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

Shop Nashville 2020

NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK PRESENTS SHOP NASHVILLE 2020 RETAIL PARTNERS AND EVENTS 

The Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience is just a few days away and tickets are going fast for our FREE Fashion Talks and our three virtual Learning Labs. Follow Nashville Fashion Week closely on Instagram and Facebook next week for spotlights on our nineteen NFW 2020 designers and Shop Nashville partners. You don't want to miss a single one of these exciting digital events. Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com to view the full schedule, including detailed event descriptions for each of our Shop Nashville participating retailers. We look forward to "seeing" you soon!

We are just twelve "We Are Nashville Fashion" T-Shirt sales away from reaching our goal. Please purchase your limited edition shirt HERE so that we can donate even more masks to MasksNow TN.

Shop Nashville is a city-wide celebration designed to encourage and support the local retail and maker community with creative and interactive ways to support our Nashville businesses. Shop our daily special events and promotions throughout the city at a wide variety of your favorite businesses on Tuesday, August 4 through Saturday, August 8. Our retail partners and several designers will host their own unique event and/or offer special discounts next week. All of these participating businesses, as well as several others that could not participate at this time, have made a donation to the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to show their support for our local fashion community. Please make plans to shop and support all of these retailers next week. Our independent businesses need us more than ever at this time!

Shop Nashville Events Include:

• Cosmetic Market will go live on Instagram at 4 p.m. Wednesday with Oribe to discuss hair, fashion and upcoming hair trends for fall 2020. They will offer a special Oribe gift during and after their event with any Oribe purchase.

• Enjoy the Brides by Glitz Nashville Mother of the Bride and Groom Fashion Show on Facebook Live on Thursday at 5 p.m.

• Emerson Grace will host a spotlight on style from Nashville creatives and tastemakers in their 12South store on Thursday at 5 p.m. Follow along on Facebook and Instagram too to see what these local trendsetters are coveting this summer. 

• Artist Ashley Trabue Studio is creating a small batch of NFW designer-inspired PORTALS that will draw their palette, mood, and elements from each designer's collection. She will host her NFW Mini Release on Instagram on Friday, August 7 at 9 p.m. 

• Book a Private Shopping Styling Session at Bonobos before or after regular shopping hours and save 30%.

• Visit Levy's for daily surprise Pop-Up Shops.

• Margaret Ellis Jewelry is offering private appointments to shop the ME Studio or to do a Facetime shopping spree with a special NFW 25% offer for online orders too August 4 - 8.

• Tune in to Instagram and Facebook daily for fashion inspiration from FLIP or stop by their women's or men's store in person. 

• Take advantage of discounts exclusive to Nashville Fashion Week. Save 15% off Disco Cowgirl at H. Audrey, $100 off any women's custom suit at Eric Adler Clothing and enjoy 25% off your website purchases at ABLE from August 4 - 8. 

• Three of our NFW designers, Lily Guilder (Saturday, 4 p.m.), The Morgan Factory (Wednesday, 4 p.m.) and No Worries (Friday, 6 p.m.) are offering special promotions surrounding their NFW Digital Experience debut next week.

Please shop all of our designers and also our other 2020 supporting retailer partners: Billy Reid, Haymakers, Hemline, J. Michael Clothier, Molly Green and Rachel's at The Hermitage Hotel. Our retail community needs our support now more than ever. 

Visit NashvilleFashionWeek.com for full details on all of these events and links to their websites.

NFW Digital "Fashion Talks" & Learning Labs

Please join us August 4 - 8 for the Nashville Fashion Week Digital Experience. Nashville Fashion Week Fashion Talks and Learning Labs are educational opportunities that provide a platform to engage, learn and connect experientially within the Nashville community. Each attendee that signs in to any of these digital events will be entered into a drawing for two All Access Passes ($800 value) to NFW 2021! 

FREE tickets for Fashion Talks and all three Learning Labs are NOW available at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. 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.

DIGITAL "FASHION TALKS": DIVERSITY + INCLUSION

MODERATED BY FERN MALLIS WITH TANYA TAYLOR, TIMO WEILAND, PETER SOM, KIMBERLY LEWIS AND BARRY GRIDER

TUESDAY, August 4 | 12:00 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.

