NFW Launch Party 2018

NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK 2019 LAUNCH PARTY AT OZ ARTS NASHVILLE

Join us for the Nashville Fashion Week 2019 Launch Party on Thursday, November 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at OZ Arts Nashville at 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle. Be among the first to hear announcements about the ninth annual Nashville Fashion Week and celebrate all that is to come. Guests will enjoy two libations provided by Maison Noir Wines and Tito’s Handmade Vodka with delicious small bites from The Juice Bar.

Dates for the 2019 event will be announced with details about the 2019 Nashville Fashion Forward Gala, Emerging Designer and AMAX Model Search application process, plus a few surprises. All proceeds benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. 

All Launch Party guests are also invited to attend “Ghosted”, the OZ Arts TNT event curated by Tony Perrin, following the party at 7 p.m courtesy of OZ Arts Nashville, our NFW partner. Perrin, a Nashville-based dancer, fashion/costume designer, graphic/print designer and owner/designer of Lock and Key jewelry, will investigate the unique, process-revealing creative collaboration of what it means to be "Ghosted" through live and pre-recorded performance of music and movement created by composer Aaron Walters and choreographer David Flores; large-format photography by Anna Haas of dancers David Flores, Erin Kouwe & Perrin himself wearing his own jewelry; and a series of shadow boxes jewelry displays. Tickets for this event have a $25 value and additional TNT tickets are available for purchase at OZArtsNashville.org.

The Nashville Fashion Forward Fund supports the next generation of fashion industry professionals with ties to Middle Tennessee by providing a financial award and resources for experiential professional development opportunities to assist in career advancement within the fashion industry with proceeds from Nashville Fashion Week each year. Past recipients include Maria Silver, Brett Warren, Eric Adler, Ceri Hoover, Elise Joseph, Lauren Leonard and Julianna Bass.

Tickets to the NFW Launch Party are $35. A limited number of tickets are on sale now at NashvilleFashionWeek.com

Feast on Fashion

FEAST ON FASHION

The countdown has commenced and everything about Nashville Fashion Week 2018 is ELEVATED! Join us Tuesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 7 at OZ Arts Nashville for a style-filled week. Opening night features the crowd favorite Nashville Designer Showcase, followed by the Ready-to-Wear Runway Show on Wednesday, Emerging Designer on Friday and the Finale Runway Show on Saturday night. The new ELEVATED VIP experience, a musical performance and premium food and drink for both guests and crew insure that everyone will experience the best of fashion, food and entertainment during the five-day event produced in partnership with OZ Arts Nashville.

“We are delighted to be partnering with some of the city’s most beloved brands to create a luxe and memorable experience for our guests,” said Nashville Fashion Week managing partners/co-founders Connie Cathcart-Richardson and Marcia Masulla. “Guests that purchase the ELEVATED Access Pass will not only be guaranteed premium seats and an elevated experience, but they will also be supporting our fashion community in a big way. All proceeds from Nashville Fashion Week benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.”

The Nashville Fashion Week All-Access Pass has been upgraded to the ELEVATED Access Pass this year. Patrons will enjoy an engaging experience in a designated area hosted by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine and Bon Vivant with stylish touches from CORT Furniture and FLWR Shop. The $350 ELEVATED Access Pass includes:

• Priority access and entry
• Valet Parking
• Preferred seating for all four nights of runway shows at OZ Arts Nashville
• Concierge Services
• Pre-show "open" cocktail reception featuring Maison Noir Wines and signatures drinks made by Bar Alliance Nashville with Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Corsair Artisan Gin.
• Delicious light bites courtesy of G Catering
• Two drink tickets for use during shows
• Nashville Smile Bar VIP PhotoBooth
• Special nightly events including:

        - Experience Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier on Tuesday April 3

        - Eleventy pop-up presented by Oak Hall Nashville on Wednesday, April 4

        - Art Installation presented by OZ Arts Nashville of OZ Arts founder and artist, Cano Ozgener’s, work with a special commemorative

         gift on Saturday, April 7

• All Nashville Fashion Week ticket holders also receive FREE admission to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts from April 2-14 featuring the Nick Cave: Feat exhibit with proof of purchase. 

