TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT THE ORANGE PEEL WEBSITE & VENUE
Jun 19th
Check it out: Tickets are now on sale at the Orange Peel box office or through their website www.theorangepeel.net.
Remember to buy your tickets early at a reduced price, $15 & $20 the day of the show. Seating is limited so don’t wait until the last minute.
SEE YOU THERE ! ! !
“A Taste of PUSH” Summer Preview, 4th of July Block Party in Weaverville
Jun 19th
PUSH Productions is pleased to announce our Summer Runway Preview, “A Taste of PUSH,” to be scheduled as part of Weaverville’s “4th of July Block Party,” from 5:45pm to 6:15pm, just before famed 8-piece Afrobeat band, Afromotive takes the stage. This amazing all day festival will be located in the countryside of Weaverville’s North Buncombe High School soccer grounds on Sunday, July 4. (890 Clarks’s Chapel Rd. / Weaverville, NC 28787 / 828.645.4221)
Scheduled to feature in the PUSH preview will be local boutiques; Hip Replacements, Honeypot, Spiritex, Twice Round, New York Fashions, Feathers Gallery, and Blaze n’ Skyy. Also featuring summer fashion wear will be local designers; Sarahbeth Larrimore of Unabashed Apparel, Daniella of More Than Mammal, and jewelry featured from local jewelers; Amber Hatchett of Vintage Vanity, Jade Kale of Jade Stone Jewelery, and designers 75Rabbit along with Devochka.
“We are very excited and honored to help out by hosting a summer runway fashion show at Weaverville’s, 4th of July all-day festival. I know that the perspective we are coming from, to bring Asheville fashion to the forefront—will be of interest to Asheville citizens at this event. We’re going to have fun and flat out represent fashion from within our city.” said PUSH Executive, Sonia Hendrix.
PUSH is bringing this fashion preview to Weaverville, July 4th supporters, FOR FREE! Come check out this terrific home-grown, collaborative event. “A Taste of PUSH,” is certain to be the first of many events for PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION’s campaign to support and promote local fashion.
PUSH would like to thank our supporters: G-Social Media, AskAsheville.com, Navitat, Mother and Son Bistro, LOWE’s, and Vintage Vanity for making our city’s initiative become a reality.
PUSH Productions
Sonia Hendrix
828-582-0550
pushashevillefashion@gmail.com
www.pushashevillefashion.org
Video Shoot Hustle~
Jun 14th
This week Gary Charles with G-Social Media & I will be hitting the streets in what we’re calling the, Video Shoot Hustle, on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Bringing to our audience a barrage of video interviews featuring each and EVERY single boutique & local designer admitted into this epic event*~ Stay posted, this will be amazing! Also, just click on the link in the blog below to watch the videos as they are published.
Standing in the SEWMOE studio in West AVL, about to start the video shoot
designed by Heidi Gruner
PUSH VIDEOS
Jun 6th
The following link will direct you to our PUSH videos, which have been designed to help you learn more about PUSH and our Initiative to drive fashion to the forefront of Asheville. We take you from storefronts to studios with the help of AskAsheville.com’s, G-Social Media. Prepare to meet everyone participating in PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION: 2010 SUMMER EDITION….ALL HERE
Push AVL Fashion Press Release: June 6, 2010
Jun 6th
PUSH Productions is announcing their second annual fashion show, PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION, July 16th at the Orange Peel. Doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show. The fashion show serves as the finale of a two month long campaign to support the local fashion industry in town by parading an onslaught of blogs, you tube videos, tweets, facebook fan pages, posters, flyers, and model searches. PUSH will be featuring locally based clothing designers, boutiques, and local jewelers in the largest produced fashion show to come through the doors of the Orange Peel. Fashion is everywhere in Asheville–the mission of PUSH is to bring it to the forefront of people’s minds.
Starting at 9pm we will feature a runway show of local designers featuring local jeweler: Jade Stone Jewelry and the following local clothing designers….
