Press Release: Denver Design Incubator Holding Open House

The Denver Design Incubator is holding an open house for those who are interested in furthering their fashion design skills and growing their business. Stop in and learn more about the Designer-In-Residence program, tour the space, and take in how DDI can elevate a brand into a successful business. Bring a portfolio to get feedback or use the studio space to finish up some samples. Speak to the current DIRs and experience how DDI is moving fashion forward.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?: Fashion Design Students, Designer-In-Residence Candidates, Interested Local Designers

WHO WILL YOU MEET?: DDI’s Executive Director, Holli Gibson; DDI’s Founder and Chairman of the Board, Rustin Coburn; Current Designers-In-Residence, Jeanne Connolly and Kristen Littlejohn

WHAT: DDI Open House

Speak with current DIRs and DDI personnel, get portfolio feedback, learn about upcoming workshops and interviews for the next class of Designers-In-Residence, tour DDI’s studio, try out the industrial sewing equipment.

WHERE: 500 16th St., Suite 264, Denver, Co. Inside the I Heart Denver Store

WHEN: Tuesday, November 1st, 2011. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE DENVER DESIGN INCUBATOR

The Denver Design Incubator (DDI) is Colorado’s first and only fashion design incubator, focused on education and business development to assist with turning creative ideas into successful and sustainable businesses. The DDI, based centrally in Downtown Denver, carries out its mission and vision by supporting, educating and empowering designers with the appropriate skill-sets to be successful in the Fashion Industry. The DDI is a place of creativity and innovation for designers to build upon an already established fashion and design knowledge base.

DDI offers an intensive two-year program that will accept three to seven applicants committed to advancing themselves and their businesses. Designers-in-residence will be immersed in a real world setting of a design studio in an apparel manufacturing company. They will receive mentoring from established fashion professionals to help them take their ideas from a concept to a money making business. Designers-in-residence will attend classes based upon a customized curriculum to take their skills to the next level. Classes will also be offered to the public in areas ranging from design to pattern making to production to business planning to fashion law.

For More Information: Contact Holli Gibson, Executive Director 720-837-1452 or info@denverdesignincubator.com

LamanBlu in Hudson's Magazine

Did you see our write-up in Hudson's ChildrensWear Review?

"Designer Holli Gibson presents her latest LamanBlu collection for Spring and Summer 2012 and introduces select styling for boys.

Continuing with feminine dresses and coordinated separates for all the little twirly girls, LamanBlu stays true to what is best about its styling, adding dressup and casual styles for little brother."

To see the collection, visit our website at www.LamanBlu.com

LamanBlu is domestically produced eco-friendly clothing for children ages 6 months to age 10.

Play, Dance, Live...because LamanBlu is made to Celebrate Childhood

http://www.hudsonscr.com/

© 2011 LamanBlu

SS 2012 Trend Report: Amazing Lace!

Lace adds grace to girls dresses, tops, jackets and more! (Kidsstylesource.com)

LamanBlu is offering up lace princess dresses, complete with full twirly skirts, embroidery and real freshwater pearls.

They're also offering up lots of lacy ruffles, trimmed in ladder lace paired with washable linen and natural shell buttons.

Colorado's Rising Stars of Fashion to be Feted on Saturday

Colorado's rising stars of fashion to be feted Saturday

By Suzanne S. Brown
The Denver Post
Posted: 10/06/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT

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"There's a huge variety of new businesses starting," says Holli Gibson, one of the judges of FGI's competition and a local children's wear designer. She won the Rising Star Award in 2009.


"I think the tough economy is forcing people to get creative in many ways," she says. "They're not relying on big business to set their futures. They're using innovative ways to launch and market products. There's no one right way anymore."

Gibson, who worked in other markets before starting LamaBlu here, says that doing business online paired with the ease of communications today allow people to set up shop just about anywhere. "Certainly there are challenges to working in areas outside of major manufacturing cities" but, she says, "it can be done."
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To Read the Entire Aritcle: Colorado's rising stars of fashion to be feted Saturday - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_19049166#ixzz1a6zRZdhy

Fashion Group International of Denver has selected a baker's dozen of fashion companies to honor as "Rising Stars" for 2011. One will be named winner at FGI's gala on Saturday. The nominees are:


FlyLow Gear: Dan Abrams and Green Steen, outerwear

Bloom Jewelry: Lindsay Backman, contemporary jewelry

Tracey Lynn Golf: Tracey Blake, women's active wear

Marie-Margot Bridal Couture: Maggie Burns, bridal/couture

Fahrenkamp Apparel: Meggie Hodge, women's urban wear

Samantha Louise Jewelry: Samantha Larkins, fine jewelry

Denver Bespoke: AJ Machete, Lianna K, men's ready-to- wear

Gabriela Designs: Gabriela Martinez, women's evening wear

Natalee M. Designs: Natalee Moldenhauer, couture accessories

Panache Cycle Gear: Don Powell, men's active wear

KaiT Design: Kaitlyn Thomas, women's ready-to-wear

Grey Sunshine: Dana Van Daele, contemporary accessories

Studio Yoshida: Kotomi Yoshida, men's urban wear