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lunes, 12 de agosto de 2013

CARTA DEL EDITOR: APRECIACIONES DE COLOMBIAMODA 2013

Colombiamoda 2013 nos dejó muchas sorpresas y puntos positivos para la industria del diseño de moda y confección en Colombia. Las ventas este año superaron las expectativas, teniendo en cuenta que se sumaron las ferias “Moda para el Mundo” y “Textiles 2”, una extensión de Colombiatex de las Américas.

Durante tres días miles de visitantes y compradores recorrieron el recinto ferial que alojó más de 500 expositores distribuidos en los grandes pabellones de la Plaza Mayor en Medellín. Los expositores tuvieron entonces la oportunidad de cerrar negocios, crear alianzas, y por supuesto fortalecer y posicionar sus marcas en el mercado. Muchos de ellos lograron vender a otros países, punto que se le abona a INEXMODA organizador de la feria y a ProExport los cuales hacen una selecta curaduría de compradores internacionales y nacionales que asisten año tras año a la feria.

Otro de los grandes atractivos de la feria son las pasarelas. Veintisiete pasarelas cobraron vida en el Cubo de Madera donde se presentaron colecciones de primavera – verano 2014 de diseñadores consagrados, nuevos talentos, y marcas. El encargado en darle inicio a la ronda de pasarelas este año fue el talentoso diseñador Colombo – Francés HaiderAckermann quien presentó una retrospectiva de sus mejores piezas en un majestuoso desfile que tuvo lugar en el emblemático edificio de Empresas Públicas de Medellín EPM. Interesantes propuestas nos dejaron diseñadores y marcas como Carlos Polite y su firma POLITE, ALDEA por Carolina Sepúlveda, Renata Lozano, Camilo Álvarez, A New Cross, Manuela Álvarez, Silvia Tcherassi, Francesca Miranda, Isabel Henao, La Coquito, Todo un Cuento, Natalia Londoño, María Elena Villamil, Warmi, Daniel Hoyos, Mon & Velarde, Whisper &Loud, Especia, Pink Filosofy, y Duplicity. Cada uno de estos diseñadores y marcas revolucionan la escena nacional de moda elevándola a niveles importantes. Me atrevería a decir que el diseño colombiano está pasando por sus mejores momentos, sin embargo existe mucho camino por recorrer aún.

Aplaudo iniciativas como la de “El Cubo” una pequeña pasarela ubicada a puertas del Cubo de Madera que les ha dado la oportunidad a diseñadores emergentes para darse a conocer y ser el puente perfecto para saltar a las pasarelas más importantes de Colombia. Las propuestas que más llamaron mi atención este año fueron Andrea Landa, El Origen del Mundo, Papúa, y Now Three. Cada vez me convenzo que las nuevas generaciones del diseño son pieza fundamental para la evolución del sector moda en Colombia. También aplaudo el ejercicio por democratizar la moda logrado por Falabella que por segunda vez reúne diseñadores Colombianos con el fin de realizar colecciones capsula y venderlas a muy buenos precios en sus tiendas. De igual manera aplaudo el mismo ejercicio hecho por almacenes ÉXITO que en alianza con la marca Pink Filosofy desarrollada por la diseñadora Johanna Ortiz y la modelo Adriana Arboleda, también lograron crear una colección capsula que será vendida en la mayoría de los almacenes Éxito del país. 

No quiero terminar sin antes felicitar a toda la organización por sus 25 años de trabajo, una vez más vemos la importante evolución de la feria, y la excelente organización que año tras año permite que todo salga perfecto. Esperamos ansiosamente Colombiamoda 2014, que sin lugar a duda será igual o mejor a la que vivimos este año. 


JUAN DIEGO PERDOMO PÉREZ

jueves, 15 de noviembre de 2012

ZUBE POP - UP STORE OPENING!

The Pop Up Store ZUBE openned doors yesterday night with a wonderful cocktail where designers, editors, bloggers, custumers, stylists, and friends from Catalina Zuluaga and Natalie Berg (Owners);   had the pleasure to buy clothes, accessories, and art pieces in the same place. ZUBE offers a big variety of things for men, last year you could only find garments for women, however Catalina and Natalie heard our petitions and now men can go shopping at ZUBE too. Almost 60 designers are participating on this project which will be openned until december 24th in Bogota. Some of the talents you can find at ZUBE are Faride Ramos, Polite, Leal Daccarett, Duplicity, Maria Luisa Ortiz, Kika Vargas, Little Lucia, Ahava Accessories, Sara Prada Footwear, JUAN, Karla Navarro, Julián Ruíz, Papel Knitwear, Fashiontaster Bow Ties, Maria Karina, A New Cross, Momposina Rocks, Paula Mendoza Jewelry, Tangram Accessories; and some others. 

Address: CLL 79B Nº 8 - 11 Bogotá














jueves, 9 de agosto de 2012

2nd FASHIONTASTER GATHERING @ElCielo Restaurant


















The second Fashiontaster gathering ended with excellent results! bloggers, stylists, designers, and brands like Bimba & Lola and Dafiti Colombia; took part on this wonderful project I've been working next to EL CIELO restaurant and its owner and chef Juan Manuel Barrientos. Gatherings are going to be made every three months on the same place, same time, and same people, well I hope to invite more people every version. Today the main topic was Colombiamoda 2012, we discussed five specific points: 

1. ¿Is fashion a good business for fashion designers in Colombia? 

