Attendees will be inspired by talent  Thursday, March 21st, as the emerging stylish energy pulse a compelling attraction for local retailers who gather at the Crown Plaza Hotel, adjacent to South Coast Plaza, to support local, emerging, and established designers for a Runway Expose Fashion Show that will prove just how fashionable “Ready-to-Wear” can be.

RUNWAY EXPOSE: “EXPERIENCE THE ZAPPOS STORY” The Inspiration Platform for OC Fashion Week Members, Supporters, Retailers and Advocates

The electric evening opens at 6PM with a Special Guest Experience, “Delivering Happiness.” Join us as a Very Special Guest speaker shares the stories behind the demand in fashion, art, and music; and shares with us  the ZAPPOS EXPERIENCE, the method by which an aspiring entrepreneur grew his small shoe company Zappos into a $2 billion empire. Learn about the experience of this worldwide phenomenon which is particularly inspiring to anyone in Fashion, Music or Art.

Charles Ressler began his career in fashion at Bergdorf Goodman reporting directly to SVP, marketing, PR, advertising and Special Events. While at BG Ressler was instrumental in such projects as: redesign of the iconic Bergdorf Goodman shopping bag, the renovation of the jewelry floor and BG restaurant, creation of 5F contemporary floor, oversight of all special events including celebration of windows launching, Ralph Lauren and Tony Duquette Assouline book launch and many more.

Ressler also was on the team that launched the following brands at BG: Naim Khan, Lily et Cie, Milly, Chrome Hearts, Ippolita, Edward Bess, Joe Malone, Kelly Wearstler (home line), Tim Hamilton, Michael Bastian amongst many more.

What makes Ressler a true lifestyle guru is his work in music, arts and culture. Executive producer of critically acclaimed instrumentalist, Joey Pero.

Whether guest lecturing at universities across the world, creative directing the largest monthly arts festival in the country (First Friday Las Vegas), doing all the Marketing and communications for Tony Hsieh created movement Delivering Happiness (now over 500,000 strong and in over 110 countries), or Director of Magic for Coterie Downtown, Charles is only at home surrounded by creativity.

Other career highlights include; spearheading of strategic partnerships with Assouline, American Express, Consul of India and Consul Russia.

Charles has consulted for: Adria de Haume, Brunello Cucinelli, Rogan, Loomstate, Edun, Rachel Antonoff, Mooka Kinney, Dodo… just to name a few.

Currently Ressler has focused on inspiring people in communities using Fashion, Art, Music, and one of a kind experience as the medium making his work with Delivering Happiness a match made in Heaven.

Monica Otero Orange County Fashion Blogger of Expresso and Stilettos

How can anyone resist our famed stylists and all-time fav’d quintessential fashion blogger?

Truthfully, we just can’t! We adore their opinionated ultimate fashion finds and the real-time reports of their glamorous nights out on the town – when it comes to style – they have the buzz worth pinning and re-pinning!

Hillary Gadsby Los Angeles Fashion Blogger Stiletto Gal

Fashionistas Now Boarding: The Fashion Forum℠ kicks off Opening Day at OC Fashion Week:

TUESDAY, ON MARCH 19TH AT ANQI BY CRUSTACEAN at 10am
Get the latest and greatest in emerging designer wear live at OC Fashion Week with a press launch unlike any other. This special tribute event supports OC Fashion Week’s

Day 1: Sugar Rush Initiative to support emerging jewelers and designers in accessories.

Walk a mile in her shoes by Fashion Blogger, Stiletto Gal Hillary Gadsby Stiletto Gal

Check back here for featured reviews and up-to-date live postings of each blogger and style reports in real-time!

http://stilettogal.com/2013/03/20/stilettogal-takes-on-oc-fashion-week-recap/ 

http://sunnynblue.blogspot.com

Fashion Retail Members will have access to a year-round portfolio of luxury travel amenities courtesy of our exclusive preferred partners, incentive programs, employee rewards and even customized tour programs that drive success.

HAUTEOC TRAVELER is an On-Site Destination Management and Incentive Agency of Orange County, California, a proud travel affiliate of Montecito Village Travel, Santa Barbara’s first and premier Virtuoso travel agency established in 1972.

Priority Travel Accommodations and Reservations: Privileges, Luxury Amenities. Upgrades based on availability exclusively for OC Fashion Week VIP.   BookTravel@HAUTEOC.com and Discover the World You’ve Been Missing!

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Become an OC Fashion Week “Retail Member-Supporter”

Here’s how: Download .pdf  HERE 

Sign up now: Form link HERE

Retailers have an opportunity to advocate for charities all in the spirit of Orange County Fashion Week. When retailers become an Advocate member, they can nominate or select charity to dedicate a % portion of proceeds to from their retail sales made during the OC Fashion Week period March 19-24, 2013. This gives stores the opportunity to host their own OC Fashion Week event all the while giving back to worthy causes in celebration of the events. OC Fashion Week will feature participating retailers all “In the Pursuit of Fashion” and Goodwill.

