Funksion: Fashion Week Miami Previews the Latest in Fall Fashion

Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach celebrates its 10th season with one of the most impressive line-ups in recent years. The state of the art fashion pod will be built on the sand at 11th Street and Ocean Drive in Lummus Park in Miami Beach. The venue will feature three unique venues with a large court yard for sponsor activations in the center of it all. The court yard and main fashion venues will be real grass as FUNKSHION strongly supports Eco movement. FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will open on March 26th with a presentation of an official Proclamation of FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach by the newly inducted Mayor of Miami Beach Matti Bower. The Proclamation ceremony will be followed by a spectacular showcase by Jennifer Lopez's high end line Sweetface at the Setai Hotel.

In the days following opening night, FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will move locations to the Setai Hotel to host the world renowned designer Fisico by Cristina Ferrari from Milan Italy . Shows will take place at the Setai Hotel with an amazing runway built directly over the pool. Other highlights in the tents on Ocean Drive are Justin Timberlake's clothing line, William Rast, the debut of Russell Simmons new Argyle line, as well as Puma, Caroline D' Amore, LE JEAN DE by Marithé François Girbaud. Closing nights shows in the tents will feature Heatherette (they chose this year to do only FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach over NY and LA's Fashion Weeks) and the Jockstarzz Fashion Show Benefiting the Kevin Everett Foundation, which will bring some of the nation's biggest National Football League ("NFL") players together to tackle the runway for a one-night-only charity event and fashion show. During this charity show, super producers Cool and Dre will mix it up on the runway as they debut their clothing line Dirty Royalty. Cool will also be the musical Jock Star on the wheels of steel for both the fashion show and after party.

As with every season, FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach supports new and emerging designers with our Emerging Designers Award. This year David Sugarman, CEO of Miami based Management Company Sugartime Productions will host the emerging designer's event, and along with Fashion Group International, will award the winner with a cash prize and free representation for one year. The panel of judges will be made up of media elite, trade industry VIP's, designers, celebrities and members of Fashion Group International. FUNKSHION will also announce the partnership with Sugartime Productions and Lorette Ambrozewicz in creating the most unique competition for emerging designers inspired by the story of Ms. Ambrozewicz. The goal is to promote the usage of organic materials in Fashion Industry. Emerging designers will be able to compete for a cash prize by designing outfits using only organic materials. The winner will receive the cash prize and will be able to showcase its designs at Funkshion: Fashion Week Milan in Italy.

FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach is a four day long event that provides an intelligent, innovative platform for progressive, established, and emerging designers to showcase their collections to media, celebrities, international buyers, and select style makers. FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will celebrate the energy and substance of style across classes and cultures. The shows are geared towards designer diffusion collections and innovative lifestyle brands. Designers will integrate music into their shows, many personally selecting their favorite celebrity DJs to preside over their runway spectacles FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach has harnessed the curiosity and support of established and emerging talent from the international fashion and lifestyle arenas. All makeup for FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach will be provided by MAC Cosmetics. All hair by Cosmix. All Funkshion T-Shirts provided by Alternative Apparel. Guests will be able to re-fuel in Red Bull's Energy Station and enjoy Hennessy, Belvedere and 10 Cane.

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Nicole Miller: It's great, it's very exciting. Actually I did not realize that it is a quite as a big deal as it is, so I am very honored and thrilled to be here. Actually this is a brand new line. It's called Miller Girl. It's only been tested a little bit in the stores so it's brand new and Miami is going to see it first .I would love to this every year, this fashion week is been great. Hopefully we will do it again

Esteban Cortazar: This is more comfortable and easy and just having a fun. In NY is stressful and this was stressful of course but it was a different type of stress. New York . you just have to think of everything . I would love to come back and do FUNKSHION Miami, I think it's great opportunity for me. "Miami really is the fashion capital. They say that it is New York, but really, all of the energy is here and all of the new ideas are here" said Russell Simmons about FUNKSHION: Fashion Week Miami Beach.

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