Wednesday, 08 February 2012 05:08
For Fall/Winter 2012, Erickson Beamon will show it’s first ready-to-wear collection at Milk Studios on Thursday, February 9th from 8:30 to 10pm. The presentation will include a collection of dresses handcrafted by Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon. The Citizens Band will perform for this season’s soiree titled “Deca-Dance”.
Inspired by 1920’s and 30’s burlesque in Berlin and the traveling carnivals that defined the “dirty thirties,” this Erickson Beamon collection evokes a dark, sensual boudoir feeling. Slip and cocktail dresses are embellished with signature Erickson Beamon elements: a crystal brooch made with Swarovski Elements adorns the neckline, chain drapes along the shoulder, crystals fall to the hem.In true Erickson Beamon fashion, each piece is individually dyed in brilliant jewel tones (lustrous black, raisin, bottle green, bordeaux, indigo).Who better to translate the intensity and depth of precious gems into fabric and lace? The result is timeless, handcrafted luxury.
Studio 4 at Milk Studios will be transformed into a provocative salon, the perfect milieu to showcase the world of Erickson Beamon. Guests are invited to enjoy this ‘show within a show’: models and dancers revel from the lounge while The Citizens Band performs.
Erickson Beamon
Very few designers can claim to have dressed both the First Lady
and Lady Gaga, but fewer share the imagination of jewelers Erickson
Beamon. Founded by Michigan natives Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon
in 1983, Erickson Beamon jewelry dazzles worldwide, pioneering the
coveted, handcrafted necklaces that are their trademark. Erickson
Beamon has collaborated with the world’s leading designers
including Jil Sander, Alexander Mcqueen, Givenchy, Dior, Zac Posen
& Donna Karan. Celebrity clients include Madonna, Sarah Jessica
Parker, Daphne Guinness, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rihanna, and Katy
Perry.
Swarovski Elements
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS is the premium brand for the finest crystal
elements manufactured by Swarovski. The designers’ choice since the
founding of the company in 1895, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS provides
creative talents from the fashion, jewelry, accessories, interior
design and lighting industries with the latest on-trend
innovations. Available in a myriad of colors, effects, shapes and
sizes, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS offer designers a fabulous palette of
inspiration. Born out of passion for detail and high-precision
cutting, they impart refined glamour to everything they
embellish.
The Citizens Band
Hailing from a fantastic neverland that lies somewhere between a
carnival sideshow and Weimar Berlin, The Citizens Band is a sexy,
raucous, collaborative cabaret troupe. Offering a unique blend of
elegant acrobatics and melodious song, The Citizens Band’s primary
goal is to entertain, but always with a sharp jab of the elbow to
remind their audience of the state of the world and their place in
it. Their style is influenced by early Weimar Republic cabaret and
Vaudeville, where the fun and bawdy was mixed with awareness of
socio-political and economic issues.
Press Contacts
Mandie Erickson- mandie(at)seventhhousepr(dot)com
Jennifer Levitt- Jennifer(at)seventhhousepr(dot)com
Bridget O’Hara Hale- bridget(at)seventhhousepr(dot)com