Rock Fashion Week 2009 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas arrives at ROCK Fashion Week at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2009, where she held her 34th birthday bash. (Photo credit: Phillip Angert / ROCK Fashion Week)

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Runway show footage
Fergie's Birthday Bash
Fontainebleau Miami Beach interior/exterior shots

28 Mar 2009 23:00 Africa/Lagos


Rock Fashion Week 2009 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Top Designers and Celebrities Converge for Fashion and Flair in the Sun, Including Designer Richie Rich and His Muse, Actress Pamela Anderson


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Designer Richie Rich hugs his muse Actress Pamela Anderson

The fashion elite were out in full force for this year's Rock Fashion Week 2009 at the historic Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The bright lights and steamy nights of Miami Beach played host to the hottest residents on the fashion block -- from designer shows including Richie Rich, Russell Simmons, Monarchy, Caroline D'Amore, Abi Ferrin, b. Michael, LeiMarco and more, to the sizzling celeb-filled after-parties that followed.


On Friday, March 27, 2009, Richie Rich hosted a press conference to announce his newest venture, featuring special guest and muse Pamela Anderson, prior to his runway show that evening. Pamela also crawled up onstage to join Richie during his fashion show. Later that night, Fergie celebrated her 34th birthday at Rock Fashion Week with a bash at LIV in Fontainebleau, along with friends and family, including Josh Duhamel and fellow members of the Black Eyed Peas, and many more.


Additional celebrities in attendance at Rock Fashion Week included Dennis Rodman, Lil' Jon, Caroline D'Amore and many more!


For more information, please visit: www.rockfashionWK.com.

SOUNDBITES:
-- Designers Richie Rich and others

-- Fergie


B-ROLL INCLUDES: **Runway show footage**Fergie's Birthday Bash**Fontainebleau Miami Beach interior/exterior shots


VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Rock Fashion Week

PHOTO CAPTIONS:
1. Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas arrives at ROCK Fashion Week at
Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2009, where she
held her 34th birthday bash. (Photo credit: Phillip Angert / ROCK
Fashion Week)

2. Actress and model Pamela Anderson (center) joins designer Richie Rich
(left) onstage after his runway show at ROCK Fashion Week at
Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2009. (Photo
credit: Phillip Angert / ROCK Fashion Week)

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World Fashion Awards Announces Winners in Moscow

The World Fashion Week's Channel is still under construction, but you can watch the shows and so much more on their YouTube Channel.

“World Fashion Awards honors individuals
and entire cultures who make fashion memorable”

20 Mar 2009 12:55 Africa/Lagos

World Fashion Awards Announces Winners in Moscow

MOSCOW, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 18, 2009, the World Fashion Awards ("WFA") named the best of the best in the Russian fashion industry. The ceremony was held in Moscow and was broadcasted worldwide by the World Fashion Channel.


The special World Fashion Award for Professional Achievement went to Alexander Shumsky, President of Russian Fashion Week ("RFW") and head of Artefact Communications Agency -- the prominent Russian PR company specializing in luxury, fashion, travel and lifestyle.


"We honored Alexander Shumsky as a pioneer who did the basic things that developed the Russia fashion industry. His Russian Fashion Week is the only professional event in Russia with a record of fashion discoveries and great influence on the whole market," said Igor Udalov, President of World Fashion Channel on the ceremony.


Russian Fashion Week, which began in 2000 in Moscow, is renowned as the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe. RFW is famous for discovering new fashion talents and for showcasing the best Russian and ex-Soviet Union designers as well. Russian Fashion Week, which is held every April and October, is supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture and features several international shows each season. Designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Jenny Packham, Jeremy Scott, Julien Macdonald, Matthew Williamson, La Perla, Frankie Morello, Armand Basi and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada have all showcased their collections in Moscow at RFW.


Internationally renowned Russian designer Slava Zaitsev received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding career spanning nearly 50 years. Slava Zaitsev just turned 71 years old and still holds a top position in Russian fashion. He was nicknamed Red Dior by the international media for creating glamorous collections during the era of the Soviet Union. Slava Zaitsev and his son Egor, who is famous for his avant-garde collections, are participants in Russian Fashion Week. Slava Zaitsev is also the founder of the Lamanova Fashion Contest which every year since 1998 has been awarded to Russia's best young designer.


The World Fashion Awards was founded by the World Fashion Channel in 2008 to recognize the most important people in fashion in Russia. The World Fashion Channel is an international satellite TV channel about fashion and headquartered in Switzerland with representative offices in Milan, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Istanbul and Los Angeles. Russia is one of the key markets for the World Fashion Channel which reaches over 1 billion viewers in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Launched in 2005, the World Fashion Channel covers the latest fashion events, recent fashion and style news, current fashion trends, the lives of top models, backstage stories, photo session reports and designers' biographies along with celebrity red carpets, retro fashion returns, music videos and the best fashion shows from the most acknowledged designers.


For more information:

Maria Popova, RFW International Affairs Director
popova@artefact.ru
Artefact Communications Agency
Tel: +7 (495) 232-14-75/76/77/78
http://www.rfw.ru/




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CONTACT: Maria Popova, RFW International Affairs Director,
+7(495)232-14-75-76-77-78, popova@artefact.ru


Web Site: Russian Fashion Week