SHOPPING


 

September 12th - 19th

 

JUST DO IT

 

Visit NIKETOWN Boston for all the latest in apparel for Men, Women & Children.

Look your best on and off the field, court or track with the newest in Nike Sportswear, Running and Team Apparel.

 

Head to NIKETOWN Boston now for your free Back to School gift with any purchase over $100

(As supplies last. Some restrictions apply).
 

Niketown Boston

200 Newbury Street at Exeter Street, Boston

617-267-3400

 

www.nike.com

 


 

Friday, September 12th, 6pm - 10pm

Boston Premiere of Chloe & Reese
Fashionistas & Boston 'It-Girls"


Alex Aaron invites you to an exclusive VIP fashion party introducing the Fall '08 Chloe & Reese Collection
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served

District
180 Lincoln Street, Boston

RSVP + number of guests to brooke@chloeandreese.com
917.388.2774

 

www.chloeandreese.com
 

 


 

Saturday, September 13th, 12-5pm

Boston Premiere of Chloe & Reese
Frocks & Cocktails Exclusive Trunk Show

Introducing the Fall '08 Chloe & Reese Collection
Customize your favorite styles in a variety of colors and fabrications at specialty prices.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served

Nine Zero Hotel
90 Tremont Street, Boston

RSVP + number of guests to brooke@chloeandreese.com

917.388.2774


www.chloeandreese.com

 


 

Saturday September 13th, 5pm - 7pm

 

Oak

Spotlight on local designers.

Details to be announced.

 

Oak
31 Gloucester Street, Boston

 

www.oakboston.com

 


 

Tuesday, Sept 16th, 4pm - 6pm

 

Chalk Home

Cocktails and appetizers.

Details to be announced.

 

Chalk Home
31 Gloucester Street, Boston
857.362.7311

 

www.chalkhome.com

 


 

Wednesday, September 17th, 5-7pm

 

Oak

Spotlight on local designers.

Details to be announced.

 

Oak
31 Gloucester Street, Boston

 

www.oakboston.com

 


 

September 12th – 19th

Kalembar Dune

You're invited to glam up during Boston Fashion Week
20% off on all our fashion accessories – vintage jewelry, scarves, ties, evening bags, hats and more!

September 18th, 7pm
Wine and Cheese Party

Join us as we celebrate the art and fashion of vintage shopping.
Yesteryear chic was never more fun – vintage hat wearing encouraged!

Kalembar Dune
170 Spring Street
West Roxbury
617.327.5898

www.KalembarDune.com

 


 

September 12th - 14th

 

(ähts): The Boston Arts Festival

 

www.bostonahtsfestival.com

 

Featuring fashion milliner Marie Galvin

www.galvinizedhats.com

 


PARTY


 

September 17, 2008, 10pm-12pm

 

STIX Restaurant & Lounge teams up with Stuff@Nite to host one of fashion weeks hottest after parties.

Sponsored by the limited edition Absolute LA and forever trendy Peroni beer,

with free Hors D’oeuvres compliments of STIX Restaurant & Lounge.

STIX’s own award winning mixologist, Jen Harvey, has created a stylish new cocktail in honor of Boston Fashion Week.

Come in and taste this ultra chic cocktail all week long at STIX!

CAT WALK
1.25 oz Absolute LA Vodka
.5oz Lillet Rouge
1oz White Grape juice
Dash of lemon bitters

 

Stix

35 Stanhope Street

Back Bay - Boston
http://stuffatnight.com

 


BEAUTY & WELLNESS


 

September 12th - 19th

 

Emerge Spa & Salon


Blow-out (with selected stylists), Manicure and Make-up lesson
A $190 value for $115

Be sure to mention that you'd like to take advantage of this special

Boston Fashion Week offer at the time of booking your appointments.
This offer may not be combined with any other offers.

 

Emerge Spa & Salon

275 Newbury Street, Boston

617.437.0006

 

www.emergespasalon.com

 


September 12th - 19th

 

G2O Spa & Salon

 
Blow-out (with selected stylists), Manicure and Make-up lesson
A $140 value for $100

Be sure to mention that you'd like to take advantage of this special

Boston Fashion Week offer at the time of booking your appointments.
This offer may not be combined with any other offers.

