NFW DAY THREE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

We hope that you enjoyed day one of the Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience! We have another packed schedule planned for today. The Tennessee State Museum presents Suffrage: The Style of a Social Movement at noon CST. Designers Truly Alvarenga (2 PM CST), The Morgan Factory (4 PM CST), Amanda Valentine (6 PM CST) and Erica Knicely (8 PM CST) will be featured on our social channels today; The Cosmetic Market goes live on Instagram at 4 PM CST with Oribe, and many more Shop Nashville events and promotions are in full swing today.

Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com to reserve your FREE tickets and to view the full schedule, including NFW designer bios and detailed Shop Nashville event descriptions. Don't forget that each attendee that signs in to our Fashion Talks and Learning Lab events this week will be entered into a drawing to win two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021! We also encourage you to please consider making a donation to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help support our Nashville fashion community.

NFW DAY THREE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 

DIGITAL LEARNING LAB: SUSTAINABILITY, MANUFACTURING AND THE FUTURE OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY

Presented by OnPoint Manufacturing with Author Mary Gehlhar of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide and Daniella Platt, Brand Strategist

THURSDAY, August 6 | 4 p.m. CST

Admission: FREE with ticket reservation

David Prentice, Senior Vice President of Sales for OnPoint Manufacturing, Mary Gehlhar, author of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide and Daniella Platt, Brand Strategist and author of Looking Good: Ten Commandments To Be A Sales Rockstar and Fashion Startup Playbook will lead a spirited and insightful conversation on the current state of the apparel industry, what sustainable practices can look like and how designers and brands can see success sooner thanks to new technologies. 

Please send your questions pertaining to this discussion HERE by Thursday at 9 a.m. CST.

Each attendee that signs in to this event will be entered into a drawing to win two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021! 

Middle Tennessee State University is our content production partner for this digital Zoom event. 

FEATURED DESIGNERS

Join us on @NashFashWeek Instagram Stories for these NFW designer spotlights on Thursday:

Ken.Drama | 2 PM CST
Justin Mark Richards | 4 PM CST
Black by Maria Silver | 6 PM CST
H. Lane Design | 8 PM CST

SHOP NASHVILLE

Shop special events and promotions at these retail partners on Thursday. Click HERE for more details.

Emerson Grace | 11 AM - 5 PM CST Styling Event with Nashville Creatives + Tastemakers

Brides by Glitz Nashville | 5 PM CST Facebook Live Mother-of-the-Bride Fashion Show

ABLE
Bonobos | 10 AM - 7 PM CST
Eric Adler Clothing
Flip | 11 AM - 6 PM CST
H. Audrey | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Levy’s | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Margaret Ellis Jewelry 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM CST

NFW DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

Welcome to day one of the Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience! This is a first for us so we are a bit anxious about launching this new digital platform, but thanks to Middle Tennessee State University, our educational and production partner for our Zoom events, we are confident that everything will run as smoothly as possible. We thank you for supporting NFW and the Nashville fashion community as we pivot to our new reality.

Fashion Talks: Diversity + Inclusion goes live at noon CST. Designers Laura Citron (2 PM CST), Mary Violet Woosley (4 PM CST) and Article X (6 PM CST) will be the first designers featured on our social channels and Shop Nashville promotions begin today. We hope that you enjoy every moment of today's digital programming! 

Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com to reserve your FREE tickets and to view the full schedule, including NFW designer bios and detailed Shop Nashville event descriptions. We also encourage you to please consider making a donation to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help support our Nashville fashion community.

NFW DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 

DIGITAL LEARNING LAB: SUFFRAGE: THE STYLE OF A SOCIAL MOVEMENT

Presented in partnership with The Tennessee State Museum

WEDNESDAY, August 5 | 12:00 p.m. CST

Admission: FREE with ticket reservation

Join the Tennessee State Museum, in collaboration with Nashville Fashion Week’s 10th Anniversary, for a special online presentation and virtual tour of the women’s suffrage exhibition, Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote. This FREE event will include a discussion with Amanda Smith, Tennessee State Museum curator of Fashion and Textiles.Please send your questions pertaining to this discussion HERE by Wednesday at 9 AM CST.Each attendee that signs in to this event will be entered into a drawing to win two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021! Middle Tennessee State University is our content production partner for this digital Zoom event. 

FEATURED DESIGNERS

Join us on @NashFashWeek Instagram Stories for these NFW designer spotlights on Wednesday:

Truly Alvarenga | 2 PM CST
The Morgan Factory | 4 PM CST
Amanda Valentine | 6 PM CST
Erica Knicely | 8 PM CST

SHOP NASHVILLE

Shop special events and promotions at these retail partners on Wednesday. Click HERE for more details.

The Cosmetic Market | 4 PM CST Instagram Live Event with Oribe

ABLE
Bonobos | 10 AM - 7 PM CST
Eric Adler Clothing
Flip | 11 AM - 6 PM CST
H. Audrey | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Levy’s | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Margaret Ellis Jewelry 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM CST

NFW DAY ONE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

It's almost go time! The Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience kicks off tomorrow with five days of educational opportunities that provide a platform to engage, learn and connect experientially within the Nashville fashion community. Each attendee that signs in to any of our digital Fashion Talks or Learning Lab events this week will be entered into a drawing to win two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021! 

