Shop Nashville Pop Up Market at oneC1TY on Saturday!

TWO DAYS LEFT FOR NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK 2021

Day four of Nashville Fashion Week is here and we are in high gear. 

Our Digital Designer Runway Program is LIVE on the global Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Runway 360 digital platform, our SOLD OUT Learning Labs are in full swing and The Intersection of Sound + Style: A Conversation + Museum Tour presented by the National Museum of African American Music is tonight. A very limited number of tickets are still available for this special engagement. Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com to reserve your tickets. Once the tickets are gone...they are gone!

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TOMORROW: SHOP NASHVILLE AT ONEC1TY

Nashville Fashion Week has hosted Shop Nashville, a city-wide celebration designed to encourage and support the Nashville retail community with creative and interactive ways to support our Nashville businesses, since our inception in 2011. While our runway format puts the focus on apparel creators, for this year we have created an opportunity for Middle Tennessee’s creative maker and retail community as well. Eight NFW designers and a diverse selection of twenty-two other fashion-related vendors will showcase their brands at the first Shop Nashville Pop Up Market presented by oneC1TY on Saturday, October 16 from 12 - 4 p.m. 

10% of all vendor sales will be donated to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to show their support for our local fashion community. 

Enjoy the outdoor shopping experience with refreshments provided by Tito's Handmade Vodka and Blade and Bow from Kindred Bar Catering while enjoying the tunes of DJ Maggie Wells. Please click the ticket link above to register for this event so that we can plan our refreshments accordingly.

oneC1TY is a collection of residents, visitors, workplace innovators, fitness instructors and culinary artists gathered on 19 acres in West Nashville to bring about a new way of life – one that is focused on the enjoyment of health, wellness and physical activity. Our mission is to make mindful, healthy living, easy … please join us at oneC1TY to learn more!

2021 SHOP NASHVILLE POP UP MARKET VENDORS:

Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com for full details on all of these events and links to each vendor's website. Please make plans to shop and support all of these vendors next week. Our independent businesses need us now more than ever!

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You can view all of our designer runway shows, lookbooks and even shop their collections for FREE, but we encourage you to please consider making a tax-deductible donation of $20, or more if you can, to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Your contribution will help underwrite all of the work and resources put into our digital programming and support our Nashville fashion community for years to come. 

The future of Nashville Fashion Week depends on it.

Thank you!

Your Guide to NFW 2021

YOUR GUIDE TO NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK 2021

Nashville Fashion Week officially kicks off on Monday. Will you join us?

The entirely re-imagined schedule is HERE for you to conveniently access.

Don't have a VIP Pass yet? It's not too late to get in on all of these events and experiences. Purchase your VIP Pass NOW before we sell out. You may also reserve and purchase individual tickets to events at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. Make plans now to support and experience Nashville's fashion community.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11

VIP | HOW FASHION IS MADE TOUR + MIXER 
Presented by Prange Apparel
4 - 6 PM

VIP Pass holders will enjoy an interactive open house and private tour to Prange Apparel to gain insight into the process and innovation of how fashion is made right here in Nashville. This is a private event for NFW VIP Pass holders ONLY.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12

VIP | NFW VIP MIXER 
Presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce at The Westin Nashville
5 - 7 PM 

This is a private event for NFW VIP Pass holders ONLY. Enjoy the tunes of DJ Maggie Wells while enjoying light bites from The Westin and cocktails provided by Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Blade and Bow. This is a private event for NFW VIP Pass holders ONLY.

VIP | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM "SUITING THE SOUND: THE RODEO TAILORS WHO MADE COUNTRY STARS SHINE BRIGHTER" PANEL DISCUSSION 
Presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
7 - 9 PM (Doors Open at 6 PM)

In partnership with Nashville Fashion Week, the museum will host a program examining the emergence of this unique “rhinestone cowboy” look in the 1940s and 1950s, largely from the tailor shops of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, and how the style has inspired fashion far beyond the stages of barn dances and honky-tonks. Limited program tickets are available with museum admission HERE and are also included in the NFW VIP Pass.

Our 2021 designer runway collections will launch digitally on Tuesday for VIP Pass holders and on Wednesday for the public. Stay tuned for more information on how to support and view.

All three of the NFW Learning Labs are designed to support and showcase the local fashion community by providing a platform to engage, learn and connect. Each of the immersive educational sessions offer a FREE opportunity to grow and imagine.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13

LOW TICKET ALERT: ONLY 5 TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE

Our Learning Lab series begins on Wednesday, October 13 with "Make + Innovate: A Fashion Manufacturing Open House and Tour" at Prange Apparel. From designers and students to curious fashion lovers, we invite anyone and everyone who are interested to attend this interactive open house and tour to gain insight into the process and innovation of how fashion is made. The 2019 Nashville Fashion Forward Fund recipient, Megan Prange of Prange Apparel will share the step-by-step process of how garments are manufactured right here in Nashville, Tennessee. From the initial consultation to development of tech packs and the creation of muslin samples to shipping the final product, this event will give a guided tour of the business of fashion while also offering an opportunity to have your questions answered while enjoying a tour of a facility where fashion is at work!

