For four days, fashion go-to Refinery 29 drew lines of people day after day to its pop-up fashion and art collaboration for New York Fashion Week, “29 Rooms,” in collaboration with a variety of brands, artists and more.
The annual ESPYS awards, honoring the best in sports, is no stranger to Los Angeles; in fact, as one of the premiere events of the year on the West Coast, GBK Productions brought the celebration and style to the occasion hosting their signature, annual celebrity gift lounge honoring ESPY Award Nominees and Presenters, as well as throwing a celebrity poker tournament to benefit Los Angeles area charities.
In true fashion, the lounge included a mix of sporty electronics and lifestyle brands, as well as food and music, allowing attendees to enjoy while also feeling celebrated.
This weekend, we had the opportunity to get an inside look at the GBK Luxury Lifestyle Lounge, presented by Express Smile Atlanta. This time around it was in honor of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, held at the iconic Mandt Brothers Studios in Hollywood. GBK brought together a variety of great brand sponsors for the event, in addition to celebrity guests including Sports Illustrated model Genevieve Morton, actor Will Kemp, Fuller House’s Michael Sun Lee, General Hospital’s Annie Ilonzeh and Vanderpump Rules cast members, Katie Maloney, and Tom Schwartz, among others.
In celebration of the 2016 Academy Awards, in collaboration with GBK, Life Cell, and Alessi Institute, we had the opportunity to attend a luxury gift lounge at the iconic London Hotel in West Hollywood in Los Angeles. We’ve rounded up a variety of our favorite gifts from the lounge below as we ring in 2016 Oscar weekend.
If you’re like me this holiday season, you’re not only looking for a gift that speaks to your recipient, but also one that is meaningful. Instead of trolling the store aisles or The internet for hours on end, look no further than the list we’ve compiled below. These gifts are unique, something they won’t already have, and what’s best, they give back to great causes – so you can not only feel good about the money you’re spending on them, but your loved ones can feel good about the circle of helpfulness from their gift.
Mongolian designer Katya Zol presented a stunning runway collection part of the Fall/Winter 2014 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Sunday, February 9. The show opened with a performance Cirque du Soleil style with a singer in a native head dress, vocalizing to the sounds of the Mongolian region, followed by an acrobatic gentleman who held various poses upside down, sideways and otherwise using a small chair on the runway. Zol certainly set the stage for her collection that followed – a glorious array of colors, fabrics and styling, evoking the Mongolian spirit throughout.
Academy of Art University out of San Francisco presented 10 different student collections as a part of its Spring 2014 Collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Theatre on Friday evening. Since 2005, the School of Fashion has premiered the collections of students and recent graduates during Fashion Week.
According to the program, “Part of our commitment to our students is to help launch their careers and have their work seen by industry professionals. Debuting these designers’ collections during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center is an incredible opportunity for each of them,” said Dr. Elisa Stephens, President of Academy of Art University.
Malan Breton presented his Spring/Summer 2014 collection in a presentation style inspired setting at The Box at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Fashion show goers were welcomed into the space with haunting opera songs sung by the powerful Yujin Kim who wore a strapless black gown that covered several feet of the floor around her. Show attendees had the chance to walk the space and see the models – in couples – who were lined up in a semi-circle around the floor.