Each day participating NFW 2020 designers and Shop Nashville partners will be featured at scheduled times on our social media channels. This is an opportunity for them to share more about themselves and their brands through their own voices. You don't want to miss a single one of these digital events. Please join us!

Visit Nashville Fashion Week to reserve your FREE tickets and to view the full schedule, including NFW designer bios and detailed Shop Nashville event descriptions. We also encourage you to please consider making a donation to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help support our Nashville fashion community.

NFW DAY ONE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 

DIGITAL "FASHION TALKS": DIVERSITY + INCLUSION
MODERATED BY FERN MALLIS WITH TANYA TAYLOR, TIMO WEILAND, PETER SOM, KIMBERLY LEWIS AND BARRY GRIDER

TUESDAY, August 4 | 12 p.m. CST

Admission: FREE with ticket reservation

This engaging conversation will be moderated by Fern Mallis, the award-winning creator of New York Fashion Week. A panel of industry leaders - Tanya Taylor, Timo Weiland and Peter Som with Kimberly Lewis, owner of Emerson Grace and Nordstrom Nashville's Chanel Ready-to-Wear Brand Ambassador, Barry Grider - will share their insight on this vital shift in the fashion industry and beyond.

Please send your questions pertaining to this discussion HERE by Tuesday at 9 a.m. CST.

Each attendee that signs in to this event will be entered into a drawing to win two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021.

Middle Tennessee State University is our content production partner for this digital Zoom event. 

FEATURED DESIGNERS

Join us on @NashFashWeek Instagram Stories for these NFW designer spotlights on Tuesday:

Laura Citron | 2 PM CST
Mary Violet Woosley | 4 PM CST
Article X | 6 PM CST

SHOP NASHVILLE

Shop special events and promotions at these retail partners on Tuesday. Click HERE for more details.

ABLE
Bonobos | 10 AM - 7 PM CST
Eric Adler Clothing
Flip | 11 AM - 6 PM CST
H. Audrey | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Levy’s | 10 AM - 6 PM CST
Margaret Ellis Jewelry 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM CST

NFW Digital Experience Schedule

Five Days of Fashion. 
Nineteen Designers. Shop Nashville. 
Fashion Talks. Three Digital Learning Labs.

The Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience will take place Tuesday, August 4 through Saturday, August 8 when NFW 2020 will go virtual with five days of interactive digital programming. We will present four digital adaptations of programming originally planned for April, as well as support and showcase participating designers and Shop Nashville retailers in a meaningful, impactful and memorable way. Here are the first details of our August schedule that attendees may participate in from the comfort and safety of their homes during this unprecedented time. Complimentary tickets will be available to reserve for each of the scheduled online events starting July 20 at NashvilleFashionWeek.com.

Nashville Fashion Week was conceived in 2010 to foster Nashville’s heralded community spirit and concentration of creative, fashion-forward and entrepreneurial talent. Nashville Fashion Week will look different this August, but we remain more committed than ever to our community. NWF will always be first and foremost about people. Our fashion community needs connection and our support more than ever. All proceeds from Nashville Fashion Week 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. The Community Foundation selects a recipient each year from a group of talented applicants. Experienced designers as well as professionals in all aspects of the fashion industry from photographers to stylists, models, hair and makeup artists, retailers and content creators are encouraged to apply each fall for this award to further their career in the fashion industry. Due to our live events being postponed to 2021, NFW will also postpone our Nashville Fashion Forward Fund application process until next year as well. This year, NFW has granted each of our nineteen participating designers a $500 gift to help them transition during this challenging time. This is #whynfw!

Eleven of the designers selected to show their collections during NFW 2020 are NFW alumni and eight are new to the NFW family. Nashville Fashion Week offers designers an invaluable opportunity to market and present their collection at a professionally produced fashion show at no cost to them other than the cost to create their collection. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we were unable to offer them a platform to showcase their collections on the runway this year. Our digital schedule will feature each designer during scheduled slots on NFW's social media channels. This is an opportunity for them to share their vision, work and studio space with you by using their own voices. Please check out all the 2020 designer bios HERE.

The NFW Digital Experience Tickets will be FREE.
Please consider making a donation to The Nashville Fashion Forward Fund and/or purchasing a "We Are Nashville Fashion" T-shirt to support 
The Masks Now Coalition of Tennessee.

Our limited edition "We Are Nashville Fashion" t-shirts will be pre-sold starting July 20 by 85 Supply . Sale proceeds from these shirts will purchase protective masks from OnPoint Manufacturing to be distributed where they are needed most by The Masks Now Coalition of Tennessee.

Shop Nashville is a city-wide celebration we designed to encourage and support the local retail and maker community with creative and interactive ways to drive consumers to Nashville businesses. Some participating retailers will create and host their own physically distanced in-store events, while others will offer promotions or website-based events. Detailed event descriptions for each participating retailer will be announced soon. Each Shop Nashville participant has made a donation to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Please plan now to shop and support these special events August 4-8.

