Margaret Nicoll Joins ECFW Board of Directors

by kg_creative on January 27, 2010

Emerald City Fashion Week is excited to announce the addition of Margaret Nicoll of Gruman-Nicoll PR to our Board of Directors.  

Whether working in journalism, shopping center marketing or public relations, the entrepreneurial world of retail and real estate have always fascinated Margaret Nicoll, whose first business was the quintessential lemonade stand at the age of 5. A former reporter and editor for a Colorado daily covering business, arts and entertainment, Margaret spent the next 12 years with shopping center developer The Rouse Company as a regional marketing director before leaving the corporate world to test her entrepreneurial skills.

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Things That Bring Tears to Our Eyes

by kg_creative on January 21, 2010

While sending out thank you notes to the kind Northwesterners that saw our producer’s interview last Friday and purchased #Fashion4Haiti shirts we received this reply.  It speaks for itself, so we’re not going to over embellish it.

“I know it is not much but it is what I could do (both my husband and I became unemployed in December).”

Kathryn

Edmonds, WA

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Stir Martini & Raw Bar Supports #Fashion4Haiti

by Steven Paul Matsumoto on January 20, 2010

Stir Martini & Raw Bar has teamed with Emerald City Fashion Week’s #Fashion4Haiti fundraising efforts for World Vision.  On Saturday January 23, 2010 ECFW staff and volunteers will be at Stir from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. to sell #Fashion4Haiti shirts.  Stir is located in Bellevue Place at 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 125, Bellevue WA 98004. Stir owners Matt & Michelle Bomberger have purchased #Fashion4Haiti shirts for their staff to wear for the day, and have also generously offered to donate a portion of their profits from the event to World Vision as well.

“The response we’ve received from the local community regarding our efforts has been amazing. We cannot thank Owen Lei and King 5 News enough for their generous coverage of our efforts.” Steven Paul Matsumoto, Producer

During the event #Fashion4Haiti shirts will be offered at a special event price of $25 each, or two for $40.

Emerald City Fashion Week is an annual event designed to support local charities and bring together the Puget Sound region’s diverse fashion and lifestyle community to celebrate and showcase what makes the Northwest unique. Emerald City Fashion Week is where the Puget Sound’s Fashion Renaissance takes shape.

For more information contact Noelle Wolfe, Marketing Coordinator at noellew@emeraldcityfashionweek.com or call 206.849.1751

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#Fashion4Haiti Gets King 5 News Coverage

by Steven Paul Matsumoto on January 16, 2010

We are exticed that our #Fashion4Haiti initiative to raise money and awareness for World Vision’s relief efforts for children and families affected by the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti has attracted local media attention.  Our Producer Steven Paul Matsumoto was interviewed Thursday by Owen Lei, a reporter for King 5 news, after announcing the initiative the previous evening on Twitter. 

The piece, which aired Friday January 14th at 5:00 p.m., also featured two other grass roots efforts to aid relief efforts.  A car wash in West Seattle organized by Realtor Michaelle Crovisier of Keller Williams, and One Days Wages Executive Director Eugene Cho.

The response to the broadcast was immediate with orders coming into the #Fashion4Haiti website within minutes of airing.  We would like to thank Owen Lei of King 5 News for the opportunity to share our small effort to help the Haitian people.  We espicially want to thank the entire team at STT-Sports for adjusting their production schedule and rushing our order through.  STT’s graphic designer Michael did an outstanding job taking our rough concept art and creating a beautiful shirt design.

#Fashion4Haiti T-shirt Art

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ECFW Supporting World Vision Relief Efforts in Haiti

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by Steven Paul Matsumoto on January 15, 2010

In response to the recent devestation in Haiti Emerald City Fashion Week is producing a #Fashion4Haiti T-shirt.  All Net Proceeds will be donated to World Vision’s relief efforts to support children and families in Haiti.  The shirts feature the Haitian Creole word for unify, “inifye,” the date of the tragic 7.0 earthquake and the Twitter hash tag #Fashion4Haiti.  The shirts will be made available at local boutiques in the Greater Seattle area, and online at http://fashion4haiti.com.  Look for our producer’s interview on King 5 News about local grass root support of relief efforts.

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