In Orange County, Kathryn Marino, One World Symposium president and owner of OC Fashion Week, announced the official red ribbon cutting ceremony for opening day as the official launch of Fashion Travel Week (FTW). The art and style of travel brought to you by Famous Cruises. The project in 2010 is a travel incentive and support for fashion designers who like to travel abroad. In the year In 2017, OC Fashion Week® was recognized as a global gateway in the overseas fashion industry, hosting exclusive park, network and destination tours for designers and beauty vendors to visit industry and fashion partners in Hong Kong, Greece, the Virgin Islands and Australia. Now in full launch, FTW is a premier destination for all fashion designers, suppliers, influencers and e-commerce retailers to gather, meet, connect and travel to destinations including Paris, Spain and Italy, immersing guests in dynamic and unique networking opportunities. Speakers will begin. , five-star entertainment and expand their vacations with international gateways for business and pleasure – from fine dining to fine discovery. From July 2023, the guest audience is invited to sail with designers from around the world at events such as the annual Red Carpet Awards, the 4 Minute Network for new and exciting innovations and future foreign fashion announcements. “If fashion is a language, style is what we talk about,” says Marino.
OC Fashion Week® executive producer Kathryn Marino is celebrating her 10-year anniversary with OCFW® at World Peace Lake in Aliso Viejo after kicking off the season last September 6-10. Marino officially joined the production in 2012, Airport was founded in 2005 by two FIDM students who hired Marino as their mentor.
“In honor of 10 years, OC Fashion Week® is thrilled to share that it has recently joined CFDA Connects, an initiative of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and is participating as a partner.”
CFDA CONNECTS is an initiative of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In the year Launched in 2021, CFDA CONNECTS recognizes, promotes and provides business development support to Regional Fashion Organizations (RFOs), their fashion weeks and established designers in these key US markets. “This means that emerging designers have access to more opportunities and resources and workshops to support their businesses and I’m very happy that we have such unique support,” says Marino.
“CFDA is proud to count Orange County among CFDA’s network of affiliate regional fashion organizations. There is great talent all over America, and bringing visibility and support to local designers is the mission of CFDA Connects,” said Council of Fashion Designers of America/CFDA Foundation, Inc.
Another celebration of OC Fashion Week®’s 10-year anniversary is the return of Coral Castillo, the first Orange County designer to win the Designer of the Year award. Since then, the designer’s appearance on Bravo’s Project Runway has brought her craft even more retail recognition.
“Coral Castillo’s collection features a number of striking pieces that are structured, yet feminine and, despite being entirely in black, somehow light and simple. Coral’s designs show a love of texture and layers – dramatic shapes and drawing show a playful relationship with light and transparency” – Blythe Hill
Born in Mexico City, Coral discovered her passion for designing clothes at an early age. Her mother was a dressmaker and Coral grew up exposed to fine fabrics and custom clothing. In the year In 2005, Coral started designing for select clients, without any guidelines or fashion. After deciding to pursue her passion, she studied fashion design at the California Institute of the Arts – San Francisco.
She graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, earning honors and being awarded for her Fall 2012 portfolio. In 2009, she won the Best Result at the Art Institute of California-San Francisco Fashion Show. Other awards include Best Women’s Day Wear for Divine 2009 and 2010, 1st place in a design competition for OC-Fashion Week in 2011, and Coral was recognized as one of Orange County’s Best Designers in 2013. In the year In 2019, Coral won the Moss Adams Fashion Innovation Award. In the year In 2018, Coral participated in the series STITCHED and ended up as the winner of episode 5. Most recently, Coral was a Project RUNWAY S19 finalist. Her work has been published in ELLE us, VOGUE Italia, VOGUE UK, WWD, APPAREL NEWS, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times.
