Ouverture officielle du Festival mode et design de Montreal 2008

Evenements speciaux : Femmes d’affaires and the City, Les designers quebecois saluent Yves Saint Laurent et Montreal Loves Fashion

Animee par Genevieve Borne, porte-parole officielle du happening, cette grande ouverture aura lieu le mercredi 4 juin a partir de 11 h 30, et se deroulera en presence de mannequins. Le copresident de Sensation Mode, Jean-Francois Daviau prendra la parole au cours du lancement, qui se tiendra dans la Zone VIP Casino de Montreal sur l’avenue McGill College entre Sainte-Catherine et Maisonneuve. Soulignons que le lancement sera suivi de "Suis ton instinct. Reebok" un defile de 10 mannequins accompagnes de huit danseurs professionnels.

Among the special events on the program, are "Business women and the City" and "Quebec designers pay tribute to Yves Saint Laurent...

Soulignons entre autres les defiles speciaux "Femmes d’affaires and the City " et "Les designers quebecois saluent Yves Saint Laurent", le tout sans oublier le mega-defile "Montreal Loves Fashion" auquel participeront plus de 50 designers quebecois, un evenement tout en musique où les mannequins feront leur remarquee entree en Ford Focus avec une prestation d’Eve Salvail, qui se deplacera de Miami pour l’occasion et portera une tenue Denis Gagnon. Soulignons qu’Eve Salvail a notamment ete l’icone du grand couturier francais Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Le Festival mode et design de Montreal est realise et produit par Sensation Mode, qui depuis 1999 produit et realise les plus importants evenements mode au Canada, dont le Festival mode et design de Montreal et de Toronto ainsi que les Semaines de mode de Montreal. Le Festival mode et design de Montreal, c’est plus de 500 000 visiteurs, plus de 100 marques et collections de designers de renom, plus de 40 defiles, des performances musicales, du design en temps reel, de l’animation, de nombreux evenements speciaux ainsi qu’une ambiance absolument unique.

Programmation complete et materiel visuel: www.festivalmodedesign.com

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Official opening of the 2008 Montreal Fashion and Design Festival

Special events: Business women and the City, Quebec designers pay tribute to Yves Saint Laurent and Montreal Loves Fashion

Hosted by Genevieve Borne, official spokesperson of the event, the grand opening will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 4th and will be attended by Festival models. Sensation Mode co-president Jean-Francois Daviau will be speaking at the launch, which will take place in the VIP Zone Casino de Montreal. The launch, will be followed by the "Your move. Reebok" fashion show featuring models accompanied by professional dancers.

Among the special events on the program, are "Business women and the City" and "Quebec designers pay tribute to Yves Saint Laurent," along with "Montreal Loves Fashion," a mega show involving more than 50 Quebec designers in a highly musical event where the models will be making a spectacular entrance in Ford Focus vehicles.

The Montreal Fashion and Design Festival, is produced and staged by Sensation Mode, which has been producing the largest fashion events in Canada, including the Montreal and Toronto Fashion Festivals and Montreal Fashion Week since 1999. The Montreal Fashion and Design Festival, which attracts more than 500,000 visitors, brings together the labels and collections of more than 100 renowned designers, more than 40 fashion shows, musical performances, design in real time, entertainment of every description, and a large number of other special events in the most unique ambience.