Prepare for your next resort get-away by viewing the hottest looks of the season and immerse yourself in a night of fashion, cocktails, music and a mixture of Latin inspired entertainment by the dance professionals of Salsa Con Soul. Following the runway show will be 4 hours of social mingling and dancing.
INFUSION of Resort Fashion and destination entertainment
INFUSION 2015 is the first fully infused showcase of fashion
and the resort experience. It’s about bringing together the looks of resort
fashion and the flare of the resort destination experience. For the first time
in Rhode Island, both industries, communities and aficionados of Fashion and
Salsa unite to host an event in the city of Providence to engage, showcase and
celebrate, the talents, brands and people of its scene. On Saturday July 18th,
many will witness for the first time a total INFUSION experience that involves
two highly talented fashion designers as well as the skillful dance
professionals of Salsa con Soul. Resort runway meets resort salsa 7pm-2am at
Aurora Providence.
INFUSION 2015 hosts:
Designer Samuel Vartan
European designer Samuel Vartan, one of the industries
leaders in fashion brings chic, beautiful and sexy to his collections when his
pieces hit the runway, they denote romance, femininity as well as intimate
beauty. Samuel utilizes film inspired ideas and love of 1960s to create his
lines. Born in Greece and raised in Montreal, he creates designs that
complement a woman’s body making effortless elegance easy. Samuel Vartan collections are available and
sold in Boston and Rhode Island.
Designer Artiss Akarra
American designer Artiss Akarra founder and owner of EIGHT |
United Republic Affair is revolutionizing the entire fashion scene in Rhode
Island. Born and raised in South Florida
and a RISD Grad, he has been working diligently to create affordable luxury
items accessible to everyone in the market. The brand builds upon beachside,
dockside and poolside fashion and accessories for every woman and man.
Artiss Akarra is literally on a roll. He has designed and has opened what is likely
the only mobile boutique in New England, and perhaps the Northeast. Beautifully adorned by images of models in
his swimwear and sunglasses on both sides of the truck The Mobile Showroom
& Boutique aims to create the intimacy of a personalized shopping experience.
The presence of his company EIGHT | United Republic Affair is tangible and on
wheels, and will be serving customers at the Providence Flea Market and other
locations in the Creative Capitol through the warm months. The mobile boutique seems emblematic of a
creative person whose vision is big, bold and outside the box.
Figuratively, too, the designer has been on the move, and
his presence has been felt abundantly in the last couple of years in the
region. The RISD graduate has worked for
over 15 years as an independent designer working for national and international
brands. Since launching his own line of
luxury swimwear and eyewear under his company EIGHT | United Republic Affair,
he has shown in StyleWeek August 2014 and StyleWeek April 2015, as well as both
StyleWeek SWIM runway fashion shows, both the original SWIM at the opening of
the Providence G Rooftop and this year’s show at the Hotel Providence. Building from his core lines of swimwear and
eyewear, Akarra plans to broaden his collections to include jewelry, footwear
and different kinds of apparel. The
designer gives the sense that his design ideas are only limited by the physical
restraints of production – his creativity seems driven by an unstoppable
energy. If you’d like to learn more
and/or keep up-to-date with the designer follow him on social media and the
brand website at eightunitedrepublicaffair.com.
SalsaConSoul by Team Fusion
The Pioneers of a Salsa Collaborative, Just as the Fania
All-stars where brought together for the love and the creation of salsa music
and the talent each of them possess in their craft, so has this collaborative
team united and taken a page from that example, to make an impact within Salsa
and its presence in Rhode Island. Team Fusion’s effortless positive energy and
creative methods have merge the Latin dance scene. We have witness the
evolution of a new supportive community of Salseros and hosts, our scene has
been heighten and leverage due in part to its collaborators who host
magnificent salsa and Latin dance events in the city. The force behind this
newly minted wave of Latin dance events hosted by Salsa Con Soul is due in part
to the hard work and diligence of its dance professionals combining their
individual experience as dance professionals and as team fusion made up of
Martin Rivera, Mori Granot, Angel Sanchez, Hector Solis, Brandon Contreras and
Sydonee Harris
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