Nashville Fashion Week Learning Labs are educational opportunities that provide a platform to engage, learn and connect experientially within the Nashville community. We will kick off The NFW Digital Experience with Digital "Fashion Talks" moderated by Fern Mallis with Tanya Taylor, Timo Weiland, Peter Som, Kimberly Lewis and Barry Grider on Tuesday, August 4; followed by three digital Learning Labs: "In Dialogue: Suffrage, Style and Social Movements" with The Tennessee State Museum on Wednesday, August 5; OnPoint Manufacturing will present "Sustainability, Manufacturing and the Future of the Fashion Industry" with author Mary Gehlhar of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide and strategist Daniella Platt on Thursday, August 6; and Ritholz Levy Fields will present "Fashion Law For Your Fashion Business" on Friday, August 7.  Everyone that signs in to any of these digital events on Zoom will be entered into a drawing for two FREE All Access Passes to NFW 2021.

Nashville Fashion Week will also announce the winner of the AMAX + NFW Model Search 2020 on Saturday, August 8. For the first time in its nine year history, our Model Search was open to aspiring models of all ages and sizes. We look forward to seeing these new faces on the runway next year.

August 4-8 is going to be a very full week! We are forever grateful for the support and encouragement we have received throughout this year. We encourage you to continue to support the people behind the brands and businesses that have moved Nashville fashion-forward. 

We Are Nashville Fashion. We are Nashville Strong.

❤️ 
Team NFW 

Another NFW Update

Dear Nashville, 

And, here we are again...When we postponed Nashville Fashion Week’s 10-year celebration on March 11 to August 4-8, we had no way of knowing the ongoing impact that COVID-19 would have on the world. What we did immediately recognize was that it was the responsible decision to put the well-being of our community first. Fast forward two and half months later and we find ourselves still in the midst of a debilitating pandemic. As we are all learning to adjust to life during this unprecedented time, it is clear that nothing is reverting back to “normal”. Business as usual is just not an option. We have carefully considered what is possible, practical and safe for Nashville Fashion Week and the unfortunate reality is that large group events are not going to be safe for quite some time. To say that we are disappointed would be a huge understatement, but our first priority has been and will always be the health and well-being of our community, guests, designers, models, sponsors, volunteers and team. We are halting any plans for live events and will move forward with a schedule of interactive virtual programming in August.

“I’m so proud of NFW and support their decision to bring the talent and energy and business of NFW to us all virtually... it’s where everything is happening right now. So, stay safe and join us and support Nashville’s designers." - Fern Mallis  

“We look forward to continuing the great partnership with Nashville Fashion Week in 2021. We share the organizer's feelings of disappointment about the need to cancel the in-person version of the 2020 edition, and are excited to be sharing ideas with them about online forms of engagement with the community this summer. We are all having to find creative ways to stay connected during this unusual year.” - OZ Arts President & CEO Tim Ozgener and Executive & Artistic Director Mark Murphy

Ticket and pass holders who have already purchased for NFW 2020 have the option to donate their purchase to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund or receive a full refund by contacting Amy Fair at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee at AFair@CFMT.org. Please send with this subject line: NFW Refund Request for (insert NAME). We hope that we can count on your continued support. Nashville Fashion Week will come back stronger than ever to celebrate with you in 2021. A new date will be announced when we are confident that it is safe to do so.

“The Community Foundation couldn’t be prouder to be part of the work Nashville Fashion Week has done to promote and support local designers each and every year. With the announcement that the shows would feature all Middle Tennessee designers for the 10th anniversary came the proudest moment yet, having seen how much the local fashion community has grown from within and been welcomed from the outside thanks in large part to the creative and supportive journey that has been Nashville Fashion Week.”  -Amy Fair, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Nashville Fashion Week was conceived in 2010 to foster Nashville’s heralded community spirit and concentration of creative, fashion-forward and entrepreneurial talent. That has not changed. We will present promotions and digital programming August 4-8 to support and showcase our local designers, makers, creative community and Shop Nashville retailers in a meaningful, impactful and memorable way. We invite everyone to join us online for these virtual events. Our fashion community needs connection and our support more than ever. The full schedule will be released on July 1 with complimentary tickets available at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. 

"Bright Event Productions has been a long-standing production partner with Nashville Fashion Week, and we are excited to help produce the 10-year anniversary shows. Bright is of course saddened by the cancellation, as the shows are truly experience, but understand that this decision is necessary for the health and safety of all involved. We are looking forward to being a part of the 2020 virtual experince and continuing to support the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund." - Clint Pinkinton, President of Bright Event Productions

We are grateful for the support and encouragement we have received during this difficult time. Stay tuned on our details for virtual programming for August. We encourage you to continue to support the people behind the brands and businesses that have moved Nashville fashion-forward. We are sending strength and support to all.

We Are Nashville Fashion. We are Nashville Strong.

❤️ 

Team NFW