The conclusion: Yes, it's possible! but you have to work very very very hard to succeed. You are not going to be rich, unless you become in something big and massive. Colombiamoda is a good opportunity to be known, however the probability of making business is very low. Most of the designers who present collections on runway doesn´t get any buyer interested.

2. ¿What did we see on runways? 

The conclusion: Sponsors are every time more involved between the designers work and their creativity. It's sad to believe designers must create their clothes according to the sponsor specifications. We know sponsors are indispensable for a fashion week in Colombia, otherwise it's impossible to make one; however designers must know how to stop sponsors when they intend to interfere on the creative process. People is also tired of the over branding of the sponsors, we still do not know why we keep on receiving soaps, yogurts, and food, in a runway show; that's totally out of context. Sponsors can't keep on being the center of attention, designers must!.

3. Designers VS. Brands

The conclusion: Brands are taking control of fashion weeks in Colombia, this time almost  70% of the runways in Colombiamoda were brands with any innovation, ¿what are we going to see next year? Most of the brands we saw in Colombiamoda didn't propose anything new, people don´t want to see collections you can easily find on other brands; we want to see new trends, new silhouettes, another point of view; we are really tired watching the same clothes every time. Of course brands can participate on fashion weeks, but they must innovate; otherwise the specialized and international press won't be interested on it.

4. Fashion Democratization

The conclusion:  We all know big companies are arriving to Colombia every year, now colombian designers must think what they are going to do to "compete" with those monsters. Faride Ramos one of the designers invited to the gathering thinks the only way to compete with big companies is to innovate on the clothes, to create garments you can´t easily find on massive shops; Faride also thinks colombian designers must compete with quality on fabrics and exclusivity in the number of garments they sell per reference. "Nowadays people do not want to look like the rest of the people" replies the designer who believes the weaknesses of massive industry can become on advantages for small designers.

5. Independent media in fashion weeks

The conclusion: In Colombia, fashion weeks don´t undrestand the power independent media has on the internet, they still believe local entertainment television, social magazines, and celebrities magazines; are the only ones who represent valuable information. Blogs and fashion sites can report a better information quality and faster than other type of press; the information is almost immediately. We really do not know why we have a different treatment and why we are not even take into account to occupy second rows. In Colombiamoda for example bloggers had to fight for a good seat on the rows; most of the times people from the staff move us to other seats just for sitting down people who really don't underestand anything about fashion. We think first rows must be only for specialized fashion press and buyers; celebrities in Colombia are not the same celebrities you find in New York, Paris, London, or Milan.


Thanks for comming: Brian Andrews (NTN24), Juan Carlos Giraldo (FUCSIA), Juliana Álvarez (INFASHION), Faride Ramos (FARIDE RAMOS), Carlos Giraldo & Humberto Ramírez (COMO UNA APARICIÓN), Eleonora Morales (EXCLAMA), Ana Lorenzana (ALO MUJERES), Tatiana Moreno (ICONA STYLE), Alexandra Ruíz (BIMBA & LOLA), Elizabeth Daes (DAFITI COLOMBIA) Alejandra Galvis (INDUMODA), Ángela Diez (DE LA MODA Y OTROS DEMONIOS), Sylvana Alférez (ROCKMANTIC), Andrea Leyva (NORA LOZZA), Diana Sandoval (DIANA SANDOVAL).

Thanks for the support: Juan Manuel Barrientos (EL CIELO RESTAURANT), Laura Agudelo (LA PESADA DE MODA), Marinita Blanco (MBG COMUNICACIONES), María Claudia García (INDUMODA), Darío Cárdenas (DARIO CÁRDENAS)




martes, 29 de mayo de 2012

bimba & lola Brunch!

 

 


The spanish brand BIMBA & LOLA invited the most important bloggers from Bogota to a delicious Brunch Gathering at Masa Restaurant. The director of the communication department from Bimba & Lola for the whole world Rafael Jiménez came for the first time to Colombia and gave us an interesting talk about communication strategies during the brunch. After that, all bloggers started making questions to Rafael about different topics such as branding, costumer profiles, marketing, and advertise; Rafael kindly answered every question and explained how important bloggers are nowdays for the fashion industry. I am very glad a brand like Bimba & Lola supports bloggers and of course make this type of meetings which I really enjoy.

Blogs Invited: LopezJennyLopez.com, Criolloglam.blogspot.com, Top5fashion.com, Vanguardstyle.com, RevistaNeon.net, FashionMemoires.blogspot.com, RevistaExclama.com, blog.brandsbag.com.co, IconaStyle.com, Delamodayotrosdemonios.blogspot.com

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domingo, 6 de mayo de 2012

CREATIVE COCKTAIL BY NEON MAGAZINE

NEON MAGAZINE invited students and proffesionals in design to a wonderful cocktail at the spanish restaurant "La Puerta Grande" in Bogota - Colombia. Around one hundred people (designers, photographers, bloggers, artists) went to the activity. Three conferences with different specialists on trends, creativity, and marketing; took the first part of the cocktail. 

After all those interesting conferences and a delicious spanish meal the last part of the activity "Speed Meeting" started!! Twelve people with different skills on specific areas were interviewed by the attendees. Every interview in groups of four people took five minutes each, so every five minutes groups had to move to a new interview with a different person. 

FASHIONTASTER's editor "Juan Diego Perdomo" was invited to take part of the group of people to be interviewed by the attenders. They asked him about his experience with FASHIONTASTER.

Here, some pictures of the SPEED MEETING...

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