Two timed sessions are available to choose from beginning at 4 and again at 5 p.m. Registration is FREE and includes a NFW x Prange Apparel goody bag. Refreshments will be served featuring Tito's Handmade Vodka and Blade & Bow Bourbon.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14

ONLY 30 TICKETS ARE LEFT!

TikTok, Tech & Trends: The Evolving Business of Fashion will be presented in partnership with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the WB Collective Powered By WBEC South on Thursday, October 14 at the WB Collective Nashville. 

This interactive panel discussion will offer varying perspectives on evolutionary business practices in the fashion and retail industry. This event will also include an opportunity to shop a curated selection of #Nashpreneurs pop-up shops and time to network while enjoying light bites and refreshments provided by Titos Handmade Vodka and Blade and Bow.

The panel will be moderated by Phala Mire, President and CEO of WBEC South. Panelists include Steven Romeo, Founder/CEO, Music City Creative; Trinity Wiles, Co-Founder, Where and Share Inc.; and Anna Caroline Toms, Owner, LA Green Nashville.

Pop-up vendors will include Music City Creative, LA Green, Neta's Natural, Kandles by Kierra along with Nashville Fashion Forward Fund recipients Prange Apparel + Innovate by Prange Apparel, Black by Maria Silver, Eric Adler Clothing, Van Hoang and others.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15

ONLY 20 TICKETS ARE LEFT! 

The Fashion x Design Innovation Learning Lab will be presented by the Wond'ry, Vanderbilt's Innovation Center on Friday, October 15 at noon.

Nashville Fashion Week is partnering with the Wond’ry to explore the latest innovations in design, technology, and adaptive fashion. Hear thought leaders speak to the emerging trends in the industry. This two-hour session features three industry spotlights, Q&A with esteemed presenters, interactive innovation booths, and networking opportunities. Join Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center for a fashion-forward line up of presenters.

Fashion x Design Innovation Learning Lab panelists include Deanna Meador, CEO of Couture Technologies; Shannon North, Director of Design Technology at Workwear Outfitters; Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Founder of Interwoven; and Stephanie Brakefield and Mary Cayten Brakefield, Co-founders of Brakefields. 

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATIONS | 12 - 12:20 PM
Deanna Meador, CEO of Couture Technologies and Shannon North, Director of Design Technology at Workwear Outfitters
Q & A | 12:20 - 12:30 PM   

DESIGNING FOR IMPACT | 12:30 - 12:50 PM 
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Founder of Interwoven 
Q & A | 12:50 - 1:00 PM 

ADAPTIVE FASHION | 1 - 1:20 PM
Stephanie Brakefield and Mary Cayten Brakefield, Co-founders of Brakefields
Q & A | 1:20 - 1:30 PM 

INNOVATION SHOWCASES & NETWORKING | 1:30 - 2:00 PM

Join us on October 15 for The Intersection of Sound + Style: A Conversation + Museum Tour presented by the National Museum of African American Music. NMAAM's mission is to educate the world, preserve the legacy, and celebrate the central role African Americans play in creating the American soundtrack. This special engagement with Nashville Fashion Week will also highlight the central role of how these artists and musicians have and will continue to lead the way with their impact on style and fashion trends. Nashville Fashion Week has enlisted Charles Brown and Bentley Caldwell as style ambassadors for the event. Enjoy a cocktail reception feauturing Tito's Handmade Vodka and Blade and Bow, an interactive tour of the museum and engaging coversation about the prominent influence of black culture and music on the fashion industry with the NMAAM’s curator Dr. Steven Lewis and these two stylish Nashville men, moderated by the NMAAM's Senior Director of Education and Exhibition, Tamar Smithers.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

Nashville Fashion Week has hosted Shop Nashville, a city-wide celebration designed to encourage and support the Nashville retail community with creative and interactive ways to support our Nashville businesses, since our inception in 2011. While our runway format puts the focus on apparel creators, for this year we have created an opportunity for Middle Tennessee’s creative maker and retail community as well. Seven NFW designers and a diverse selection of twenty-five fashion-related vendors will showcase their brands at the first Shop Nashville Pop Up Market presented by oneC1TY on Saturday, October 16 from 12 - 4 p.m. 10% of all vendor sales will be donated to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to show their support for our local fashion community.

