Topic: 2011 RhyDin Fashion Week Notes

Koyliak

Date: 2011-02-20 13:27 EST
RhyDin Fashion Week Notes from RhyDin Wear Daily:

It's our favorite time of the year, lovelies! The stage is set for an epic haute couture battle this Fashion Week 2011 as friends and foes (and let's be honest, for all our favorite fashionistic divas those two more often than not are one and the same) strut their finest stuff. While this week's shows in Mercer Park will keep New Haven buzzing all eyes are on the heart of the city at the famed, make that infamous, Red Dragon Inn. Many of RhyDin's hottest artisans have already committed to donating works to the event though we have to wonder if fashion's elite are in store for a massive culture clash tonight!

Highlights of this week?s schedule ? Not to be missed:

Sunday, February 20th

The RhyDin Post and Benson Boulevard Initiative Present the
Fashion Week 2010 Charity Kickoff - The Artistry of RhyDin Fashion
8 PM ? The Red Dragon Inn
All Proceeds Benefit the Sanyumato Relief Fund, the Jewell Ravenlock Center for Community Partnership of RhyDin and the RhyDin Tourist and Information Center.

Monday, February 21st

The Remmington Collection
2 PM ? Main Tent
Head Designer: Vicki Remmington
Featuring: Saps Truce, 88 Express, Tazi Tracks

Tuesday, February 22nd

Highlife Haberdashery Runway Show
4 PM ? Main Tent
Head Designer: Gerard Smith
Featuring: Pierce Pianz, Brick Aces, Jax Franchovelli

Wednesday, February 23rd

Kitchy Kando
1 PM ? Main Tent
Head Designers: Leigh Mayazuki and Cassie Kando

Thursday, February 24th

Millie & Mallie Runway Show
3 PM ? Main Tent
Head Designer: Koyliak VanDuran-Simon
Featuring: L/O, Rebel Rock, Shane Tory

Friday, February 25th

Gorgeous Harry?s Textile Showroom
1 PM - Promenade

Neese
5 PM ? Main Tent
Head Designer: Nicole Neese

Saturday, February 26th

Jackson Walt
3 PM ? Promenade
Head Designers: Zachary Jackson and Walter Rusk

Lamb Studios Photography Presents
The Year in RhyDin Fashion
5 PM ? Lamb Studios, Benson Boulevard
Head Photographers: Kyle Levy and Oblinn Lyrana

And though we love life inside the tents let us not forget some of the week?s highly anticipated supplemental events closing out the week:

Tuesday, February 22nd

To Wear or Not to Wear: Fashion Tips for Every City District
2 PM - The RhyDin Tourist and Information Center, Dragon's Gate
Sponsored by the office of the Minister of Cultural Diversity

Wednesday, February 23rd

How To Dress Like A Man: A Crash Course in Menswear Fashions
3:30 PM ? The Highlife Haberdashery, Benson Boulevard
Presented by Gerard Smith

Thursday, February 24th

Write On! Discussion Panel of RhyDin?s Leading Fashion Writers
3 PM ? Seven & Seven Restaurant, Benson Boulevard
Panelists Include Sonia Williams (founder, Couture Magazine), Jess Vincent (editor, Couture Magazine), Tina Tolly (editor, Paper Dolls), Stone Feldman (fashion columnist, Lush)
Moderated by Amador Sui (editor, RhyDin Wear Daily)

Friday, February 25th

Make-Up Artist Expo
3 PM ? The Blush Brush Warehouse
Sponsored by Local Chapter 52 of the RhyDin Make-Up Artists Union

Designer Duds
All Day Friday
Clothing Drive for Charity
Lexington Square, Benson Boulevard.
Sponsored by RhyDin United and Sisters of the Revolution

Cupcakes by Rekah!
Fashion Week Bake Sale

Gossip GangSTAR's Fashion Week After Party
Club Anatomy
10pm - ???

Elessaria

Date: 2011-02-20 13:38 EST
Heart Notes Parfumerie's newest limited edition fragrance, Benson Boulevard: Afternoon, captures an afternoon spent shopping on Benson Boulevard, the birthplace of RhyDin fashion located in the New Haven district of the city. It is a unisex fragrance with delicate fruit and floral notes that are contrasted with a bit of tart and spice upon opening. It then proceeds to a warm heart that is reminiscent of sunny, open air lunches at outdoor cafes and visiting various shoppes. A complex base is filled with rare woods and spices - reflective of the exotic blend of culture unique to this city. Only one bottle of the eau de parfum version is available (to be auctioned) and it is in a glass lined, silver bottle that is crafted to look like a shopping bag with the initial B on it. Two dozen bottles of the eau de toilette version will be available for a short time only in crystal bottles etched with a double "B". All proceeds go to charity.

