Alessandra Villegas
Alessandra Villegas is a famous Venezuelan actress, model and TV presenter. In 2011 he started working on "Telemundo" on the program "Un nuevo dia". She was part of the program until 2014. In 2012 she was the conductor of the "Billboard Latin Music Awards". In the year 2017 she was host of the "Dale Replay" program on "Univisión". As a business woman she is officially launching on Spring Colors 2018, her brand new line of women's purses VJ collection.
The collection started as a dream project while in Miami, Florida where Alessandra and Barbara Jarrin, entrepreneur in the business world, set out to design the perfect handbag. They debuted with just four styles, combining sleek, classic shapes and colorful palettes in an entirely modern way. And so VJ Collections was born. The collection is handmade in Spain with the best leather in the industry.
Benito Santos
Originally from Tepehuaje de Morelos Jalisco, Benito Santos studied medicine at the University of Guadalajara, as well as fashion design at the Lanspiac Institute in Guadalajara, Jalisco. His career in the world of fashion design began at an early age, as he always excelled in drawing. His inspiration was through cartoons, sketching female silhouettes with different costumes and shoes, with the passage of time already done as a professional Benito decided to carry out his greatest passion, translate his talent through the preparation of dresses .
He debuted in 2008 as a fashion designer before the national public of Intermoda. Just 6 years after launching his signature, this Jalisco is one of the great favorites of women who love ultra feminine and glamorous evening dresses, positioning themselves as an important character in the fashion scene in Mexico. With the use of innovative resources, using cutting techniques and especially the hand embroidery that she does in each of her dresses, Benito Santos has positioned herself as a great option for women who want to project an exquisite style at all times.
Her work is internationally recognized thanks to the red dress that Ximena Navarrete wore when she was crowned Miss Universe 2010, Benito Santos is not only the head designer of Navarrete but also dresses great personalities of society, politics and the spectacle of Mexico.
Benito Santos has appeared in the most important fashion events in Mexico and Latin America such as: Intermoda, Minerva Fashion, Google + Fashion and Fashion Week of Paso Texas and among others. He has also been invited to participate in the most important fashion platforms in America: New York Fashion Week, Los Angeles Fashion Week and Vancouver Fashion Week.
In 2013, Ximena Navarrete wore several of her designs during the Cannes Film Festival. In this June 2014, the first Lady of Mexico carried Benito's designs during President Enrique Peña Nieto's tour of Europe.
For his valuable contribution to the fashion industry, especially for rethinking design in the country's sewing, Benito was awarded the 2014 national fashion prize.
His altruistic spirit has led him to donate dresses for charity auctions, as well as has participated in catwalks to benefit the DIF Zapopan- to raise funds in support of the "Shielding the childhood of Zapopan" Strategy against Violence and Child Sexual Abuse .
Daniel Hernandez
Daniel Hernandez, entrepreneur and international fashion designer, of Colombian nationality, has won great awards and recognitions in New York, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, by established brands such as Banana Republic and Alfred Fiandaca. Hernández has been published in several cities in the United States, Italy, France and Latin America.
This young talent runs DH Studios Inc., lifestyle brand awarded in 2006 by the "Young Entrepreneur for Massachusetts and New England" of the US Small Business Administration. He studied at the School of Fashion Design in Boston on Newbury Street, and in Paris, at the New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.
In March 2010, Hernández received the first prize in the international competition of fashion designers, in a web-based competition, presented by JUSTPROUD.com, and was selected among the 72 participating designers from different parts of the world. Then he had the opportunity to create the first fashion collection for that company, whose headquarters are in Amsterdam, Holland.
Daniel Hernandez supports the Boston Center for Adult Education and was recently invited to teach a beauty class at Harvard University entitled "Cosmetics 101". Daniel has a strong connection with his community and uses his talents to improve his environment. He has a firm belief in the importance of continuing to be educated.
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Is a fashion brand specialized in creating comfortable, elegant, sophisticated and easy-to-wear female silhouettes. The brand's ethos lies in creating garments that make every woman feel beautiful and sophisticated with effortless, classic style.
Rodner Figueroa has been part of the fashion world for more than two decades as a fashion journalist covering countless shows in the United States, Europe and Latin America. All the while developing close friendships with acclaimed fashion designers from whom he learned the ins and outs of the business. His love for fashion began at a young age growing up in Caracas, Venezuela in a household full of elegant women who instilled their taste for style.
With a career in television spanning almost 30 years as an Entertainment News personality for the largest US Hispanic Networks, Univision and NBC/Telemundo, Rodner Figueroa has become a fixture on the red carpets of the biggest and most prestigious shows in Spanish, such as the Latin Grammys, Latin Billboard Music Awards, the Latin American Music Awards among others. In 2014, this well-known television personality and fashionista made history by becoming the winner of the first ever National Emmy Award for Best Spanish-language Television Presenter.
Her passion for fashion began at an early age, as she grew up among needles and threads with her mother and grandmother, both renowned seamstresses in their time. From the age of 14 he was involved in making costumes for the carnival of social clubs, winning several awards and in 1997 he was selected as the first most outstanding young man in the country, making his first collection in an individual parade.He has been the favorite designer of national stars specializing in costumes for beauty queens, being the only Dominican awarded twice in the Miss Universe pageant. How can we forget the typical costumes of many of the queens who have represented us in it, mainly the one worn by Amelia Vega in 2013 and in whose pageant she received the crown.
Duly Romero nació en la pequeña aldea de Bacadillas; Catacamas, Olancho. Desde pequeña, en casa siempre estuvo rodeada de telas, agujas, alfileres y todo lo relacionado con la costura, ya que su madre le gustaba mucho coser.
Romero ha realizado varios proyectos como diseñadora. La Pasarela Española en (Miami julio 2018) fue su primera pasarela, esta plataforma de moda que sirve de vitrina a diseñadores emergentes y que abre las puertas en la industria de la moda. A partir de allí nuevos proyectos surgieron como: Pasarela Española en Madrid, en octubre 2018, Spring Color en Madrid, en febrero 2019 donde compartió con grandes diseñadores latinoamericanos entre ellos la diseñadora Giannina Azar, Douglas Tapia, Honicer Sandoval, Joel Reyes, Maison Mesa y con la gran Ágata Ruíz de la Prada.
Ha presentado la colección “Susurros de Esperanza” con diseños que hacen un pequeño giño a la cultura Lenca. Duly Romero tiene su propio Atelier en Madrid donde diseña y confecciona prendas exclusivas.
SPRING COLORS FASHION SHOW is a fashion show created with the aim of presenting the work of the best national and international designers to the public who love refined fashion. It was founded in 2012 in the city of Providence, State of Rhode Island, being carried out years later in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, thus becoming the most important event in the New England area, from where it expands to the European Union with its presentation, THE COLOR OF FASHION IN MADRID.