Young people from all over NYC, ranging from fourth grade to high school, made the Barclays Center their classroom on Sept. 25th. Instead of school bells and the slams of lockers students listened to advice from NBC The Good Place’s Jameela Jamil, Disney star Skai Jackson, Aquaman’s Amber Heard, and rapper/actor Super Duper Kyle who performed and spoke on behalf of AXE.
Known for their top of the line cotton and cotton-based products, Supima returnee to this years NYFW to host their design competition for the twelfth time. As it’s been since it starts in 2008, based on their collections, eight graduating senior designers had the opportunity to display their designs, made from Supima fabric, on the runway. This year it took place in Pier59 Studios’ Studio C. Gina Guo (ginaguo_) from Drexel University went home with the grand prize of $10k for her collection; a series of flowy, blue and coral-based pieces inspired by Australia’s coral reefs.
Artista Records and Bumble Bizz took over Chelsea Music Hall on Saturday, August 3rd to connect Gen Z youth in NYC. With backing from JUV Consulting, at 8pm millennials we’re celebrating being young and working hard and playing hard all summer.
TIDAL took over theatre eight in iPic Fulton Street Market for a super low-key screening of A Boogie’s three part documentary A Boogie vs. Artist. Clips of tour bus banter, sound checks, and exchanges with his fans depicted a honest picture of the Bronx native’s journey with fame; also showing how he balances his career and fatherhood.
Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right hosted a series of performances on the 24th that concluded with a packed jam session with recent NYU graduate, Rence. Known for his lead single “Baby Blue.”
The Curly Girl Collective returned with the worlds largest annual natural beauty festival, Curl Fest, on July 27, 2019. Curl Fest began in 2014 the first held at Commodore Barry Park before moving to Prospect Park as it gained more popularity. This year, for the first time, the festival was held on Randalls Island after outgrowing Prospect Park due to its growing success.
Cult of Individuality celebrated ten years of success on July 23 at New York’s Stage 48. The celebration kicked off with DJ Nasty starting the party with all the latest and lots of tasty hors d’oeuvres. As soon as 9 p.m. hit, skater boy like models took the runway to show off the brands summer collection.
Roses are red and violet… and metallic rose gold too. Since its start about four years ago, Venus et Fleur has reinvented the rose and its significance in romance and all things worth celebrating. The luxury roses were (and still are!) displayed in Jung Lee New York on June 10th to celebrate the launch of Venus et Fleur’s Bridal collection which was released in May. The Insta-famous flowers, a.k.a Offsets $15,000 apology flowers to Cardi B, now come in bouquets, corsages, and boutonnières in various colors; perfect for weddings and prom season.
In honor of level 5,000, King held a press trip in their home office in Stockholm, Sweden on June 25, 2019.
A schoolyard rhyme once reminded all children that “Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.” While “stupider” isn’t a word and boys attend college as well, the taunting chant acknowledged many young women taking a hold of their future despite what men were doing. This is true for Game Artist and Netherlands native, Sandra da Cruz Martins, who designs characters, storylines, and settings for Candy Crush and continues to thrive in a male-dominated field.