Miami Fashion Week returns with designers who are bringing a Latin twist

Miami Fashion Week is here and it s time to strut the South Florida way Deco s got a sneak peek from a couple of designers who are bringing major Latin flair Fashion icon Nicole Miller is also showing up for chosen runway realness It s very mindful very demure But oh so fierce Talk about hot stuff Miami Fashion Week is taking over the world Lourdes Fernandez-Valasco executive director for Miami Fashion Week When you go anywhere in the world and you say Miami Fashion Week everybody turns their heads Like it s a very powerful city it s a powerful brand Starting October st through the th stylish happenings will hit spots all over Soflo Lourdes Fernandez-Valasco We do have a small percentage of tickets that are sold to the residents During the summit which is going to take place here at Miami Dade College on the second day which is Wednesday the nd we have two keynote speakers who are going to be Nicole Miller Nicole Miller in video I m very excited to get to my favorite city for Miami Fashion Week I ll be showing an exhibit of my Resort collection and I m very excited to meet up with the students and particular fellow designers Veteran designer Sitka Semsch is kicking off the week with a show inside her store at Merrick Park Sitka Semsch designer We believe in handcrafted pieces which we have so numerous hand-knitting hand crochet hand macrame We sponsorship two NGOs in Peru and we teach women how to weave so they can sustain their households Contemporary with a hint of timelessness is what she s bringing to the runway Sitka Semsch designer It s a mixture Pants dresses and what you re going to see is how I like to mix and match the whole collection It s a mixture of Baby Alpaca it s a mixture of our macram s and all the core and the essence of the brand I invariably have this phrase it says It s not about the clothes but it s about the woman ' Project Runway winner Jhoan Sebastian Grey is turning the volume down for this year s collection Jhoan Sebastian Grey So this collection is called Quiet Grief and I lean more into that part like expressing myself with these two hands The entire collection is made out of leather and a weaving technique that we created when we were on Project Runway Jhoan Sebastian Grey We re gonna see a little bit of skin we re gonna see a little bit of like a more conceptual work We have a dress that is made of a leaf we call this leaf in Colombia hoja rota Headlining the last runway show is like icing on the catwalk cake Jhoan Sebastian Grey No pressure but I think people are really gonna enjoy the collection because they re gonna see very fascinating pieces Week or day passes are still available to the society FOR MORE INFO Miami Fashion WeekOct - Event Website