Fern Mallis has been called an industry titan, doyenne, and The Godmother of Fashion. As the creator and host of premiere conversation series Fashion Icons w/Fern Mallis at New York’s prestigious 92nd Street Y, Mallis assembled an incredible roster of guests for her now signature in-depth interviews, including Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, André Leon Talley, Bruce Weber, Bill Cunningham, Valentino, Victoria Beckham, Rosita and Angela Missoni, Alexander Wang, Russell Westbrook, Bob Mackie, and Billy Porter; to name just a few. Her book, published by Rizzoli, Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis, is a must read of her first 19 interviews. Stay tuned for Volume 2 coming hopefully in 2021. 

Mallis also created and hosted her own radio show, Fashion Insiders w/Fern Mallis on Sirius XM, During which time she interviewed over 400 industry personalities, celebrities, and professionals. In January 2012, she made her theatre stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of Nora & Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Mallis also created her own globally inspired FERN FINDS: jewelry, clothing and accessories line for QVC and HSN.

Tanya Taylor started her namesake label in 2012 with the mission to inspire all women to live in color. By celebrating individuality, the brand aims to create a community where every woman feels included. Through the artful use of color, texture and original hand-painted prints each Tanya Taylor collection is designed to bring confidence and high-energy happiness into a woman’s daily life. The collections are sold at retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. 

The brand has been worn by a diverse range of inspirational women such as Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Tracee Ellis Ross, Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Kristen Wiig and Aidy Bryant. Tanya Taylor is an inclusive brand defined by a point of view and is proud to offer styles in sizes 0-22. 

Timo Weiland is an award-winning Creative Director, serial entrepreneur and DJ based in New York City. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised between Florida and New York. After graduating from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, he worked for several years as an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. covering Media & Technology before launching his first startup. Since 2010, Timo has successfully built a namesake lifestyle brand, as well as businesses across food & beverage, design, media, B2B intelligence, real estate, technology, and venture capital.

Born in San Francisco, Peter Som launched his award-winning eponymous collection in 2000. Known for his signature clean-lined yet feminine designs, his clothing has been worn by such notable women as Michelle Obama, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Beyonce and Scarlett Johannson. His clothes have sold worldwide at top retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, and he has had highly successful collaborations with Kohl’s and Anthropologie. His signature, bold and colorful patterns has inspired a furniture and tabletop collection with The Inside. Peter is also widely known for his love of entertaining and food. His recipes have been featured in numerous publications and digital platforms including Vogue.com, Elle.com, Bon Appetit, Refinery29, Food and Wine and  FeedFeed, where he is a contributor. Peter lives in New York City where he can often be found in the kitchen covered in flour.  

Kimberly Lewis, owner of the Nashville women's boutique Emerson Grace, was born and raised in Hawaii.  She started her fashion career in Southern California. She built an impressive resume as an executive in the fashion industry working in both retail and wholesale for top companies including Ralph Lauren and BCBGMAXAZRIA, where she launched the company's initial retail efforts, growing the chain from zero to100 stores. Her expertly curated selection of merchandise at Emerson Grace encourages women to dress with style and ease for every occasion. She continually works to refine Emerson Grace's vision and carve out its place in the fashion landscape with its “elevated casual” aesthetic. She uses her many years of experience to provide women with a realistic and effortless approach to dressing. This understanding of what women wear is emulated through the store's edited mix of brands and price points. Kimberly lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter.

As the Chanel Ready-To-Wear Ambassador at Nordstrom Green Hills, Barry Grider has grown his career in luxury through decades of service to his hometown of Nashville. He is often recognized for his exceptional selling abilities and service provided to clients, but it is the deep relationships he has created over a lifetime of retail that are most meaningful to him. In his career, Barry has experienced incredible opportunities with Nordstrom and the Chanel brand including buying trips to Paris, exclusive visits to the Chanel archives and Metiers d’art, and most recently opening Nordstrom’s New York flagship store. While Barry’s accomplishments at work give him much to be proud of, he values the time spent with family and close friends most of all. Outside of work, Barry is often traveling, enjoying new dining experiences, dancing, snow skiing, roller skating, or indulging in Netflix.

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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.

Throughout history, clothing and fashion were always, and continue to be, a powerful form of expression. What we wear can define us, inspire us, and say to others that we are individuals empowered with confidence. Learn more about the statement the suffragists were making with the clothing and colors they wore as they marched in parades for women’s voting rights. The Museum’s exhibition, Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote, uses artifacts, documents, large-scale graphics, videos, and interactive elements to share the stories of the Tennesseans who came to have decisive roles in American women’s struggle to gain voting rights.

