5th Annual Metropolitan Fashion Week Hollywood to Kick Off with Fashion Show, Awards Presentation & Exclusive Cirque du Soleil Performances September 28 - October 5

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK, (MetroFW) the most fashionable week in Hollywood, partners with Warner Bros. Studios to kick off its fifth annual festivities with a fashion show featuring unique costumes and haute couture gowns and industry fashion awards, September 28 – October 5, 2017 at Warner Bros. Studios and various locations throughout Los Angeles. MetroFW will be hosted and produced by Eduardo Khawam, fashion expert, producer and TV personality for Telemundo and Univision.

Metropolitan Fashion Week Hollywood festivities begin with Opening Runway Show & Costume Contest at The Original Farmers Market Los Angeles on Thursday, September 28. Designers will showcase costume and fashion creations inspired by Academy Award®-winner costume designer Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Into the Woods (2014), Silence of the Lambs (1991). The top three winners will have the opportunity to participate in the Closing Gala Fashion Show.

Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala and Fashion Awards, will take place Thursday, October 5^th at Warner Bros. Studios.  Guests will enjoy a one-of-a-kind fashion show featuring haute couture gowns and costumes inspired by artwork from the J. Paul Getty Museum.. The Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala attracts guests including industry professionals, celebrities, international designers and members of the fashion world. Metropolitan Fashion Week has raised over $13 million for charity, this year's Project Imagination's goal is to raise over 1,000,000 school supplies for underprivileged schools.

The Metropolitan Fashion "Excellence" Awards recognize outstanding contributions in costume design, celebrity styling and more. Winners will be announced at the Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala. Categories include Costume Designer of the Year (Motion Pictures), Costume Designer of the Year (TV), Costume Designer of the Year (Live Performance), Fashion Program of the Year, Fashion Designer of the Year, Outstanding Ensemble for Make-Up Artist and Hair Stylist (TV or Motion Picture), Fashion Influencer of the Year, Fashion Icon of the Year, and the Metropolitan Fashion Excellence Award. 

AWARD SUBMISSIONS/TICKET INFO: www.metropolitanfashionweek.net. View MFW's official video reel here: https://youtu.be/XBsDwEYiZX0

METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK HOLLYWOOD 2017 SCHEDULE:
OPENING CEREMONY & COSTUME CONTEST at The Original Farmers Market   
Thursday, September 28, 6:30 pm  (Free Event Open to the Public)
For media credentials please RSVP to [email protected]

CLOSING GALA AND FASHION AWARDS at Warner Bros. Studios
Thursday, October 5, 7:00 pm  
For media credentials, Media Credential Form

ABOUT METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK:

Metropolitan Fashion Week is one of the fastest growing fashion weeks in the United States, with shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and soon, New York. Metropolitan is the only fashion week in the world that features both Fashion Designers and Costume Designers, from around the world, on one runway. Metropolitan Fashion Week has made a global impact on the fashion scene by presenting events held in dramatic, non-traditional venues that showcase not only fashion designers and costume designs, but also the most beautiful venues each city has to offer. Celebrating the world of fashion and costume designers in the categories of Avant Garde and Couture Gowns, MFW spotlights over 150 works of art created by international fashion and costume designers and are original "one-of-a-kind" creations. View MFW's official video reel here: https://youtu.be/XBsDwEYiZX0

FOLLOW METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK:
Website: MetropolitanFashionWeek.net 
Email: [email protected] 
Hashtag: #MetroFW
Facebook: Metropolitan Fashion Week 
Twitter: @MetroFashionW  
Instagram: MetropolitanFashionWeek
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC1R1SwGR97yVqxgLhHovjAA

ABOUT THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM:

The J. Paul Getty Museum collects Greek and Roman antiquities, European paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculpture and decorative arts to 1900, as well as photographs from around the world to the present day. The Museum's mission is to display and interpret its collections, and present important loan exhibitions and publications for the enjoyment and education of visitors locally and internationally. This is supported by an active program of research, conservation, and public programs that seek to deepen our knowledge of and connection of works of art.Hashtag: #GettyInspired; Twitter: @GettyMuseum; Facebook: facebook.com/gettymuseum;  Instagram: instagram.com/gettymuseum

Media contact:
Paul Jaramillo
[email protected] 
310-999-9042

SOURCE Metropolitan Fashion Week

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