Publicity....thank you!!

Fashionising

Fashionising

Fashionising covered the August 2012 Varela LaMar photo shoot. To see the complete Varela LaMar photo shoot on Fashionising, please visit: Varela LaMar August '12 Look Book

Varela LaMar August '12 Look Book

Revista Mujer

"Revista Mujer"
Editor: Luz Marie Bonadies Lecaro
By: Keren Batista

www.mujer.com.pa

Coverage of Nixia's work with molas

Quinta Trends

Quinta Trends

Sofia Calvo
Quinta Trends
http://quintatrends.blogspot.com/

Quinta Trends

Fashionising

Fashionising

Fashionising covered the Varela LaMar collection presented at Fashion Week Panama 2012.  To see the complete Varela LaMar photo shoot on Fashionising, please visit:Varela LaMar at Fashion Week Panama.

Varela LaMar at Fashion Week Panama

Tu Personal Shopper Viajero

Pilar Bernal Maya

Tu Personal Shopper Viajero

http://tupersonalshopperviajero.blogspot.com/

 

Tu Personal Shopper Viajero

 Panama America

From EY! section of "Panama America"
www.panamaamerica.com.pa

Local media coverage of Varela LaMar collection at Fashion Week Panama

A Designer's Looks Part Two & Quinta Trends

 A Designer's Looks Part Two

Continuing the theme of the previous post, these are two more of  Nixia's looks from her recent purchasing trip.  It is interesting to see Nixia's design style reflected in her personal wardrobe: clothing and accessory choices that are both practical and chic.  Although travel limited her quantity of clothing, Nixia sacrificed nothing of style.  The designer relied on pairing basics with some of her favorite, classic accessories.  

On the go with a simple ponytail, accented with classic eye-wear and pearl studs

Basic black in coat and bag during break from purchasing

 Quinta Trends

Reproduced below is the coverage of the Varela LaMar Fashion Week Panama 2011 collection as it appeared in Sofia Calvo's Quinta Trends.  Nixia appreciates Sofia's attention to fashion in Panama and for sharing the Varela LaMar collection with Chileans.  The sites can be seen in these locations:

Quinta Trends--Official Site

Quinta Trends--Facebook

Quinta Trends

Quinta Trends

From Chile: Quinta Trends

Sofia Calvo of Quinta Trends has been kind enough to carry runway shots of Nixia Varela LaMar's collection at Macrofest.  Nixia appreciates Sofia's generosity in helping her reach fashion enthusiasts in Chile.

Fashion Week Panama: Bridges and Beyond

For Fashion Week Panama,  Nixia challenged herself to find creative inspiration in Panama Canal bridge imagery believing these special features of Panama deserved celebration.  She was inspired not only by what the bridges offered aesthetically, but by how they might function symbolically as Panama introduces its art and fashion to the world. To begin, the below photographs reveal how Nixia  borrowed elements of bridge structure and incorporated them into Varela LaMar designs for her FWP collection. 

The elegant collar style of the below pieces mimic bridge suspension cables.  The  provocative visual similarity is augmented by the fact that the unique collar features serve the same  purpose as  the bridge cables, offering support and ensuring proper alignment of the apparel. 

Other creations showcased in the Varela LaMar Fashion Week Panama collection focused on the networks of support beams beneath the bridges.  Nixia incorporated net fabrics into these ready to wear evening pieces, either to adorn or as the essential material of the clothing.

Nixia's other thematic interest in bridges is their metaphorical  significance both for Panama and herself.  Nixia insists the wealth of Panama's culture--in dress, in food, in tradition--must be shared internationally.  She believes as an artist, she bears a personal responsibility to reach other countries.  In the days after event, the news of  Nixia Varela LaMar's Fashion Week Panama collection was covered in Argentina and Italy.  And today, she continued bridging Panama to other nations as her recent collection was covered in Spain and Chile.

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