The different notes in this fragrance include, but are not limited to:

Top: vinyl accord, red poppy buds, silk blossoms, ylang-ylang, black currant, rhubarb, plum and pink peppercorn.

Heart: patchouli, olibanum, lavender, coffee, tuberose.

Base: cashmere woods, agarwood (oud) myrrh, labdenum, suede.


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OH Granger

Date: 2011-02-20 13:45 EST
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The two pieces that Oliver Granger, III, will be showing tonight. The first is entitled "Rhy'Din Pop Art" and the second is called "Simon For All Seasons".

Jolyon Gardiner

Date: 2011-02-20 14:00 EST
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Rumors Mill Vineyard and Winery will be providing a wine tasting of regional and imported wines from various wineries. In addition, the latest Rumors Mill chardonnay and barbaresco will be for sale -- limited numbers are available so do not miss the opportunity. All proceeds for this night's sales go to charity.

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Lola Granger

Date: 2011-02-20 19:49 EST
L/O will be displaying the following one-of-a-kind gown during the Fashion Week kickoff event; it will be available for purchase with all proceeds going to charity. Hand-woven and dyed brocade created exclusively for this piece ensures that this dress will never be exactly duplicated.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/fwd/20110214/capt.fwd10320110214_carolina_herrera.jpg

Ander Northlander

Date: 2011-02-20 19:56 EST
A large and small crate was delivered to The Heavenly Boutique each bore the crest of the ConColor Pride an ember oval with a strip of emerald going top to bottom , a scroll accompanied them that read

Enclosed is a sample of jewelry from Magical Delights, also a thank you gift for allowing us to participate in the Artistry of RhyDin Fashion event. As the event benefits charity please price the enclosed jewelry as you see fit.

Ander and Veronica ConColor

The large crate held several jewelers display boxes of clear crystal, lined with black silk

A scroll was enclosed the read ?some of the natural crystals will faintly shimmer with inner light when worn?

The first held sets of earrings, and ear cuffs, rings, bracelets, wristbands, necklaces ,on light metal and crystal chains, all of natural and worked crystals all in natural colors as well as Medallions of natural and craved crystal on heavier chains.

The second held pins of worked as well as raw crystals.

The third hair combs and hair rings again of natural and worked crystals all in natural colors.

The forth braided, single, and double layer torques narrow, and wide of worked crystals all in natural colors as well as silver, gold

Rekah Illyriana

Date: 2011-02-20 20:29 EST
Trina's Bakery has provided a delectable assortment of fashion forward cupcakes.


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The mini cupcakes are white cake with dark chocolate filling, and a mint icing.

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The larger cupcakes are chocolate cake with raspberry filling and a dark chocolate icing.

A tiny sign on the table reads "Cupcakes made with love by Trina & Rekah."

Lirssa Sarengrave

Date: 2011-02-20 20:30 EST
Lirssa and a few of the children from High Spires have claimed a small corner for puppet shows, acrobatics, ribbon dances, and juggling. Because they are children, they will only be in attendance the first half of the program evening's event.

(( a video similar to Lirssa's balancing performance))

Koyliak

Date: 2011-02-20 20:50 EST
The Inn had gotten the kind of proper cleaning it probably hadn't seen in years, if ever. This wasn't magic at play so much as the power of a dedicated team of well-trained event staff, so used to setting up major fashion shows and extravagant parties that transforming the Inn into a space worthy of any gallery exhibit or New Haven charity event had been a piece of cake. They scurried about putting the last touches on everything, fixing the tables and sectioned off areas displaying the wide breadth of art in all its forms celebrating the ecclectic, eccentric, but most of all diversely extended culture that was RhyDin.

Several projection screens had been placed towards the back of the room by the stairs. Not only had a serious sound system been installed but inside the temporary booth built upstairs facing the railing was none other than RhyDin's hippest DJ, Shifter Talk, spinning beats. The staircase had been covered with a black runner continuing onto the floorboards in what could look like a mini-runway platform in front of the projection screens.

Instead of typical black pants, white button down, white glove uniforms for the wait staff starting to disperse through the crowd with platters of hors d'oeuvres to attest to the tastes of humans, elves, goblins, dwarves, orcs, fae, and beyond (the list of races represented in RhyDin was endless), each server wore a colorful attire fit to match the race he or she represented with food. Drinks from various breweries and vineyards throughout RhyDin were represented as well.

