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Are you an aspiring or emerging fashion designer ready to launch your career in fashion or take your career to the next level? We’re (DE-FI)ng Fashion Week and for the first time since March 2017, the (DE-FI) Fashion Week Experience is set to take flight again.
With a different Fashion Show popping up every week that garners applause as models sashay up and down the runway, it’s easy to get caught up in the hype of lights, cameras, and action BUT the fashion show is just the tip of the iceberg and only makes up 5% of the Fashion Industry; what happens next? (DE-FI) Fashion Week is here to fill in the gap and bring you the other 95% with immersive, educational, hands-on opportunities to explore and launch your career in Fashion.
A required precursor for those interested in joining The Cincinnati Fashion Incubator or the Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator; (DE-FI) Fashion Week is designed to help prepare you for your time in our incubators and ultimately your success in the fashion industry.
It's imperative that applicants to our incubators have a clear understanding of the skills, knowledge, and people that is needed to succeed in the fashion industry; (DE-FI) Fashion Week is the cornerstone of the foundation that will be laid throughout both incubator experiences. At the conclusion of (DE-FI) Fashion Week, confirmed attendees will be sent the password to complete the application to join our incubators.
Come tour the fashion industry and explore the various aspects and disciplines that designers need to be successful. Taking place July 12th-14th, 2024, (DE-FI) Fashion Week is an invite only experience. No experience is required, we meet you where you are and build you up where needed. Invitation Requests open March 1st, 2024, and close June 30th, 2024; Request Your Invitation Today!
We celebrate beauty and talent in all forms and provide opportunities for aspiring models, designers, photographers, writers, producers and more regardless of ability, age, height, weight, size, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexuality. We ensure that you are equipped with the tools, skills, resources, knowledge, access, and opportunities needed to achieve your dreams and goals in the fashion industry.
(DE-FI) Fashion Week kicks off on Friday, July 12th with Fashion Night Out and Modelpalooza Sand Volleyball Tournament
On Saturday, July 13th, spend Day 2 touring the Fashion Industry with our hands on and immersive workshops designed to help prepare you for your time in The Cincinnati Fashion Incubator and Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator. Saturday's Tour Stops include:
Destination #1 The Business of Fashion.
Destination #2 The Idea.
Destination #3 The Writers Workshop.
On Sunday, July 14th, the tours will focus on the production end of the fashion industry, tour stops include:
Destination #4 The Designs.
Destination # 5 Hair and Makeup
Destination #6 Runway and Event Production.
Destination #7 Editorials, Look Books, and Photography.
Destination #8 The Devil's in the Details.
Destination #9 Marketing.
A Weekend of (DE-FI)ance gives attendees a sneak peek at Dayton Fashion Week's Runway Collections and and opportunity to meet the applicants for the 2025 Class of Dayton and Cincinnati's Fashion Incubator?
The Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator 2023 Class Class officially kicked off on March 4, 2023 and has 7 Stages:
Stage 1: Foundation Building, March 4th 2023 - March 7th, 2024
Stage 2: Team Building, March 8th - June 5th, 2024
Stage 3: Strategic Planning, June 6th - September 3rd, 2024
Stage 4: Behind The Seams, September 4th - December 3rd, 2024
Stage 5: The Blitz, December 4th,2024 - March 3rd, 2025
Stage 6: The Collections, March 21st-23rd, 2025
Stage 7: Continued Professional Development and Career Support System March 5th, 2025 - Until
After completing the first 4 of 7 stages, the designers will pitch their brands for an opportunity to headline the Dayton Fashion Week: The Collections showcase. Applicants who attended (DE-FI) Fashion Week will also Shoot Their Shot to join the 2025 class for both the Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator and The Cincinnati's Fashion Incubator.
Tentatively scheduled for December 6th-8th, 2024, A Weekend of (DE-FI)ance festivities will kickoff on Friday, December 6th with a curated evening of business crawls, shopping, Happy Hour, Networking, giving, and of course fashion during Fashion Night Out!
On Saturday, December 7th, The 937 Street Style Festival is back! This is your day to indulge in fun and fashionable moments a galore, including:
On Sunday, December 8th, we'll close out A Weekend of (DE-FI)ance with an exclusive Business Club Brunch.
The Runway Collections are the capstone of the Fashion Incubator Experience. In a weekend full of supporting emerging designers and local small businesses, community outreach initiatives, networking, education, and fun. Tentatively scheduled for March 21th-23rd, 2025, Dayton Fashion Week kicks off on Friday, March 21st with the return of Fashion, Mission, Mingle.
Fashion, Mission & Mingle will feature presentations and a panel discussion with industry insiders, while supporting, raising both awareness and money for area grassroots effort that are stepping up in major ways by empowering the to bring about positive change.Believe us when we say, you don't want to miss this celebration.
This experience will also feature:
** A Headlining Runway Experience
** Panel Discussions
** Speed Networking: here's your chance to connect with some of the areas established and up and coming fashion professionals and community leaders
** Fashion Plugs Have your 30 second elevator speech ready because this is your chance to plug your fashion business
** Community Outreach Plugs Have your 30 second elevator speech ready because this is your chance to plug your community outreach efforts
On Saturday, March 22nd Art, Wine, and Fashion returns with a headlining Designer from the Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator sharing the story of the inspiration behind their line and guide guest through creative exercises designed to help them tell their story via the painting process. We will also have a Chef on hand to help guest to create a customized entree based on their story and prepare a specialty entree on location, complete with a runway presentation. Making this a Fashion Experience like no other!
On the evening of March 22nd A Taste of (DE-FI)ance will feature a headlining designer from our incubator. Fashion has never looked or tasted so good–no there won’t be any Lady Gaga inspired meat dresses making their way down the runway! But The Taste of (DE-FI)ance is inspired by Italian Designer and Chef Anna Marconi’s Taste of Runway. We pair a skilled Chef up with fashion designers to create three course meals that not only compliment the origin of the fabric used in the designs but will also draw on artistic skills by using only ingredients and colors that reflects the design. For example, if the main fabric in being used in a design is Silk, then chances are the Chef will create a Chinese inspired appetizer that looks just like the design on the runway.
On Sunday, March 23rd, well close out Dayton Fashion Week with designer showcases headlined by (DE-FI) Designer Alum.
More details are coming soon.
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Aspiring and Emerging Fashion Designers, are you ready to launch your career or take it to the next level with the Dayton Fashion Week Designer Incubator and The Cincinnati Fashion Incubator? If you are planning to apply for our incubators then attending (DE-FI) Fashion Week is required. We're (DE-FI)ng Fashion Week and for the first time since 2017, the (DE-FI) Fashion Week Experience is set to take flight again. Come tour the fashion industry and explore the hidden aspects July 12th-14th, 2024. There are no fashion shows, it's all business and is designed to help you succeed.