NEW YORK — Fern Mallis, formerly senior vice president of IMG Fashion, has been named advisory council chairman for ILS 2012: Scotland’s launch event this March.
The core focus of ILS is to connect top designers and international creative industries through integrated events, product launches and retail experiences. The first featured event will be a runway show highlighting textiles from Scotland on March 28 at the Hammerstein Ballroom here.
Mallis, who oversaw New York Fashion Week for many years at IMG and previously as executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, will advise and oversee curation for the runway show, which will highlight Scotland’s finest fashion and textiles manufacturers and feature a roster of established and emerging fashion designers. This showcase will include six exclusive capsule collections made from the broad range of Scottish textiles.
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“The ILS concept speaks to one of my fashion industry visions,” Mallis said. “I believe fashion is a global business and provides opportunities for designers to partner with the best textile manufacturers in the world, as every design starts with the fabric.”
Other Advisory Council members include designer Jeffrey Banks, Gen Art founder Ian Gerard, Publicis vice president Tanya Hill, Tobe Report executive vice president Catherine Moellering and Lookbooks editor in chief Cator Sparks.
ILS: 2012 is a strategic partnership with Textiles Scotland, an organization created to profile Scotland’s textile producers and designers. The show, produced by The King Collective, will feature video, runway and lifestyle presentations expanding beyond the event to retail partnerships where consumers can purchase the collections for fall 2012.