It was a strange mix of people continuing to come inside: starving Bohemian artists, well-to-do aristocrats, fresh-to-death hipsters, meticulously polished fashionistas, and some local pirates not off at sea tonight amongst others.

The walls were lined with a wide range of works donated for the night. The main room had been sectioned off with different displays set up to feature those artisans whose works were more three dimensional and couldn't be nailed to the wall. There were abstract paintings signed by L. Demery, photographs of RhyDin's native wildlife from Maeve Malone, and an entire map of RhyDin made from various omelettes from Omelettes O'Plenty just to name a few!

Slips of paper had been set up in front of the various art works up for sale tonight. It would be a silent auction. Those interested could submit their bids and the winner with the highest one would be notified later of his or her victory. Those who didn't win would be notified too and given the business card of the artisan who made each piece in question in case they wanted to commission a new work instead.

Liselotte

Date: 2011-02-20 21:17 EST
EverLasting Impressions

A red velvet throne sat with models covered in body paint behind. At the base of the chair was a platform covered in tattooed artwork. Some images were grayscale, others colored, and a few seemed to be pictures in motion that told a story without any words at all.

The three artists were gathered, but Aiden Ashcroft and West Bloodworth were each covering canvases with fresh displays of art, feeding off the emotions of those gathered at the event. Liselotte, however, was standing in her plain white dress greeting anyone who walked by. Every few minutes her typically earth-toned eyes would change color, going through shades of blue to violet, red to orange, yellow to green, and then cycling back through again.

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Their charity donation for the evening was a tattoo done by all three artists. As much as the wearer wanted and any form (be that motion, painless, temporary, or classic)

Liselotte

Date: 2011-02-20 21:49 EST
Along with the tattoo, EverLasting Impressions will also be giving away the two pieces of art that are currently being painted during the evening.

West Bloodworth
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The eye will actually show different reflections in the center, as if the person who owns it is walking and seeing the world through snippets of light and shadow.

Aiden Ashcroft
http://chuckkerr.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/img_1412.jpg

A standard cartoonish painting.

Koyliak

Date: 2011-02-20 22:03 EST
Outfits inspired by the evening's selected Icons of RhyDin - created by Koyliak VanDuran-Simon and Locke D'Vestavio:

PANTHER

NPC Model - Ryan Belafonte

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/panther.jpg

JAKE THRASH

Model - Taneth Mercer

A dress stitched with none other than labels from Red Orc Brewery's wide collection of brews and as a nod to the half-orc himself, a hat with horns for the lovely Taneth.

(this is a rough idea of the dress)

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/jakedress.jpg

NPC Model - Slade Rick

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G'NORT DRAGOON-TALENDOR

NPC Model - Tyler Stevens

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/gsuit2.jpg

NPC Model - Billy Priest

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/jakejeans.jpg

with this over it:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/gtrench.jpg

Ode to RhyDin's Governors - KITTY O. HELSTON, MATTHEW SIMON, SHERIDAN DRISCOL

Model - Elessaria Devabriel

A man's suit tailored for a very female body, with tail and ears included.

Somewhere between this:

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and this:

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TARA RYNIEYN

NPC Model - Bebe "Beheader" Xeian

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/tara1.jpg

Don't be fooled, those fans could slice your head off!

NPC Model - Anthropomorphic Feline, CaiPurr

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/tara2.jpg

MARC FRANCO

Model - Rekah Illyriana

Heels included!!

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/rekahfranco.jpg http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/rekah2.jpg

NPC Models - Pieter Pianz, Kyle V'Eldahyde, Preston Eaoin, Castor Main

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JEWELL RAVENLOCK

NPC Model - Mermaid model Dria Bryshen

Encased in a magical sphere of water:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/jewell2.jpg

Model - Wyheree Ravenlock g'Ark'Hiradan

With a blue wig instead of black!

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/kazabelle/Fashion%20Week%20Event/jewell1.jpg

La Rafaelo

Date: 2011-02-21 00:24 EST
La photog who hid upstairs. So clever.

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Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2011-02-21 05:54 EST
A statement out of the Governor's office:

"It is with great pride and support that the government of Rhydin congratulates the many business and individuals who have organized this annual Fashion Week. Events such as these keep our city great.

However, please be vigilant of any suspicious activities or going ons. Travelers near and far look to us during this week of events for guidance and protection. If you see something, say something. The local Guard is present throughout the city to keep all events safe and fun.

Enjoy yourselves, Rhydinians-- you have earned it."

Lola Granger

Date: 2011-02-24 21:26 EST
Samples from the L/O label during the Millie & Mallie House show on Thursday:

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((Images from Carolina Herrera Spring 2011 show))