New York Fashion Week : BOFFO Building Fashion

BOFFO Building Fashion

DEPESHA joins as a media sponsor for the BOFFO Building Fashion Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects’ New Retail Concept at the Intersection of Architecture and Fashion in New York.

NEW YORK (September 6, 2011)-- DEPESHA, a leading bilingual (English/Russian), limited edition global fashion and arts bookzine, joins world’s visionary forces in design and architecture as a media partner of BOFFO Building Fashion Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects’ New Retail Concept during New York Fashion Week in September 2011.

The innovative concept pop-up store and event space is located at Karkula’s 50 Walker Street in Tribeca. Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects’ installation was envisioned by BOFFO, as part of their annual BOFFO Building Fashion exhibition series that explores the interdisciplinary relationship between fashion and architecture by pairing internationally renowned fashion designers and architects to build temporary installations. The premier concept inspired by Nicola Formichetti, Fashion Director for Lady Gaga and Creative Director for Mugler, and envisaged by Gage/Clemenceau Architects in New York will be unveiled on September 9th, 2011, supported by DEPESHA as a media sponsor.

“Nicola Formichetti’s fashion design and style aesthetic is both original and ground-breaking, resonating well with DEPESHA’s cutting-edge ethos. We are thrilled to be a media sponsor for this one-of-a-kind installation,” said Stephan Rabimov, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of DEPESHA.


image courtesy of Gage/Clemenceau Architects

BOFFO Building Fashion Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects’ exhibition is accessible to the general public through September 24, 2011, which coincides with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. "Our audience is the new world of fashion, architecture, and culture. We cannot ask for a better media partner to support this truly amazing collaboration than DEPESHA." said Faris Al-Shathir, Executive Director, President and Co-Founder of BOFFO.


image courtesy of Gage/Clemenceau Architects

About BOFFO

BOFFO, http://www.boffo-ny.org, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and culture organization based in New York City with a mission to educate and inform the public transforming temporary spaces into innovative exhibitions and events while providing exposure for artists and designers.

About DEPESHA

DEPESHA is a global leading Russian expatriate culture magazine at the intersection of fashion, arts, and literature. Founded by Stephan R. Rabimov in 2005, and published twice a year in New York, DEPESHA is a bilingual, highly curated, limited edition bookzine. DEPESHA online edition at http://depesha.com is updated daily and is iPad and iPhone compatible. The complete digital library of DEPESHA volumes is found on OtherEdition Desktop Library at http://otheredition.com/Depesha. For exclusive materials please join DEPESHA on Facebook, http://facebook.com/depeshamagazine, and follow us on Twitter @depesha.

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