Proceeds from all Nashville Fashion Week events benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. 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. This is #WHYNFW!

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While we are excited to gather both digitally and in person for NFW 2021, the health and safety of our guests, participants and team remains our top priority. A full COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test will be required to attend or participate in any Nashville Fashion Week 2021 event.

NFW strongly encourages vaccination. For anyone who is not fully vaccinated, a negative COVID-19 test result must be obtained within 48 hours of attending any event. NFW now requires that everyone must wear a mask indoors at all times. This protocol is based on current CDC standards. Any changes to these procedures will be communicated prior to each event.

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available to all Tennesseans ages 12 and up in all 95 counties across our state. Find a location close to you at VaccineFinder.org to insure that you’ve done your part to keep NFW 2021 and our community safe for everyone. 

NFW To Present Free Shop Nashville Pop Up Market at oneC1TY

NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK TO PRESENT
FREE SHOP NASHVILLE POP UP MARKET AT ONEC1TY

IMAGINE Nashville Fashion Week 2021 is just a few days away and tickets are going fast for our three FREE Learning Labs and The Intersection of Sound + Style: A Conversation + Museum Tour presented by the National Museum of African American Music. 

A very limited number of NFW VIP Passes that feature a medley of special VIP events are still available. Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com to view the full schedule and reserve your tickets. We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Nashville Fashion Week has hosted Shop Nashville, a city-wide celebration designed to encourage and support the Nashville retail community with creative and interactive ways to support our Nashville businesses, since our inception in 2011. While our runway format puts the focus on apparel creators, for this year we have created an opportunity for Middle Tennessee’s creative maker and retail community as well. Seven NFW designers and a diverse selection of twenty-five fashion-related vendors will showcase their brands at the first Shop Nashville Pop Up Market presented by oneC1TY on Saturday, October 16 from 12 - 4 p.m. 

10% of all vendor sales will be donated to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to show their support for our local fashion community. 

Enjoy the outdoor shopping experience with refreshments provided by Tito's Handmade Vodka and Blade and Bow from Kindred Bar Catering while enjoying the tunes of DJ Maggie Wells. Maggie is an all-vinyl resident DJ at The Virgin Hotel and Dive Motel, as well as a founding member of the DJ collective, Carousel, that throws weekly dance parties at Rosemary & Beauty Queen and White Limozeen. She is also the co-founder of the Best of Nashville award-winning art event machine, Be Witched. Keep up with her future events by following @maggie_vanderbilt on Instagram, including the NFW VIP Mixer at The Westin Nashville for VIP Pass holders. Please click the ticket link above to register for this event so that we can plan our refreshments accordingly. 

"We at oneC1TY are long-standing supporters of the work that Nashville Fashion Week has contributed to our community and wanted to continue contributing in a meaningful way since we believe that Nashville is home to progressive thinkers, the most innovative minds in technology, and a thriving community of makers and creators. We are thrilled to be hosting an open-air Shop Nashville marketplace on our community lawn to close out the NFW programming this year." - Caitlin Arnold, Community & Marketing Manager, oneC1TY

oneC1TY is a collection of residents, visitors, workplace innovators, fitness instructors and culinary artists gathered on 19 acres in West Nashville to bring about a new way of life – one that is focused on the enjoyment of health, wellness and physical activity. Our mission is to make mindful, healthy living, easy … please join us at oneC1TY to learn more! 

2021 SHOP NASHVILLE POP UP MARKET VENDORS:

Aesthetic Rose Boutique
Article X
Ash From Nash
Be Jeweled Boutique
Black by Maria Silver
Black Sheep Goods
Emily Phillips
Erica Knicely
Everybody vs. Racism
Fless Clothing
Grace Loves Lace

Hogwash 'n Rhinestones
Ineffable Art
Libby Jason Style Expert
Lily Guilder
Love, Peace and Zin
Mary Violet Woosley
Ola Mai
Papier Doll Factory
Parlour Vintage Clothing
Rank & Sugar
Rebeline

Sequel
Sick Dye
Staying Young
The Antithesis Collection
The Closet Experience
The Morgan Factory
The Style Pantry
Verderame
Wayne Vintage
Zinnialou

Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com for full details on all of these events and links to each vendor's website. Please make plans to shop and support all of these vendors next week. Our independent businesses need us now more than ever!

