Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2023 i FashionShow Magazine

@S_HAVENSTRITE Samantha Havenstrite is the reigning Miss Houston. After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Finance, Sam moved to Houston to start her career in investment banking at an oil and gas company. She recently shifted industries and now works for apartment developer, The Hanover Company as a Capital Markets Analyst. In her spare time, Sam enjoys golfing, traveling, trying new restaurants, and taking exercise classes.…

September 8, 2023 San Francisco Opera inaugurated its second century with Opera Ball: The Elixir of Opera. Co-chaired by Francesca Gutierrez Amann and Sue Graham Johnston, the celebration began at San Francisco’s City Hall with a cocktail hour and dinner by McCalls Catering & Events with décor by J. Ricardo Benavides. Attendees then promenaded across Van Ness Avenue to the War Memorial Opera House for an Opening Night Concert to kick off the 101st season featuring tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of Company Music Director Eun Sun Kim. An after-party at City Hall concluded the festive evening with more revelry and dancing. Notable Attendees Matthew Shilvock, San Francisco Opera General Director Eun Sun Kim, San Francisco Opera…

“There’s more to discover when you truly know yourself. It requires confidence and self-trust to be able to fly”- Ehrran Montoya Ehrran Montoya’s debut collection features his attention to details, textures, and use of vibrant hues. The inspiration are mainly from his made up fantasy stories during childhood; from Mermaids, Fairies, Mythical Creatures, and scenes from animation movies like Princess & The Frog, Fairytopia, and other realms of the pixies from his Fantasia-like imagination. It is so wild that the pieces speaks for it self. Twenty-seven-year-old artist Ehrran Montoya believes that it is through standing on the shoulders of the giants that he can truly achieve progress. The recognition slowly lavished upon him today is the result of his years-long observation of Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo, and Alexander…

Gabrielle Velasquez is a fashion stylist and visual artist from San Francisco, California. She is completing a BFA in Fashion Styling at the Academy of Art University. Throughout her career, Gabrielle has built a dynamic style that balances a blend of colorful prints and textures injected with symbolic iconography. She continues to experiment with a multitude of mediums implementing elements of up-cycled customizations. As an artist, Gabrielle believes in the importance of collaboration with other creatives and the diversity of voices featured in her work. She specializes in art direction, photoshoot production, editorial styling, commercial styling, product styling, and wardrobe styling. Gabrielle continues to expand her creative toolkit and explore new forms of expression to manifest her passion for storytelling. EPHEMERAL ETERNAL DIMENSIONAL EXPLORER…

@fashion_flexin Bryan Calloway is an up-and-coming fashion stylist who recently graduated with his BFA from Academy of Art University. He was born and raised in the sunny seaside city of Oxnard California. The diversity of the city and growing up in the 1990s provided him with a vast amount of inspiration that he would later use to develop his aesthetic. Although Bryan had a lot of outside influences, he also credits his grandfather Otis for being the embodiment of swag. His grandfather had his own eccentric sense of style, wore his clothes with confidence, and had no regard for what others thought. At an early age, he became enamored with anything that had to do with hip-hop and sneakers; this was the moment in his life when he realized that…

August 5, 2023 On Saturday, August 5, Saks Fifth Avenue and the League to Save Lake Tahoe hosted their annual benefit fashion show and luncheon featuring an exclusive first look at the Oscar de la Renta Pre-Spring 2024 collection, designed by Co-Creative Directors Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia. This year, the storied event raised $1.2 million for the preservation of Lake Tahoe during its full-scale runway fashion show and elegant luncheon held at the Schumacher family home on Lake Tahoe’s iconic shoreline. The funds raised during this premier of Oscar de la Renta’s stunning Pre-Spring 2024 collection support the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s 65-year mission to “Keep Tahoe Blue” by fueling initiatives that protect the health and beauty of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Notable Attendees Barbara Brown Heidi Cary…