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Bay Area Guide To Ind. Fashion
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 12:00 PM
YBCA Forum
YBCAlive!
The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion Festival
Sat, Oct 11, noon–7 pm
Forum & Grand Lobby
$10 / $3 with Gallery Admission / FREE for YBCA MembersRead the San Francisco Chronicle coverage of The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion Festival »Celebrate local independent designers who work with sustainable materials and adhere to green business practices at The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion Festival hosted by YBCA. Offering a runway show, vendor fair featuring clothes and accessories from emerging and established regional brands; and panel discussion on fashion and politics, this event highlights the craft and couture of some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic independent designers. It also offers a glimpse inside and a living exhibit based on the upcoming book
The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion by Letitia Ntofon. Supporters of the event include CCA, Innovative Fashion Council SF, Global Exchange, SF Indie Fashion and Eco Citizen.
Locally Bazaar
12–4 pm
Forum & Grand Lobby Vendor Fair featuring local independent designers w/ Couture Exhibits by Cari Borja, Erin Mahoney, and Warren Difranco Hsu of After5Media.
Runway Snapshots
2–3 pm
ForumA quick-look on the Runway w/ Orundide, Miranda Caroligne & Juleselin. See exhibitors list below.
Fashion & Politics Do Mix
5–6 pm
ForumA conversation w/ Leslie Rabine, Susan Kaiser, Erica Varize, Irene Hernandez-Feiks. Moderated by Cicely Sweed, YBCA Public Programs Curator.
Take a deeper look at current issues of diversity in fashion, through a critical lens of America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Sean Combs'
If I Were King documentary,
Rip The Runway, and an exploration of the article written in
New York Times in 2007 about the lack of diversity on New York 's fashion runways and the current “Black Issue” of Italian
Vogue.
The Craft & Couture Runway show
6:05–7 pm
ForumOur evening featured runway show w/ designers from R.A.G. Co-op, Hellyn Teng Mersereau, Sarah Zins, Rehema Bah, and Erin Mahoney.
Locally Bazaar features:Ikohl
RocknSocks
JoyRider Clothing
Csessions
mcg t-shirts
Peggy Li Creations
AC Clothing & Bags
Threads By ChoCho
… and more. See the entire list of exhibitors »Fashion & Politics Do Mix Panel:Irene Hernandez-Feiks of Chillin' Productions
Susan Kaiser of UC Davis, Chair of Textiles and Clothing
Erica Varize of Evarize Fashion Café and Evarize Design
Panel Moderated by Cicely Sweed of YBCA
Couture Exhibits With:Cari Borja, Erin Mahoney, and Warren Difranco Hsu of After5Media.
The Runway Snapshots Show With:Orundide
Miranda Caroligne
The Craft & The Couture Runway Show With:Hellyn Teng Mersereau, Sarah Zins, Rehema Bah, Erin Mahoney, and RAG Co-op designers: Rag Rehab, Self Clothing, Little Red Sparrow, Icon National, Martin & Mag Pie, boi.oi.oing, Toast, Funk Divine, Red Threads, Racquel Valle, Invisible Hero, S.I.N.D.Y, fiftyseven-thirtythree, fluffy co, Made Jewelry, Jennifer Bair, mzz T rzz accessories & clothing.
Sponsors: 
This event benefits Black Dot Artists, Inc, a local non-profit cultural arts organization.This Public Program is supported by a generous grant from The Wallace Foundation.