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It is a rare feat to come across a new menswear label that balances the maturity of fine luxury and experimentation of street wear. Trio Daniel Blechman and brothers James and David Ardinast of Berlin based line SOPOPULAR have found the formula.
The label is created for the man who maintains strong principles without loosing sight of his youth. In handling a garment, each design detail is strong enough to stand on its own – together, they cast a line solid with integrity. Manufactured in Germany, the attractive collection delivers something beyond clothing embodied in the work of these talented image makers. www.sopopular.net
 
The 2nd Istanbul Fashion Week (IFW), organized by ?TK?B (Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Association), will take place in Santralistanbul between February 3rd and 6th.
Prior to the official opening ceremony in Santralistanbul, 220 guests, including foreign press members and buyers who were invited to attend the IFW were hosted by the Minister for Foreign Trade, Zafer Ça?layan, and IHKIB Chairman, Hikmet Tanr?verdi, in a press meeting conducted at the Conrad Hotel.
Hikmet Tanr?verdi, IHKIB Chairman, answered questions asked by the foreign guests, stating ‘’Istanbul Fashion Week has started ahead of the world fashion calendar and providing information flow from Turkey to the world in the fashion area is our priority”.
Tanr?verdi also underlined that, “IFW will be consistently organized twice a year, aiming to carry the Turkish fashion brands and the textile sector to the position they deserve in the international arena”.
Minister Zafer Ça?layan stated that, “Following the interest that Turkey‘s first official fashion week has gathered in August, we decided that the second was to be organized as a four-day fashion organization” and added that “this is a delayed but very significant step”. The minister also pointed out that “their support for IFW would continue as IFW, through the awareness that Turkish fashion and textiles would create throughout the world, provides great support for the promotion of Turkey and therefore for the Turkish economy”.
In the Istanbul Fashion Week (IFW) official opening ceremony in Santralistanbul, that took place after the press meeting, the opening ribbon was cut by the famous Hollywood star Meg Ryan and Minister Zafer Ça?layan.
Meg Ryan, who has gained interest with her warm and humble attitude during the opening, repeated how happy she was to be in Istanbul and also stated that “She was greatly honored to be present in the opening of the Istanbul Fashion Week”.
During the four-day organization, that will create a fashion atmosphere in Istanbul, the Turkish ready-wear brands and fashion designers will exhibit their 2010/11 Fall-Winter collections.
This year’s IFW is expected to be visited by approximately 35,000 fashion followers, as well as a crowded group of foreign press members and buyers.
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 Preston Catalogue at Berlin Fashion Week
When multiple industries and talents collide, the reaction can be outstanding enough to make the grounds of a city shift. The empty venues and frozen streets of Berlin following Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week paid homage to a week that was so packed with dynamic events it was enough to exhaust the city’s resources, if only for a few days.
The unique nature of this season combined various international tradeshows and independent showrooms alongside the catwalk to bridge all areas of the industry. Premium, Bread & Butter, and JAM where among the tradeshows that brought over 120,000 professional visitors and 1,600 exhibitors to represent international emerging and top fashion labels. Major lines shown in the tents at Bebelplatz included Boss Black, Custo Barcelona, Arrondissement AQ1, JOOP!, Schumacher, Dimitri, Penkov and Mongrels in Common.
Journalists, Press Agents, and Buyers from all over the world come to Berlin to experience the collective nature of this event. A true sense of partnership between industry leaders and emerging talent is apparent. The Showroom Meile has become a staple event during Fashion Week integrating, fashion, art, music reinforcing the notion that no industry should survive independently.
Private galleries and showrooms held their own events to showcase talent on a more intimate scale. “Abnegation” by Luigi & Luca, Italian Photographers joined forces with Berlin labels at Abnormals Gallery. Spanish label PotiPoti held an opening at their new store in collaboration with Spanish magazine NEO2. Esther Perbandt is an established brand whose store and showroom has become an important benchmark for the city’s new wave of design talent. Projekt Galerie Showrooms hosted the opening Fashion Week party at Gallery96 as well as offsite shows and designer sales open to the public. Temporary Showroom focused on press and buyers relations to bring the necessary attention to their ever evolving roster of brands.
These supporting events have formed a strong framework embedded in the essence of the city that will continue to draw international attention to Berlin. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has left an impression that will keep the city resonating, at least until next Fashion Week. See you in July. - Katherine Koniecki, Preston Catalogue International Correspondent
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 Canadian Museum of Nature. Photo by Martin Lipman
In celebration of Architecture Week, Exposure Gallery features the architectural photography of two emerging and three established local photographers. All works present an architecture theme, in celebration of the Ottawa Regional Society of Architects’ (ORSA) annual event.
The respected photographers handling the subject of Ottawa architecture are:
Abigail Gossage, Dwayne Brown, Chantal Sanscartier, Marc Fowler, and Martin Lipman.
“Expect completely unique perspectives on familiar landmarks and revealing portraits of unknown or completely inaccessible sights of interest,” says curator Carrie Colton. “Each artist in the show will turn your expectations about Ottawa architecture upside down. This is a do not miss exhibition highlighting the superb caliber of Ottawa’s artistic talent and
of Ottawa architecture!”
> Exposure Gallery is dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and established contemporary Canadian photo based artists. The gallery is located in Thyme & Again’s 2nd floor studio, 1255 Wellington Street West, Ottawa. www.exposuregallery.info
 Beijing Noodle #9, Photo by Mitch Lenet (spyglassphoto.com) Walk through a dramatic entrance flanked by gigantic fishtanks into an authentic taste of Northern Chinese cuisine. It’s the kind of casual noodle shop you’d expect to find on the bustling streets of Shanghai, Hong Kong or Beijing. Under the direction of Executive Chef Li Yu, the kitchen cranks out mouth-watering selections of soup, dim sum, noodle and rice dishes and chef’s specialties.
> Reservations: (877) 346-4642, caesarspalace.com
 Cozy, Shirley Wiebe. Photo by Paul Colangelo The Stanley Park Environmental Art Project was born out of a desire to respond creatively to the devastating damage done to the Park in a 2006 windstorm. Four artists teams were selected to create works that would either leave the landscape unharmed or produce ecological benefits, using only natural materials. A collaborative effort between artists, ecologists, park stewards, and the ecology of the park itself, the semi-permanent Art Project was installed in summer 2009.
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The new Burj Dubai which means tower in Arabic, is more than half a mile tall. It stands proud on the coast of Dubai and is one of the most beautiful structures on the planet. It is a magnificent and awe inspiring piece of engineering and architecture! Reaching the skies with 169 floors, at the top you can see the turn of the earth and the atmosphere is incredibly 10 degrees cooler than the ground floor. Now that’s a very cool building in a very hot city!
