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Fashion Show: Ximena Valero

FBI Designer Launch Pad Takes Off…

Up and coming designer and FBI member Ximena Valero to be featured at the FBI’s June 12^th fashion show

by: Linda Turner, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

FBI is pleased to announce the return of our LA Market week fashion show series, starting on June 12^th, the opening day of LA Market week. The first show will feature the designs of Ximena Valero.

Born in Mexico City, Ximena Valero’s Latin vibrancy pulsates through her designs. Trained at FIDM, early positions as a designer assistant for Victoria Secret lines Pink, Angel and Very Sexy helped to hone her knowledge of fit-inspired construction.

After collaborating with Elite Models and his founder John Casablanca, Valero shared her unique style with the fashion world with her 2006 Spring and Fall collections shown at New York Fashion Week. Her draping technique, along with fabric choice and braided details, was recognized for its casual flattering femininity. A whirlwind of travel and acclaim followed with a feature as one of sixty talented upcoming artists in Daab’s Young Upcoming Designers Americas, shows in the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Mexico City,St.Kitts in the Caribbean and Miami where she received the 2007 Miami Fashion Week’s Excellence in Evening Wear Award.

Valero’s Los Angeles debut line Fall in Love carries forward the signature body-conscious sexiness and daringly short silhouettes of past collections. While playful whimsy keeps names and concepts light, (OMG and Gossip the two most popular) there is something new to this line we haven’t seen before – silhouettes with a chameleon-like ability for change. The versatility of each Valero dress – some of which can be worn up to five different ways – is reflective of the current mode of the world at large, offering value and allowing the modern woman to express her individuality in each garment.

Join us for an exciting evening of fashion, networking and fun!

When: Friday June 12, 2009

Where: California Market Center, Suite C-786

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Note: Cocktails will be served at 5:00pm

Followed by the Fashion Show at 5:30pm

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Costume Designer for the hit TV show Scrubs, Injects the Outdated

Medical Uniform With a Dose of Hollywood Style.

by: Ralinda Harvey, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

When celebrity costume designer Carey Bennett landed a gig dressing the stars of the TV show “Scrubs,” she immediately thought it would be the easiest job ever. However Carey quickly realized the world’s most popular medical uniform wasn’t quite ready for prime time. Countless companies sent samples of their best styles in the hopes she’d use them, but none of them seemed to add any life to the show’s vivid cast of characters. “Most were unisex, polyester and just plain hideous,” she explained.

After a season of pinning and tucking just about every medical scrub brand she could find, Carey decided to make her own. She replaced paper-thin polyester with a comfy yet refined stretch poplin--contoured the common scrubs unisex styling into figure flattering silhouettes, and exchanged the murky-green scrub color of choice for pallets of fresh contemporary hues. Soon as she had her final product in hand she fit them on the shows actors to a glowing response. “They were so excited, they were amazed by the comfort and the fit.” she explained.

As the show Scrubs ascended to become a primetime hit the actor’s designer scrubs were creating a buzz of their own. “When we first put the new scrubs on the show, people started calling and emailing asking questions like..What brand of scrubs do you use? How do you get them to look so cute? With millions of real medical professionals wearing scrubs everyday Carey felt confident she uncovered a niche.

During Scrubs summer hiatus Carey teamed up with her husband Kevin to launch, Best Ever Scrubs selling ready- to-wear versions of her popular scrubs online.

To jump-start their business the duo joined FBI and started taking classes in apparel business development. “We took quite a few classes,” Carey admits. “The connections we’ve made have been invaluable.” Kevin who’s worked in entertainment for over 25 years focuses on FBI’s business classes while Carey veers towards workshops in garment construction. “The classes give us just enough to work with to be legitimate business people.” Kevin says.

After 5 years, BES has developed a loyal following who after wearing the company's designer scrubs and never turned back. “There are people that have reordered from us up to 20 times,” Kevin explains. Moving forward the company is launching a new website geared toward social networking to help them stay connected with their customers. They’ve also recently partnered with some style savvy medical sales reps to sell BES in bulk quantities directly to hospitals. As Carey enters her 9th season on the Scrubs set the line’s popularity in entertainment circles helps to provide it with a continuous stream of visibility. BES has been featured on shows including General Hospital, Nip/Tuck and HawthoRNe.

“We are the scrubs that Hollywood wears and that’s a big advantage for us” Kevin says. Fortunately with their company’s functional products, unique niche and a rapidly growing market of medial professionals they’re likely to experience much more longevity than 15 minutes of fame.

Celebrity Costume Designer Carey
Bennett & Actress Sarah Chalke
-“Dr. Elliot Reid” on TV show SCRUBS

For More Information on Best Ever Scrubs visit www.besteverscrubs.com

BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Open House

Join us on Wednesday, October 29 from 4:00PM - 5:00PM at the FBI Resource Center for Demonstrations!

Brother International Corporation & Fashion Business Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Garment Printing to the Fashion Industry!

By Lisa Pross

Brother’s Industrial Products Division, a global leader in the industrial sewing market, and Fashion Business Inc. (FBI), a non-profit organization providing educational, mentoring, and consulting services to the fashion industry, today announced Brother’s support of the fashion industry. This alliance promises to provide thousands of creative designers an opportunity to learn about garment printing and to print their designs and graphics onto a variety of substrates, using the Brother GT-541 inkjet garment printer.

Brother International Corporation and FBI have collaborated to provide full training and rental opportunities on the Brother GT-541 inkjet garment printer. This collaboration will help raise awareness in the fashion industry of the creative and profitable benefits of using the GT-541 to further their business success. The Brother GT-541 inkjet garment printer prints up to 14” x 16” graphics, is simple to operate and prints beautiful, lifelike high-resolution full color graphics using water-based pigment inks that can withstand repeated washings.