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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. 

David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to OnPoint's on-demand manufacturing model having been head of sales at Lightning Source, a company that specializes in print-on-demand book manufacturing. With a strong background in all aspects of the world of digital printing and distribution, David’s unique talents and experience gave him the ability to easily transition similar methodologies from books to apparel. During his time at OnPoint, David has single-handedly helped hundreds of designers, brands and companies looking for a better manufacturing solution.  

Mary Gehlhar is a writer, curator and consultant with expertise in fashion design entrepreneurship. She is the author of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide a best-selling business book that walks designers through the diverse challenges of establishing and growing their own brands. Mary served for 10 years as Fashion Director of Gen Art, introducing hundreds of emerging designers to the fashion industry and press through New York Fashion Week runway debuts. Mary consulted on show development and led the selection process for the first four seasons of the hit show Project Runway. She is an industry resource for prestigious media outlets, including the New York Times, and British Vogue. She has been an adjunct professor at the Parsons New School for Design and participates on multiple selection committees at fashion colleges, organizations including Fashion Group International, and incubators and grants such as the Woolite Fashion Grant. 

Cheerleader to all, Daniella Platt is a Concept-To-Market Strategist, who works with individuals to open doors to success and turn an idea into profit. Her signature program is the Ten Commandments To Be A Sales Rockstar & Fashion Startup Playbook. In fact, she just debuted the book on it called Looking Good. Through her consultancy, Looking Good YAYA!, Daniella offers conceptual marketing ideas and puts strategies into action. Like a primary doctor, LGY leverages the consultancy's relationships with "specialists" to give brands visibility and an edge. Daniella works with emerging and established brands, and artists, teaching creatives how to sell and guiding brands to bring their idea from concept-to-life. 

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DIGITAL LEARNING LAB: FASHION LAW FOR YOUR FASHION BUSINESS

Presented by Ritholz Levy Fields

FRIDAY, August 7 | 12:30 p.m. CST

Admission: FREE with ticket reservation

Peter Fields and Jenna Harris of the law firm Ritholz Levy Fields LLP will address corporate, commercial and intellectual property law issues faced by emerging and established fashion and apparel businesses, including corporate formations and corporate governance, raising money from investors, choosing and protecting a brand name in the U.S. and abroad, creating protectable designs, tips for battling fraud on digital platforms and preventing ad misplacement, hiring employees and independent contractors, and product sales, distribution and licensing transactions. RLF is a dynamic and fast-growing law firm (with offices in Nashville, New York, Los Angeles and Miami) representing clients in media, entertainment, fashion, technology and general “brand-based” businesses across  a wide variety of corporate, commercial and intellectual property law disciplines. With decades of experience as lawyers (and, in some cases, former executives in these fields), the firm brings an insider’s perspective and a sophisticated approach to provide cost-effective and business-centric solutions for its clients. The firm has a key focus in helping its clients fund and launch new businesses, grow them and take them through public and private liquidity events, especially clients that leverage creative works such as fashion and apparel companies. 

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Purchase A "We Are Nashville Fashion" T-shirt 
To Support The Masks Now Coalition of Tennessee

Our limited edition "We Are Nashville Fashion" t-shirts are now on sale for $35 by 85 Supply. 100% of sale proceeds from these shirts will be donated to purchase protective masks from OnPoint Manufacturing to distribute where they are needed most by The Masks Now Coalition of Tennessee.

The mission of MasksNOW TN is to enable everyone to wear a face mask to save lives. Wearing a face mask is a way of protecting each other and caring for one’s community.  MasksNOW TN works to ensure every person and service organization has access to face masks. Through their core values of service, collaboration, community, integrity, and empathy, they have organized to match volunteer sewists to ongoing needs in our communities, to match donations of materials to volunteer sewists, and to match volunteers with distributing face masks to those in need and ensure that their face masks are provided as a free donation to those in need. MasksNow TN is working towards normalizing mask wearing through partnerships and outreach in our communities and education. MasksNow TN is a proud member of the MasksNOW Coalition. 

“We at MasksNOW Tennessee are so excited to partner with Nashville Fashion Week as we work together to provide more face masks for all Tennesseans. The Nashville fashion community is a special group, and we are all in this together!” - Brenda Gadd, MasksNOW Tennessee