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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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Press Release: THE BEAUTY EXPO 2012
SAN FRANCISCO FASHION AND MERCHANTS ALLIANCE INC., FASHION+TECHSF and PIGMENT COSMETICS present THE 3rd ANNUAL BEAUTY EXPO and FASHION BLOGGERS CONNECT Runway Showcase
- Date: Saturday May 26th, 2012
- Time: 6PM Doors Open
- Location: Pigment Cosmetics, One Market Street, San Francisco
- Contact: Owen Geronimo / contact@sffamainc.org
[May 19, 2012 – SAN FRANCISCO] San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. is pleased to announce THE 3rd ANNUAL BEAUTY EXPO to be held at Pigment Cosmetics, One Market Street, San Francisco, on Saturday, May 26th, 2012, with doors opening at 6PM. TICKETS $10 Door and Online at www.thebeautyexpo052612.eventbrite.com . DRESS TO IMPRESS.
THE BEAUTY EXPO is the annual networking event for industry professionals and the local fashion, beauty and tech communities featuring fashion app developers, beauty product vendors, a trunk show by local retailers, and a hair and make-up Styling Showcase. Five teams selected from prominent salons and beauty institutes will compete in the Styling Showcase for the most creative make-up and hairstyles. Styling Showcase Judges include Celebrity StylistAntonio Venegas, former model Joyce Hu of The Bookr, Stylist Dario Smith of Bellwether Project and Gwen Wright of The Wright Consultants. Charleston Pierce will host this year’s event. AT&T 4G LTE will be providing high speed connection for our guests.
This year’s BEAUTY EXPO will also present, for the first time ever in San Francisco, the FASHION BLOGGERS CONNECT Runway Showcase featuring local SF fashion bloggers as models and up-and-coming local fashion designerJennifer Ly. Fashion Blogger Models include Jules Vasic of The Green Stylist, Alison Messinger of Eclectic à la Mode, and Lona Duncan of Lux Resale.
SPONSORS: [TECH DEMOS AND PRODUCTS] Styletag; Fizz Marketing;Punchtab; Shopience; HipSwap; Intern Sushi [BEAUTY AND SERVICE PRODUCTS] Wella; AskASalon.com; The Brush Guard; Pigment Cosmetics;Rodan+Fields; Seacret SF [FASHION AND JEWELRY] WorkPlayDate; Bachman’s Sparrow; Chloe+Isabel; Luxresale [MEDIA] Bleed Magazine; Blowup Photobooth; Digital Style Digest; SF Indie Fashion.
SFFAMA [San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance, Inc.] www.sffamainc.org is a California non-profit corporation supporting fashion, design and technology entrepreneurs and communities and is the largest fashion industry organization in Northern California. SFFAMA provides business, technology and fashion industry education and resources while serving as a business and social development network for our 5000 members and industry partners.
For media relations, publicity, product promotions, sponsorship opportunities, and booking info, please email Owen Geronimo at contact@sffamainc.org
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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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Crowdfunding: How Indiegogo Connects Concepts With Cash
- Check out our CURRENT CAMPAIGNS with Indiegogo
- San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance (SFFAMA) and Indiegogo are proud to form the first crowd-funding partnership that is specifically designed for developing the growing fashion industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through this platform, we hope to provide our members the opportunity to raise the funding and build the community to help see their dreams become reality. SFFAMA is a California non-profit corporation and the leading social development network in support of the thriving local fashion industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please check out our amazing CAMPAIGNS and join in helping to build our partnership.
GAULTIERIZE YOUSELF: Jean Paul Gaultier Inspired Fashion Installation at de Young Museum’s Friday Nights Relaunch (More Recap)
[ Photos by: Steve Thurston. © 2012. SFFAMA, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No images located within this site may be reproduced or transmitted without permission of the copyright owner. Designers: Audrey Szeto, Amanda Chan, Jennifer Schmidt, Mariya, Milovidova. Thanks To All The Models. Runway Producer: Owen Geronimo]
Gaultierize Yourself! An orchestration of professional backstage talent wranglers await, with collaborating partners: Gregangelo and Velocity Circus, Atelier Emmanuel, San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance & Owen Geronimo,Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique), Atelier Petrushka—and you! Friday Nights at the de Young, after-hours art “happenings” that include a mix of live music, dance performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, special performances, hands-on art activities and exhibition tours.
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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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