Andrés Aquino… born of fire and balmy breezes on the island of Oscar de la Renta and Sammy Sosa, one side Haitians battling sugar cane, on the other whales breaching to see Puerto Rico... Perspectives... poet, writer, actor, director, manager, dreamer, artist... the train marches on, get aboard... running from the man to find the man... masks of myself... shooting beautiful runway models on the catwalks of the fashion capitals of the world... Educated by Boston College Jesuits in Beantown, trained by professors of the street in New York’s inner city... Renaissance... stranded on virgin Caribbean beaches with exotic models scaling coconut trees and splashing in the azure sea... Women At Work... drama... marrying poetry with metaphoric photographic images... the ever-changing metropolitan scene... Urban...chiseled in the female figure... Conceptual... the carnival of life... hand crafting artistic images in the wee hours of the morning... Immersion... debating censorship with an art gallery director on the New England newspaper pages... Theatrical... collecting tear sheets from art magazines — interviews and editorials... reciting poetry at a Carmel exhibit... Cosmic... seen in Montreal... on the walls of Art Expo in New York... in private homes, galleries... retreating from the metropolitan world to the Vermont mountains... Color Play… conjugating the female figure with nature... Four Seasons... re-appearing on the fashion scene, fashion week madness... is all ephemeral... trooping from Calvin Klein to DKNY in between Versus and Yves St. Laurent... slave to a time and space free to an eternity... Evil... searching, always searching for the muse... the noble beauty of the human body as shrine to the divine... Blanc et Noir... images, images... the Secretary General of the U.N. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (not a mistake)... an old lady on the steps of a cathedral... romance novel covers... Romance... syndicated to the world... duality, dichotomy of life... Carnevale... gravity pulls, must propel upwards, the spirit soars, got to dance! |
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Andres Aquino EDUCATION. Andres Aquino received his B.A. summa cum laude and M.A. and was awarded “Scholar of the College” from Boston College. He has years of experience in show production, facility management, talent management, event coordination, publishing, and market research as well as teaching, writing, theater directing and business administration. In addition, he has worked in international business consulting, exporting and importing as well as fashion design and fashion merchandising to the boutique market. PHOTOGRAPHER. As a fashion and fine art photographer Mr. Aquino has covered hundreds of designer runway shows in Europe, South America, Canada, Africa and the USA. His photography work and editorials have appeared in numerous publications around the world. BUSINESSMAN. Andres Aquino is the founder of Fashion Syndicate Press a leading fashion photographic agency since 1997 with press clients worldwide. This business is complemented by a network of successful web sites related to fashion, beauty and photography, including www.fashionshowroom.com, milanfashionshows.com, parisfashionshows.net, newyorkrunwayshows.com, miamifashionshows.com, madridfashionshows.com, londonfashionshows.com and others receiving millions of hits per month. PUBLISHER. In February 2008 Andres Aquino launched Couture & Luxury, a print and online fashion and lifestyle pictorial. FASHION SHOWPRODUCER. As founder and producer of COUTURE FASHION WEEK, launched in 2003, as well as other fashion show events, Mr. Aquino oversees all production aspects - from sponsors to designers, from venue selection to model casting, from technical staff operations to public relations. Couture Fashion Week is a multi-day event showcasing couture and luxury fashion. It also includes exhibits of luxury brands and fine art as well as world-class entertainment and receptions. The event is held in top venues in New York City, Palm Beach, Florida and other selected cities and is attended by upscale consumers, invited VIPs, the press and high-end store buyers. Couture Fashion Week offers unique branding opportunities for luxury products and services. FASHION DESIGNER. Inspired by his experience in the fashion field and needing garments to showcase jewelry and accessories by designers participating in the fashion events, Mr. Aquino began to design gowns. The enthusiastic reaction by audiences and press encouraged him to create entire seasonal collections of high fashion evening and cocktail ensembles starting in 2008. His fashion designs have appeared in major magazines, websites and TV broadcasts, and the collections have been presented in Europe, New York and Palm Beach to great reviews. Artist and Writer: He has written short stories, plays and a collection of poetry as well as hundreds of fine art photography and mix media. His work has been exhibited in a number of galleries throughout North America and has been featured in variety of newspapers and magazines. FASHION CAREER MILESTONES Spring 2001. Invited as special guest judge to Fashion Week Latino in Bogota, Colombia. Fall 2002. First New York fashion photographer specially invited to attend South Africa Fashion Week, Johannesburg. February 2003. Launch of Couture Fashion Week. Six fashion shows produced at Manhattan Penthouse, New York City. Participating designers from South Africa, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Austria. September 2003. Couture Fashion Week New York City with participating designers from Russia, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Brazil, USA, Portugal and Lebanon. Created and presented the first International Fashion Designer of the Year Award to Russian designer Helen Yarmak. Show held at Capitale, NYC. 2004. Fashion shows for upscale clients and audiences including the Crystal Ball Society (Bruno’s, NYC) and the launch of the Maybach at Mercedes-Benz Salon (Greenwich, CT) - Trunk show at Helen Yarmak showroom (Fifth Avenue, NYC) - Trunk show at Denimaxx Boutique (Madison Avenue, NYC) - Launch of Champagne Fashion Brunch, an ongoing series of