October 5, 2008 – Sunday

Ford Models & Specialty Fashion Focus Day

The following events are scheduled. Check below if additional details available:

10am: WORKSHOP: Jean Voute Pratt: Style: Making the BoHo look work
11am: SPEECH: Shannon Lang, Ford Scouting Director
12pm: RUNWAY: Ada Hansen, JAZ-ZY International (organic knitwear, travel knitwear)
1pm: PANEL: Branding: How to create an identity and market for yourself. Shannon Nelson, Lianne Farbes, Christine Mielke
2pm: RUNWAY: FIERCE for Moody Mamas by Christian Siriano (Ready-to-Wear Lifestyle Motherhood Line)
3pm: SPEECH: Shannon Lang, Ford Scouting Director
4pm: RUNWAY: Peter Kent Luxury Handbags (Leather and Crystal, Argentina)
5pm: RUNWAY: Safronia Ivory (representing sizes 12-24)
6pm: RUNWAY: Your Vibe (Jewelry)
6:30pm: RUNWAY: Vitamin A Swimwear by Amahlia Stevens (celebrity swimwear)
7pm: RUNWAY: Emil Rutenberg for People Like Frank

Media Meet & Greet: Invitation Only

Ford Modeling Day: Ages 5+. No height restrictions. No size restrictions.

MEET: Shannon Lang, Ford Model's Scouting Director

Come hear about the ins and outs of life at a modeling agency. Speaking times: 11 am and 3pm

Ford will be scouting for potential models agest five years and older for the Lifestyle and Fashion Print Divisions. No prior experience necessary. No size requirement. No height requirement.

There is life on the other side of the lens too. Shannon will share over 15 years experience and insight that will inspire.

Workshop #1

Jean Voute Pratt hosts an intimate workshop discussing specific fashion looks: what they are, how to create them. Whether you want to understand a style better to branch out for yourself, or you think you’d like to be a stylist, this is a great event from a stylist who has recently appeared on Access Hollywood.

Topic: Making the BoHo look work
Duration: 1 hour
Maximum seating: 50

Each workshop will include a full run through of each look/model discussing:

Who/When/Where the look is appropriate
How to achieve it at various price points and with what you already have
Examples of who wears the look well
Question & Answer

Resources: Three different outfits will be shown for the specified look.

The following vendors have sponsored this event:

Zappos
Plaza Too
Lovemadds
Shoptwigs
Kooba Bags
Boutique B'Lou

Models: Provided by Ford Models.

Panel: Life as a Makeup Artist

TBA

Workshop #2

Jean Voute Pratt hosts an intimate workshop discussing specific fashion looks: what they are, how to create them. Whether you want to understand a style better to branch out for yourself, or you think you’d like to be a stylist, this is a great seminar from a stylist who has recently appeared on Access Hollywood.

Topic: Updated Urban Classics
Duration: 1 hour
Maximum seating: 50

Each workshop will include a full run through of each look/model discussing:

Who/When/Where the look is appropriate
How to achieve it at various price points and with what you already have
Examples of who wears the look well
Question & Answer

Resources: Three different outfits will be shown for the specified look.

The following vendors have sponsored this event:

Zappos
Plaza Too
Lovemadds
Shoptwigs
Kooba Bags
Boutique B'Lou

Models: Provided by Ford Models.

Location: Harley-Davidson Museum (tentative)

Evening

Runway Shows

Runway Shows by Designers:

Safronia Ivory
Peter Kent Buenos Aires, Luxury Handbags
Your Vibe
Ada Hansen
Headliner: Emil Rutenberg, People Like Frank

MEET: Designers and staff. Q&A after runway show.

Designer Boutique: Be the first to order designs you've just viewed on the runway. Buyers, sales reps and public all part of the audience.

Beauty Bar & Spa treatments included in ticket price

Ticket Pricing

Your $30 ticket allows you into this All Day Event. VIP bags for the first 105 registered visitors.
Students: The special $105 4-day pass allows you into all standard functions, including the Billy B/Syd Curry workshop.
INSIDER SCOOP! Do you love beauty and fashion? Then the 4-day access pass is for you. The $170 pass grants you access to all four days of events including the Billy B/Syd Curry workshop. (2) alcoholic drink tickets (21 and over) and free sodas sponsored by Sprecher Brewery. Hors d'oeuvres, and VIP bags for the first 105 registered visitors. Four day access pass (excluding Billy B/Syd Curry workshop) only is $105.