KICK OFF THE WEEK WITH ESCONDIDO

Escondido will be our musical guest during the Nashville Designer Showcase on opening night, Tuesday, April 3. Jessica Maros and Tyler James, both long time Nashville songwriters, recorded their debut album in a single day and released it in 2013 to critical acclaim. The duo's David Lynch approved sound became the soundtrack to multiple films & TV shows including HBO's Girls and led to appearances on TBS’s CONAN and ABC’s Nashville. The band has toured with the likes of Lord Huron, The Lone Bellow, and The Staves, and recently completed their third album with producer Rob Schnapf, known for his work with Elliott Smith, Kurl Vile, and Beck.

“We couldn’t be more excited to wrap our national tour at Nashville Fashion Week this year,” said Escondido artists Jessica Maros and Tyler James. “It has been inspiring to watch the community here grow and thrive over the last decade, and we can't wait to see all the talented designers' hard work on the runway. We are also looking forward to sharing some songs off our new album Warning Bells on opening night."

All guests will have the opportunity to enjoy NFW's curated hospitality progam that includes G Catering, Maison Noir Wines and signature drinks made with Tito’s Handmade Vodka by Bar Alliance Nashville. Nashville Fashion Week designers, models, crew and volunteers will be fueled by catering courtesy of Vui's Kitchen, Juice Bar, Postmates and coffee from local roaster Red Bicycle.

“G’s Catering is very excited to be a sponsor and partner for these wonderful events for the Nashville Fashion Week,” said Guy Haskins, owner of G Catering. “We are eager to showcase our creativity to Nashville’s fashion industry.” 

All tickets, including the ELEVATED Access Pass, are available for purchase at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. Ticket proceeds benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. For more information about the ELEVATED VIP experience, designers, sponsors, and all other details, visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com.

NFW Kickoff Party 2018

Happy New Year! Join us for the Nashville Fashion Week 2018 Kickoff Party on Tuesday, January 30 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the new Noelle in the heart of downtown Nashville for the first of many big announcements to come. Guests will enjoy one drink ticket courtesy of Maison Noir Wines with delicious light bites provided by Makeready Libations + Liberation.

“Noelle is thrilled and honored that NFW selected our hotel for their 2018 fashion week kickoff event in January. Through our many local partnerships, Noelle aims to support the creative community that makes Nashville such a unique and special city.” - Shannon Foster, Noelle General Manager

The 2017 Nashville Fashion Forward Fund recipient, 2018 emerging and Nashville designers, AMAX + NFW model search finalists, confirmed sponsors and community partners, as well as many other exciting details about NFW 2018 will be announced at the party. All proceeds from Nashville Fashion Week benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

The Nashville Fashion Forward Fund supports the next generation of fashion industry professionals with ties to Middle Tennessee by providing a financial award and resources for experiential professional development opportunities to assist in career advancement within the fashion industry. Past recipients include Brett Warren, Eric Bornhop, Ceri Hoover, Elise Joseph, Lauren Leonard and Julianna Bass.

Nashville Fashion Week 2018 will take place April 3-7 in collaboration with OZ Arts Nashville. This is the first time in Nashville Fashion Week's eight year history that all runway shows will be held in a single location. 

Tickets to the Nashville Fashion Week Kickoff Party are $30. A limited number of tickets are on sale now. Don't miss out!

NFW 2018 Launch Party

NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK 2018 LAUNCH PARTY

Join us for the Nashville Fashion Week 2018 Launch Party on Wednesday, September 27 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Nicky’s Coal Fired, 5026 Centennial Boulevard in The Nations. Be among the first to hear announcements about the eighth annual Nashville Fashion Week. Guests will enjoy two signature cocktails provided by Tito’s Handmade Vodka and delicious small bites from Nicky's.

Dates for the 2018 event will be announced with details on the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund and Emerging Designer application process plus a few other surprises.  All proceeds benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

The Nashville Fashion Forward Fund supports the next generation of fashion industry professionals with ties to Middle Tennessee by providing a financial award and resources for experiential professional development opportunities to assist in career advancement within the fashion industry from proceeds of Nashville Fashion Week each year. Past recipients include Brett Warren, Eric Adler, Ceri Hoover, Elise Joseph, Lauren Leonard and Julianna Bass.

