Aoife Ryan, Danny Xu and Fiona Griffin from Upfront PR and Model Management at the national launch of Kerry Fashion Week in the Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin.
THE seventh annual Kerry Fashion Week and KFW Irish Fashion Industry Awards was launched at the Fitzwilliam Hotel on Wednesday.
The event will take place in venues throughout Kerry from Monday, March 2 to Friday, March 6 with the KFW Irish Fashion Industry Awards in association with IMAGE magazine taking place in the Europe Hotel & Resort, Killarney, on the Friday.
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Attending the launch were the judges for the KFW Irish Fashion Industry Awards, Melanie Morris, Editor in Chief, Image Publications and Chairperson of the Judging Panel since its inception in 2008; Helen Steele, Fashion Designer, and winner of KFW Irish Fashion Designer 2014; Bairbre Power, Fashion Editor, Irish Independent and Executive Editor, Weekend Magazine (who previously judged at KFW in 2011) and Aisling Farinella, Fashion Stylist and Fashion & Textiles Advisor, Irish Design 2015.
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As well as categories for fashion and accessory designers, there are also awards for those that make it all happen behind the scenes including make-up artists, stylists, photographers, bloggers and models.
The night will be jointly MC’d by TraleeToday.ie’s style columnist, Orlagh Winters and Radio Kerry journalist Alison Nulty. There will also be some fashionable celebrity guest appearances and post show entertainment until late.
Other events over Kerry Fashion Week include the KFW Boutique and Kerry Fashion Designer Show in the Pavilion at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee on Tuesday, March 3; a Style Workshop with Danny Leane: the return of the ‘Love for Fashion’ Window Display Competition’ in association with The Kerryman and Backstage, an on-line ‘documentary’ aimed at 15 – 18 years olds on career options in fashion.
KFW are also delighted to collaborate with Irish Design 2015 in presenting this year’s ‘One to Watch’ award. The winner of this award will present their SS16 collection in a commercial show space for Irish designers at London Fashion week in September 2015, curated by Irish Design 2015.
This year the KFW Fashion Industry Awards attracted an unprecedented number and standard of entries from both Ireland and abroad.
The short list of finalists will be announced on Friday, January 30.
The KFW Awards Night will also feature new collections from KFW’s special guest designer, Umit Kutluk, as well as new collections from Carol Kennelly Millinery, Helen Steele and Helen Cody and a show featuring the collections of each of the finalists.
Lancôme Paris will once again be the official make up and beauty partner of the Week, sponsoring a beautiful complimentary gift for guests both nights and the Best Dressed Lady Prize.
The award winning Sean Taaffe Hair Group are once again the official hair partner and will create looks for all shows.
All events are open to the general public.
One of Ireland’s most prestigious fashion industry events, over the past seven years, KFW has developed into a national fashion industry event which today gives a professional platform to emerging talents as well as celebrating established names within the Irish Fashion Industry.
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