fashion shows - Produced 3 days of runway fashion shows for top industry trade show Intima America organized by Messe Frankfurt at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. April 2005. Fashion show for upscale audience at Palm Beach art gallery. May 2005. Hosted press conference in New York City for Chinese government delegation for partnering in the “Chinese Model Olympics”. June 2005. Traveled to Bulgaria to promote fashion shows. Interview on country’s most popular TV program (Slavi’s Show), as well as press conference with all major national print media. September 2005. Couture Fashion Week runway shows in New York City with participating designers from Russia, Israel, Bulgaria, Latvia, Ecuador, Germany, Dominican Republic, USA and Lebanon. International Fashion Designer of the Year Award presented to Lebanese designer Jamil Khansa. October 2005. Fashion show for clients and friends of Manhattan Motor Cars, dealers of Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, etc. in New York City. February 2006. Couture Fashion Week in New York City including exhibitor displays for the first time. Followed by encore presentations in Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Coral Gables, Florida. July 2006. Produced three days of fashion shows for top industry trade show Lingerie Americas in New York City, coordinating all aspects of the showing of 180 outfits from NY, Paris and Milan including designers and labels such as La Perla, Oscar de la Renta, Betsey Johnson and many others. February 2007. Couture Fashion Week in New York City presented 14 collections over three days at the world famous Waldorf-Astoria with designers from Kuwait, South Africa, Croatia, Australia, Swaziland, Bahamas, Moldova, Colombia, Lebanon, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic and USA. With an audience of press, fashion buyers, diplomats, VIPs and upscale consumers. June 2007. In recognition for his contributions to the fashion industry, Andres Aquino was invited to Curacao and presented with the Prestige Award International by the Curacao Beauty Organization. September 2007 - Couture Fashion Week in New York City. Thirteen runway shows over three days at the St. Regis Hotel and Westin Hotels with an audience of international press, fashion buyers, diplomats and VIPs. Participating designers from Russia, Australia, Romania, Argentina, Albania, Dominican Republic, Canada and USA. - One show was filmed for new reality TV series Catwalk for VH1 and for a PBS documentary - The fashion shows were filmed for a new series of fashion content in vertical HD format to be displayed on large plasmas at a major casino in Reno, Nevada. December 2007. Produced gala fashion show for the grand opening of the Desmond Tutu Center, hotel and convention facility, in New York City. Participating designers from Russia, Germany, Romania and USA. February 2008. Couture Fashion Week is held in New York at theWestin Times Square and in Palm Beach at The Colony and Trump Tower. Designers from Lebanon, Romania, Kuwait, India, Brazil, Ukraine, Bulgaria and the USA. Launched Couture & Luxury magazine. July 2008. Invited as special guest to participate in Fashion TV Summer Festival, Mamaia, Romania. September 2008. Couture Fashion Week is held at the Westin Times Square in New York City with participating designers from Albania, Colombia, Australia, Turkey, Romania, Egypt, India, and the USA. Created and presented the first Eco-Friendly Fashion Design award to Turkish designer Rabia Yalcin. November 2008. Invited as special guest to participate in Bucharest Fashion Week, Romania. February 2009. Couture Fashion Week is held at the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with participating designers from Egypt, Romania, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Lebanon, Turkey, South Korea and the USA. A number of prominent celebrities and diplomats are in attendance. February 2009. Luxury fashion shows held at Two City Plaza, West Palm Beach, Florida. June 2009. VIP guest designer for closing date at The Dominican Republic Fashion Week. Presented a collection titled Noches de Romance September 2009. Couture Fashion Week is held at the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with participating designers from Australia, China, Chile, Dubai, Egypt, India, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Nigeria, Thailand, the Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Turkey, and the USA. There was plenty of national and international press coverage. VIP guest designer along with Rashel Pouri Princess of Iran in Exile and Actress Maria Conchita Alonso to a special non-profit event in Mexico titled “A Miracle in The Heart of Tamaulipas” To promote ECOTOURISM and to address an audience of 20, 000 attendees including celebrities and dignitaries at the local stadium on the topic “How art can enrich our lives”. VIP guest designer for closing date at The India International Fashion Week and choreograph entire fashion week for all other participating designers.
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www.CoutureFashionWeek.com Couture & Luxury Magazine: www.CoutureFashionWeek.com/coutureandluxurymagazine.htm Andres
Aquino in the press: Multiple Media http://www.couturefashionweek.com/presscoverage.htm http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb08/apparel-textiles-pb.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/sept08/eva.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/sept07/apparelsearch.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb09/epochtimes4.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb09/bte-tv.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb08/btb-travel.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb09/fashionmovement.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb08/fibre2fashion-palmbeach.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb09/ftc.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/sept08/ftc.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb09/midweek.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb08/newyorkcool.pdf http://www.usafashionshows.com/press/tearsheets/feb07/ntdtv.pdf |