The 12th of April, the Vancouver Fashion Week celebrated its 10th anniversary during the Fall/Winter 2011 Opening Gala at the Sutton Place Hotel in Downtown Vancouver.
The Vancouver Fashion Week is one of the West Coast biggest fashion event. All the fashion scene, designers, more than 50 buyers, media and fashion lovers gathered to view many local and international designs. This season, VFW has showcased many international designers from China, Korea, the Netherlands, France and the UK alongside established local and emerging designers. For the first time, a French brand, Autobiographie, attended this event. One of its designer, Nazafarin Sadat Akhavi, was at the Opening Gala to show some of her beautiful Fall/Winter 2011 creations, before the official fashion show which was the Saturday 16th April.
During five days, all the fashion shows took place at the Empire Landmark Hotel, in downtown Vancouver.
Year after year, the Vancouver Fashion Week is gaining more importance. It’s a key event to make a brand known to the Canadian market and to the Asian market as well. Twice a year, designers and buyers from East to West can connect at this event, and do business. With its location on the Pacific Rim, Vancouver is a perfect place for such a multicultural and trendy show.