All the News you’ve been waiting for from DDI!

We have a new location

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The new home of DDI is 2040 Clay St. in the Highlands (next to Ralph’s Power Sew). This will be a great new space for everyone to use in creative ways. This new location has room for our designers in residence and all of the fun workshops through out the year.

Grand Opening Party
Saturday May 19th, 2012
2-8pm
Fashion Show 4pm
The unveiling of our wonderful new location is set for a warm Saturday, May 19th. There will be many sides of fashion and business to explore, from designing and behind the scenes of a fashion show, to all the other aspects that bring home the bacon for our designers. We will have some of Denvers finest food trucks parked right outside our doors for the glorious day, and beverages by Great Divide Brewery and more.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Denver’s Fashion Events

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On Saturday March 31st Forever Darling V is partnering with Fashion Group International to present “Dressing is a Way of Life”-YSL!  Due to the high demand in ticket sales we decided to have a 2nd show!
This will be a intimate and quaint venue located at the beautiful Walker Fine Art Gallery  http://www.walkerfineart.com/. The 8 designers will be showing their YSL inspired collections a second time for everyone that missed the opportunity to purchase a ticket now is your chance! Join us for a night of fashion, meet the designers and learn about their inspiration behind their collections. There will also be an opportunity to take orders from their collections, purchase merchandise in our mini market and we will have some light appetizers, desserts, drinks provided by Infinite Monkey Theorem and Peach Street Distillers! At 9:00 we will be featuring the band Sauna!  see below to listen to some of their tunes. To purchase tickets visit. foreverdarling.org

Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective

Opens March 25th
A sweeping retrospective of the designer’s 40 years of creativity, Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective features a stunning selection of 200 haute couture garments along with numerous photographs, drawings, and films that illustrate the development of Saint Laurent’s style and the historical foundations of his work. Organized thematically, the presentation melds design and art to explore the full arc of Saint Laurent’s career, from his first days at Dior in 1958 through the splendor of his evening dresses from 2002. The DAM will be the only United States venue for the exhibition.
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Weekend Demonstrations in Fashion Studio
Sunday, March 25, 11:00 am
Hamilton Building, Level 1

Join us in the Fashion Studio as we celebrate Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective. On weekends, watch as a fashion designer takes you through the secrets of fashion design.
Saturdays 11 am–4 pm, Sundays noon–3 pm
Free with general admission. No reservations required.
Designer schedule:
March 24 (members only) & 25, March 31 & April 1, April 7 & 8
Gabriel Conroy – Fashion Illustration
April 14 & 15, April 21 & 22
James Silvrants of James, Etc.  – Styling, Design & Construction
April 28 & 29, May 5 & 6
Kotomi Yoshida - Upcycling Outdated Clothing
May 12 & 13, May 19 & 20
Stephanie Ohnmacht — From Design to Dress
May 26 & 27, June 2 & 3, June 9 & 10
Mona Lucero of Mona Lucero Design Boutique — Inspiration behind Design
June 16 & 17, June 23 & 24
Rae Marie — Patterning, Draping & Designing
June 30 & July 1, July 7 & 8
José Duran of NOx — Draping, Patternmaking & Construction
July 14 & 15, July 21 & 22
Melissa May of Incroyables — Detailing & Color Choices
July 28 & 29, August 4 & 5
Fallene Wells — Illustration & Draping
August 11 & 12, August 18 & 19
Sew Heidi — Fashion Design with Adobe Illustrator
August 25 & 26, September 1 & 2
Jim Howard — Fashion Illustration

“In the Cut”

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CALLING ALL DESIGNERS AND MODELS!!!
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same”
We are seeking your style Denver! Suite 200 will be hosting the second annual fashion series, “In the Cut” that will feature 30 of Denver’s most up and coming fashion designers and models. T…he seven week competition series will begin on March 20th presenting 3 to 4 different designers each week with a new challenge. The series will end with the winner of each week, facing off for the final challenge. Each theme is listed below along with the dates of the competition.
• Tuesday, March 20th- Favorite Cutting Edge Trend to see in 2012
• Tuesday, March 27th- Inspired by a Movie
• Tuesday, April 3rd- Neons and bright colors
• Tuesday, April 10th- Fantasy Resort 2012
• Tuesday, April 17th- Casual Wear
• Tuesday, April 24th- Modernize a past era (Victorian, 20’s 70’s etc..)
• Tuesday, May 1st (One week off for finalists to prepare)
• Tuesday, May 8th – FINAL challenge To be Announced
PRIZES:
** The top designer will receive a cash prize of $1,000, a fashion spread in in a printed campaign, featured in a Suite 200 ad campaign and a chance to showcase their line in a runway show at one of the Lotus Concepts Venues in 2012.
** Top model to win the series will receive $400, be featured in a printed campaign and featured in an ad campaign for Suite 200.

Volunteer opportunities

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Info@denverdesignincubator.com
DDI is a Not-for-Profit organization.  We are always looking for those who would like to give of their time to help the organization.  There are many different ways to help.  Send us a message and let us know a little about yourself and we will let you know where we can use your help.

 DDI is looking for a few Designers in Residence
Are you interested in becoming one of our DIR? Visit our web page to learn more.
denverdesignincubator.org/

What do you want want to learn?
DDI offers workshops on a regular basis.  Relpy to this email with your ideas and opinions on workshop topics.
info@denverdesignincubator.org
Want to teach one of these workshops?
We also need individuals who would like to teach these and/or other workshop topics. Please let us know if you are interested!
info@denverdesignincubator.org

Level 1 Beginner Classes:
-Sip and Sew: Have a glass of wine while creating a project.
-Fabric painting
-Knitting
-Hand sewing/mending techniques
-Improve your cash flow
-Intro to cad and flat sketching
-Computer aided print fabric design

Level 2 workshops are beginner level classes. One or two session classes. 2-3 hours each

-How to create a linesheet
-Sketching
-Apparel design workshop
-Trends
-Draping
-Beginning flat pattern
-Business communications & presentations
-Entity formation
-Basic record keeping
-Sourcing
-Trademark, branding & copyrights
-Basic contracts & negotiation
-Social media strategies
-Fabric painting
-Learn to sew like a pro
-How to create a lookbook
-Photography classes
-The Finishing Touches