Tickets to the Nashville Fashion Week Launch Party are $30. A limited number of tickets are on sale now at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. 

Nashville Fashion Week to Host an Evening of Photography + Fashion

Nashville Fashion Week to Host an Evening of Photography + Fashion

Nashville Fashion Week will celebrate art and photography at “An Evening of Photography + Fashion” on Thursday, April 6th from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at two Fifth Avenue of the Arts galleries and The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Explore and celebrate how fashion and style have inspired and influenced the art in each of these beautiful exhibits.

The evening will begin at Tinney Contemporary Gallery and Rymer Gallery and guests will be transported to and from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts every 20 minutes by between 7 and 8:30 p.m. Shuttles are provided in partnership with the Nashville Downtown Partnership.

Tinney Contemporary will feature Adam Shulman’s “Gold of Africa” photography exhibit. Adam Shulman has a strong connection to the continent of Africa. Married to a Senegalese model, and living between the Middle East, West Africa, and NYC, Shulman has immersed himself in West African, Middle Eastern, and NYC culture and fashion. As a self-taught photographer, he has pursued both digital and film media, and has shot everything from Arizona landscapes to NYC fashion photography. But Shulman is a dynamic individual, and has spent the past year living and working in Ghana, West Africa, where he trained local medical professionals on modern cancer treatment techniques. The artist will be in attendance at this solo exhibit that runs at Tinney through May 6.

"Tinney Contemporary is so excited to introduce the beautiful new work by photographer Adam Shulman to Nashville Fashion Week, a week that exemplifies the creativity within this community. This body of work is a perfect compliment to the innovative style and spirit that Nashville Fashion Week brings every year to Nashville and we couldn't be more  proud to be a part of it," says Susan Tinney, founder of Tinney Contemporary Gallery.

Rymer Gallery will present the art of Elise Wehle and Adam Thomas. 

Elise Wehle’s mixed-media art was originally inspired by patterns that cover Andalucía in Spain, but it was the Alhambra, a Moorish palace covered in intricate, hand carved patterns, that influenced her the most.

Adam Thomas is a self taught oil painter. His pieces are collected by Nordstrom and Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Thomas now lives in Nashville.

Guests will end this special evening at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty exhibit. Irving Penn (b. 1917, Plainfield, NJ; d. 2009, New York, NY) was one of the twentieth century’s most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous. His pictures, a unique blend of classical elegance and formal innovation, were widely seen in print during his long career at Vogue magazine. His achievement, however, extends beyond conventional notions of depicting beauty or fame to include a radical reconsideration of how we understand fashion, photography, and art, separately and in relation to each other. The Beyond Beauty exhibit runs through May 29 at the Frist.

Tickets to this event are $25 and include two drink tickets provided by Tito's Handmade Vodka, Nashville Ice Lab and Mouton Noir Wines with lite bites from MStreet at the Fifth Avenue galleries and transportation to and from the Frist Center. Admission to this event is included with the NFW All Access Pass and complimentary with the presentation of a receipt for at least $25 from any participating NFW “Shop Nashville” retail partner. Visit nashvillefashioweek.com for a list of all Shop Nashville Week participating retail events.

An After Party will be hosted at Bar Sovereign from 9:30-11:00 p.m. The Bar Sovereign After Party tickets are $20 and will only be sold at the door. Admission includes one drink ticket.

Tickets for “An Evening of Photography + Fashion” as well as all other Nashville Fashion Week events are available at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. Proceeds from all Nashville Fashion Week ticket sales benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Fashion photographer Brett Warren was the recipient of the 2016 Nashville Fashion Forward Fund award. He was the first photographer to ever receive this award. The Nashville Fashion Forward Fund is an endowed fund established to support the next generation of fashion industry professionals with ties to Middle Tennessee by providing a financial award and resources for experiential professional development opportunities.

Official Nashville Fashion Week events will be held April 4-8 at unique locations throughout the city.