The International Women’s Democracy Center is thrilled that Orange County Fashion Week is considering IWDC’s Bras For A Cause to be one of the spotlighted charities.

Bras For A Cause was founded to provide young women with a bra to help them improve their overall and self esteem well being through sports, education and training.  IWDC receives donated new and lightly used bras from individual, retail and corporate donors and distributes them to women and girls in need through partnerships established with community based organizations. Oftentimes, young girls who do not have a bra also do not have the self esteem to attend school, play sports or engage in social activities.

Bras For A Cause considers a bra to be an essential piece of a woman’s wardrobe and overall well being with benefits that cross a wide spectrum including good physical, social and emotional health. Bras For A Cause works to ensure that every woman and girl who would like a bra can have one.  The International Women’s Democracy Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization established in 1995 with a demonstrated track record of success for nearly two decades. Bras For A Cause has grown in 10 years from a small independent project to scale and is now a project of the International Women’s Democracy Center.

Orangewood Children’s Foundation began over 30 years ago with a vision to build a facility to shelter Orange County children who were the victims of abuse, neglect and abandonment.  After its construction, the operations and administration of the Orangewood Children’s Home were turned over to the county’s Social Services Agency.

Today our focus is on the ongoing needs of children in the foster care system, developing a wide range of activities, scholarships, support and programs to give every child every chance to succeed.

Senhoa Foundation “Accessorizing can do more than just compliment a woman’s wardrobe and beauty— it can make a statement about what she believes in,” says Rocha.

When you purchase jewelry at http://www.senhoafoundation.org you make a World of Difference.

SENHOA FOUNDATION BIO:
Senhoa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) anti-trafficking, non-profit organization established in California, United States, with the core mission of providing vulnerable young women and children with vocational training, economic opportunities and social reintegration programs.
Senhoa (pronounced “suh-no-a”) is a combination of two Vietnamese words – “Sen” (lotus) and “Hoa” (flower). A lotus flower grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom with breathtaking beauty, untouched by its impure surroundings. It is against this precise imagery that “Senhoa” was conceptualized to represent women and children, vulnerable to sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking.

Senhoa invites us to buy into this exceptional brand; enriching the lives of both the wearers and the women whose nimble hands create it.
Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha was so impressed by this organisation, she wanted to create her own Senhoa collection.Having collaborated with designer Jenny Van, she has captured the brand’s artisanal richness.

Travel. Give. Advocate & Live “6 Degrees of Days Like This” If everyone is approximately six steps away from another person on earth, by a difference of two or more friends in six steps or less, then in theory we have the exponential potential to “Make a World of Difference” in the Global Community just by sharing a message, a photo, an experience, an amazing travel journey or building a community garden. Plant a seed of good each time you BookTravel@Hauteoc.com and mention The Global Garden, and we’ll donate $15 on your behalf to aid an international country in crisis or inquire about our Global Garden retreats – a mission tribute tour to plant a seed of good.

-Team Global Garden – Ruben Flores, CEO Laguna Nursery and VisionScape, Kathryn Marino CEO Hauteoc Inc, Azonic Insurance, CEO Irene Krinsky and Nelson Coates, Feature Film Production Designer

Thank you Starbucks,  Irvine Prism for your “Sugar Rush” Donation!

We love you guys!!!

Passionate about caring and want to act now? Make a donation to a cause below to help “Make a World of Difference.”

Support these Charities:  Inquire at press@OrangeCountyFashionWeek.com

Join the glamorous, A-list crowd of the California Riviera and introduce your guests to the glamorous world of retail presented by T-Mobile.

There is only one place to entertain your guests this season.
Nowhere else will they get the chance to:

Mingle with the fashion industry retail elite.
Dine in style whether on the coast of the California Riviera with divine champagne and canapes. Join our fashion industry insiders to learn about this season’s red carpet-ready latest and greatest.

Get exclusive access to OC Fashion Week’s premiere of Dawson Cole Fine Art red carpet event following Haute Couture exclusive to buyers and designers presented by T-mobile: Fashioned for the Future.

For more information and to book tickets contact:
Kathryn Marino – Corporate Media Relations:
Email | Kmarino@OrangeCountyFashionWeek.com 949.683.2228

ABOUT DAWSON COLE FINE ART

Originally established in 1993, Dawson Cole Fine Art specializes in Contemporary and Modern sculpture, drawings, prints, and unique works on paper by American and European Masters. With a special concentration in Contemporary, Early Modern and West Coast Regionalism, the gallery has offered works by Chuck Close, Paul Gauguin, Robert Heindel, Richard MacDonald, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso and Jian Wang.