Daniella: More Than Mammal, Stina Andersen: Arteries, Alexis Gault: Lush Life, Moe Donnelly: Sew Moe, Seth Musngi: Orb Clothing, Stephanie Geisler: Mind Over Matter, Peace Weaver, Marylou Marsh: Spiritex, Anne Mettee: Hazel Anne Designs, GiGi Renee: Vintage Moon, and Sarahbeth Larrimore: Unabashed Apparel
Starting at 10pm we will feature the finale runway show of 18 local boutiques:
Ad-Lib Casual Clothing, Constance, Moda, Custom Boutique, Spiritex, Minx, Union, Hip Replacements, Feathers Gallery, Twice ‘Round, Ox and Rabbit, New York Fashions, Honeypot, Parlour, Royal Peasantry, Frock, Va Va Voom, and Blaze n’ Skyy
Guests can expect to be wowed by a lineup of entertainment acts ranging from Spontaneous Couture to Live Body Art to Flash Mob Dancing.
Need I mention the networking? PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION at the Orange Peel on July 16th, is going to be jam-packed with store owners, designers, fashion lovers, and local jewelers for a second annual fashion expo. Surely this is an event not to be missed–!
Additional Info:
The fashion show is for people of all ages. Boutiques will be featuring a range of casual summer wear, to evening wear. Guests can also expect to see a variety of couture interpretations from local designers. Each designer will be featuring their best sold items as well as some over the top designs.
The fashion show is a benefit for local organization Asheville Grown Business Alliance. Creator Franzi Charen stated, “Thank you so much for this opportunity – you know this money is going to benefit the community and local independent businesses in Asheville. We are an entirely volunteer based grassroots organization, so the money will go directly to fund networking events, speakers and projects that positively promote our local economy.”
PUSH is flying down famous designer, Elisa Jimenez, familiar to Asheville via her work at last year’s HATCH Fest. Jiminez is also well known for her participation in the 2007 season of Project Runway. As a part of this year’s PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION, Jiminez will be performing, Spontaneous Couture, on stage in between the two runway shows, wearing a highly anticipated couture dress, designed by Asheville’s very own, Brooke Priddy of Ship to Shore.
Lastly..
PUSH originally started as a school project through Phi Beta Lambda at ABTech, headed up by Western Region Vice President: Sonia Hendrix. The show is meant to serve as a campaign to support the local fashion industry and raise awareness about the myriad of talented designers living right here in Asheville.
Mission Statement
May 23rd
For years now the entertainment scene in Asheville, NC has been widely recognized for our talented local artists and musicians. The time has come to also be recognized for the thriving fashion industry found only on our local streets. This is what we are here to do…
PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION is a second annual runway show campaigning to support local boutiques and designers. Our purpose is to specialize in promoting the affordability at shopping with these businesses. Our purpose is to reveal the unique qualities of each individual contributing to the local fashion industry.
This website is setup to serve as a means of finding all the local fashion under one webpage. PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION, is the hub for meeting the local boutique owners and designers. Do you need an affordable dress designed for a party? Are you looking for great deals on printed shirts? Maybe you love wearing hand-crafted jewelry. All that and more can be found here.
Keep up with our videos and links; all videos are tailored to teach you something you never knew about the unique Asheville fashion scene.
PUSH to premiere, July 16th @ The Orange Peel
May 23rd
PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION 2010, runway show will officially take place at the famed Orange Peel, located on Biltmore Ave, in the heart of Asheville, Friday night–July 16th. Doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $15 ahead of time and $20 the day of the show. Tickets go on sale June 10th at all stores participating in the show.
THANK YOU… to all of the locals who helped spread the word to the staff at the Orange Peel in support of hosting the show at such a great venue, especially to the team behind MyMPAC. More info at www.mympac.com
THANK YOU…to the Orange Peel for opening up your doors to such an amazing local campaign to support, shop with, and show off our thriving fashion industry, as well as the people who make it happen.
As for all of Asheville…. are you ready for this unprecedented, jaw-dropping local fashion show? We certainly hope so…