NFW + National Museum of African American Music

JOIN NFW FOR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUND + STYLE
AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

The Intersection of Sound + Style: A Conversation + Museum Tour
Friday, October 15, 6pm - 8:30pm
National Museum of African American Music 
510 Broadway
Ticket $35 (limited availability)

Join us on October 15 for The Intersection of Sound + Style: A Conversation + Museum Tour presented by the National Museum of African American Music. NMAAM's mission is to educate the world, preserve the legacy, and celebrate the central role African Americans play in creating the American soundtrack. This special engagement with Nashville Fashion Week will also highlight the central role of how these artists and musicians have and will continue to lead the way with their impact on style and fashion. Nashville Fashion Week has enlisted Charles Brown and Bentley Caldwell as style ambassadors for the event. Enjoy a cocktail reception, an interactive tour of the museum and engaging conversation about the prominent influence of black culture and music on the fashion industry with the NMAAM’s curator Dr. Steven Lewis and these two stylish Nashville men, moderated by the NMAAM's Senior Director of Education and Exhibition, Tamar Smithers.

Charles Brown is a Nashville native and founder of Charles Lord, a design and consulting firm founded in 2005 specializing in custom apparel & accessories, hand-made, sustainable fashion good, fashion, interior and event styling. Charles has worked and volunteered in the local LGBTQI community for over twelve years with Brothers and Sisters United Network, Nashville Black Pride, Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Trials Network, and MyHouse Nashville.

Retail brought Bentley Caldwell to Nashville, and since that time, he’s been both a singer-songwriter and model traveling the world before combining all he learned to found Bentley Caldwell Styling. When a friend asked for advice on how to dress for a photo shoot, the bells went off. Now, he works exclusively with men and helps them uncover their personal style, take the guesswork out of shopping and access the confidence to elevate their lives and businesses to the next level.

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Just eighteen VIP Passes remain on sale at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. These exclusive passes offer a limited number of guests a unique NFW experience. Through strategic partnerships and collaborations with both local and global industry leaders, Nashville Fashion Week has planned safe and engaging ways to experience and support Nashville fashion October 12 - 16. The full schedule of fall events will be announced soon with individual tickets, including many that are free. All NFW ticket sales are a donation to support the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and are non-refundable.

Nashville Fashion Week VIP Passes include admission to the National Museum of African American Music event; as well as a special "How Fashion Is Made" VIP Tour at Prange Apparel; access to the NFW VIP Cocktail Mixer presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce; and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Suiting The Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter panel event and taping. As a stylish and functional token to commemorate NFW 2021, VIP Pass holders will also receive a stylish face mask designed by local designer Andrew Clancey of Any Old Iron. This pass ensures that you will be a part of a full interactive experience designed to connect with our Nashville fashion community.

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While we are excited to gather both digitally and in person for NFW 2021, the health and safety of our guests, participants and team remains our top priority. A full COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test will be required to attend or participate in any Nashville Fashion Week 2021 event.

NFW strongly encourages vaccination. The last day to receive the second shot of Moderna or Pfizer or a single dose of Johnson & Johnson prior to the October events is September 27. For anyone that is not fully vaccinated, a negative COVID-19 test result must be obtained within 48 hours of attending any event. NFW now requires that everyone must wear a mask at all times at indoor events. This protocol is based on current CDC standards. Any changes to these procedures will be communicated prior to each event.

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available to all Tennesseans 12+ in all 95 counties across our state. Find a location close to you at VaccineFinder.org to insure that you’ve done your part to keep NFW 2021 and our community safe for everyone.

NFW + Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Announce Suiting the South Design Competition

NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK + COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM ANNOUNCE SUITING THE SOUND DESIGN COMPETITION

Nashville Fashion Week is designed to showcase the local fashion community by providing a platform to engage, learn and connect. Nashville Fashion Week has been pushing boundaries and exploring options since we launched in 2011, but NFW IMAGINE 2021 has given us the freedom to try new things as we explore the future of Nashville fashion during a pandemic. This design competition is just one of many collaborations we have planned for October 12 - 16.

Nashville Fashion Week is excited to partner with our friends at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to give Middle Tennessee designers an opportunity to submit their personal interpretation of country music stage wear inspired by the museum's current Suiting The Sound: The Rodeo Tailor Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter exhibit. 

Drawing from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s exhibit galleries and extensive collection of stage costumes and archival materials, Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter—an exhibition curated exclusively for online audiences and free to access HERE —examines the dazzling artistry of Western-wear designers whose couture fashions helped to create an indelible image for country music. 

Applications must be received by Sunday, September 12. Up to ten finalists will be selected based on the quality, creativity, and orginality of a single design submission - sketch or finished piece - inspired by the museum's Suiting the Sound exhibit. Finalist's submissions will be included in a competition that invites the public to vote for their favorite design. The designers with the most votes will have the opportunity to showcase their finished design at a special NFW + Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum event on Tuesday, October 12 as part of Nashville Fashion Week 2021. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to enter the competition or vote on your favorite designs!

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