To Assignment Editor:
Asia’s Newest Fashion Event CENTRESTAGE Opens September
Media Preview Next Thursday with Fashion Parades & Celebrities
18 August 2016 – Top local and international creative talent will bring their exquisite designs and industry insights to CENTRESTAGE, a brand new international fashion event organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). CENTRESTAGE is also a platform for international, especially Asian, fashion brands and designers to promote their labels and launch their collections. The event will run from 7 to 10 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Fair highlights will include CENTRESTAGE ELITES, a large-scale opening gala fashion show featuring latest fashion collections for Spring/Summer 2017 from four of the hottest rising stars in Asia, including Hong Kong’s Mim Mak, Thailand’s Pongsak Suprratccheep & Thita Kamonnetsawat, Korea’s Ko Taeyong and Simon Gao from the Chinese mainland.
FACETASM’s designer Hiromichi Ochiai will be the VIP judge of this year’s Hong Kong Young Designers' Contest (YDC). The 17 finalists will showcase their creative concepts on stage, competing in four award categories. CENTRESTAGE will feature multiple fashion shows featuring brands/companies such as Aquascutum, HIDY N.G., i.t, initial, MOISELLE and SIDEFAME LTD FENIX GROUP. The HKTDC will also organise networking events and trend seminars during the show, analysing the latest market trends in fashion.
Adding to the high fashion excitement, the HKTDC will launch a month-long citywide promotion “Hong Kong in Fashion”, from 25 August to 25 September. The promotion features numerous activities in partnership with high-end hotels, malls, fashion outlets, restaurants and design institutions.
You or your representatives are cordially invited to a preview of CENTRESTAGE events:
Date: 25 August (Thursday)
Time: 1:30pm-4pm
Venue: Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Host: Rabee’a Yeung
Speaker: Benjamin Chau, Deputy Executive Director, HKTDC
Designers/brand representatives: Mim Mak, CENTRESTAGE ELITES designer;
Simon Choi, Project Director of Fashion Mirage, Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association; Elina Lee, Director of Partnership, Marketing, Communications, Events & Special Projects, Hong Kong Design Centre; representatives from 112 mountainyam, Arthur Lam, HARRISON WONG, Hidy N.G., initial, LOOM LOOP etc.
Model: Zelia Zhong
Rundown:
Part 1 (Venue: Flint Grill & Bar, 5/F, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place)
1:15-1:30pm Media registration
1:30-2:45pm Introduction by Benjamin Chau, Deputy Executive Director, HKTDC (Lunch to be served)
2:45-3pm Media proceed to Garden Court
Please RSVP: email fiona.fw.luk@hktdc.org or call 2584 4544 to reserve seat for lunch
Part 2 (Venue: Garden Court, LG1, Pacific Place (near Peking Garden Restaurant)
3pm-3:15pm Fashion discussion
Rabeea Yeung to talk with Benjamin Chau, DeputyExecutive Director, HKTDC; Mim Mak, CENTRESTAGE ELITES designer; Simon Choi, Project Director of Fashion Mirage, Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association, and Elina Lee, Director of Partnership, Marketing, Communications, Events & Special Projects, Hong Kong Design Centre
3:15pm-3:30pm Fashion parade 1: CENTRESTAGE, Hong Kong designer collections; partners’ collections
Fashion parade 2: CENTRESTAGE ELITES designs
3:30pm-3:35pm Group photos
3:35pm-4:00pm Media interviews with designers
Websites
CENTRESTAGEļ¼http://centrestage.com.hk
The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest webpage: www.fashionally.com
Media Enquiries
Please contact the HKTDC's Communication & Public Affairs Department:
Joe Kainz Tel: (852) 2584 4216 Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org