 

G2O Spa & Salon

338 Newbury Street, Boston

617.262.2220

 

www.g2ospasalon.com

 


 

September 12th - 19th

 

G Spa

 

Limited edition services during Boston Fashion Week:


"Front Row Facial" - customized 60-minute Splurge Facial for $75 (a $25 savings)
 

"Runway Ready" Makeup Application - complimentary Modelco makeup application with any Modelco purchase
 

"Haute Hair" - complimentary Kerastase deep conditioning treatment (a $45 value) with purchase of wash and blow dry service
 

To schedule a service, guests should call

G Spa at 617.267.4772

35 Newbury Street (between Arlington and Berkeley Streets)

 

www.gspa.biz

 


 

September 12th - 19th

 

Healthworks Fitness Centers for Women, Inc.

The Boston area's premier group of fitness centers for women.

 

Founded in 1977, with a single location in Salem, MA on the North Shore of Boston, Healthworks has been operating women-only facilities for three decades.

Healthworks provides its members with a supportive, progressive environment in which to meet their fitness and wellness goals.

 

Healthworks currently operates five locations in Back Bay, Brookline, Cambridge, Chestnut Hill, and Salem, Massachusetts.

In 2002, The Healthworks Foundation opened a free, non-profit fitness center in Dorchester,

which currently serves hundreds of homeless and low-income women in the community.

 

Mention Boston Fashion Week between Sept 12 and 19th

for a free workout and to purchase a 2 week trial membership to any of our locations for only $9.99!

 


EXHIBITS


 

September 2008

 

Collection 2008


An exhibit that features the work of student designers. The installation includes a wide variety of garments on display -- allowing you to see the fine details close-up, as well as in motion on models in screenings of the Collection 2008 fashion show DVD.

Curator, James Hannon

 

School of Fashion Design

136 Newbury Street, Boston

Open to the public.

 

www.schooloffashiondesign.org

 


 

September 2008

 

Green

 

Lasell College fashion exhibit.

Jill Carey, Curator

 

Boston Public Library - Copley Square Branch

Northwest Corridor (between the Johnson Building and the McKim Building)

700 Boylston Street, Boston

 

www.lasell.edu

www.bpl.org

 


 

September 7th - 28th

 

The Art of Fashion

 

An exhibit by the fashion design program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Jayne Avery, Curator

 

Natick Collection, Neiman Marcus Court

1245 Worcester Street, Natick

 

www.natickcollection.com

www.massart.edu/fashion

 


 

September 9th - October 10th

 

Peabody Fashion Windows


Under the guidance of instructor and couturier Daniel Faucher, students in the
French Draping course at the School of Fashion Design created one of a kind works of fashion using fabrics featured at Peabody Office Furniture.

 

Peabody Office Furniture

234 Congress Street, Boston

 

www.peabodyoffice.com

www.schooloffashiondesign.org

 


MOVIES


 

The Women

Theatrical Release - September 12th

 

The long awaited contemporary remake of the 1939 classic that has influenced and inspired designers everywhere!


www.thewomenthemovie.com

 


 

September 2008

 

Boston Public Library's

Fashion Week Film Series

 

The Boston Public Library will be screening select fashion films on Mondays at 6pm throughout the month of September.

September 8th - Model (Fred Wiseman 1980)
 

September 15th - Chanel, Chanel (1986) and The Fashion Model (1989)
 

September 22nd - Funny Face (1957)
 

September 29th - Ready To Wear (1994)
 

Raab Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library - Copley Branch

Open to the public.

 

www.bpl.org

 


TELEVISION


 

Coco Chanel

premieres at 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime Channel

 

"Coco Chanel" is the rags-to-riches tale charting the rise of one of the most influential fashion icons of the 20th century. From her humble childhood in a French orphanage, through her early days as a young dressmaker's assistant, to her passionate and tragic love with a dashing Englishman, and ultimately to her success as a pioneering icon, "Coco Chanel" is the story of a glamorous woman who was hard to love and harder to ignore. This epic true story stars Shirley MacLaine, Malcolm McDowell and Barbora Bobulova.

 

Lifetime Trailer