidova, Scott Mcfarland, Skylier Blanchard, Tamara Jaric
Product Presentation By:
HipSwap is a mobile and web marketplace that enables you to discover what’s inside the most fabulous closets, homes and shops in your neighborhood - or any neighborhood across America. HipSwap also enables any person, merchant, stylist, artist or designer to quickly and easily sell products to friends, customers, fans or neighbors. And best of all, HipSwap delivers in Los Angeles and gearing up to roll out delivery in major cities across America throughout 2012.
We connect fashion designers, fashion startups, app developers and retail/fashion entrepreneurs to human and capital resources. Find out what all the buzz is about in fashion and technology. Come learn about innovative new products and business models and the people behind them to accelerate your networking and business opportunities. Present and promote your product. Get feedback. Get users. Get a fanbase. Get connected to an enthusiastic community of fashion professionals, entrepreneurs and resources.
- For media relations & PR/Publicity Contact Owen Geronimo
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#FASHIONTECHSF Fashion Entrepreneurs Talk Series (Recap/Part 1) 04.19.12
[ Photos By Armand Smith. © 2012 All rights Reserved ] THANK YOU to our speakers: Karri Ann Frerichs of Altitude Promotions, Jill Fraser and Milan Lazich of Jill Milan, LLC. Thanks to our product presenters: Hipswap, SnobSwap, The Green Stylist, Batiste Design, Krasa Design, Rodan+Fields and our guests: Sasha Maks, A Slice of Fashion, Fuston Flow Creation, Nelou Network, CB2 Builders, I2U, SK Telecom Americas, Style Tag, SVP Financial Group, Scott Ian Macfarland, Motion Portrait, Reveler, Kernel Capital, Inc., FIDM SF, SeeZenn and The Brush Guard. Thanks to our team: Robert Nixon, Nichelle Cole, Armand Smith and Nick Chagniot. Moderated and Publicity by: Owen Geronimo
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FASHION+TECHSF Presents Talk Series with Local Fashion Entrepreneurs. This networking event allows attendees to meet other entrepreneurs who provide resources for the local fashion and tech industries. Participants include local fashion entrepreneurs, business professionals, interns, students, designers, app developers, bloggers, stylists and producers. Each product presenter will be given up to 5 minutes to introduce themselves and their product or business.
We connect fashion startups, app developers and retail/fashion entrepreneurs to human and capital resources.Find out what all the buzz is about in fashion and technology. Come learn about innovative new products and business models and the people behind them to accelerate your networking and business opportunities. Present and promote your product. Get feedback. Get users. Get a fanbase. Get connected to an enthusiastic community of fashion professionals, entrepreneurs and resources.
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FASHION+TECHSF (formerly FashionMashup) is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disruptive and uniquely San Francisco.
Our mission is to create educational, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. In the past two years, FASHION+TECHSF has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area. For media relations, publicity, product promotions, sponsorship opportunities, and booking info, please email Owen Geronimo at - contact@sffamainc.org
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Startup Social SF Party 05.03.12
Startup Socials SF Party May 2012. You will meet new people and party with like minded entrepreneurs, investors, startups, professionals and party people in non-formal relaxing and fun environment. We think that networking shouldn’t be boring and it should be more personal than just exchanging business cards.
- What: Startup Socials SF Party May 2012
- When: Thursday, May 3rd, 9pm - 2 am
- Where: Supper Club San Francisco, 657 Harrison St, SF 94107
- RSVP @ Eventbrite
Agenda:
- 9pm - 10:30pm - Lounge music and socializing
- 10:30pm - 11pm - Monthly Ventures Kickoff
- 11pm - 2am - Dance music and party party
Startup Social is hosted by:
- Startup MonthLy @ www.startupmonthly.org
- Silicon Valley Socials @ www.siliconvalleysocials.com
- Monthly Ventures @ www.monthlyventures.com
- FASHION+TECHSF @ www.fashiontechsf.org
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