THE RETURN OF OLD YELLOW....

One of our signature pieces returns with a new face, Model Adama.....

In our recent photo shoot, We photographed the new "ELEMENTS OF GREEN" collection. I had an epiphany that moment; I wanted to bring back one of the signature pieces that everyone loves. This time in a photo shoot....

The first time it was seen only on the runway, where Miss Morgan Quinn, gave it life when she walked down that white glass runway. To date we have not found anyone to walk this dress like Morgan walked it, many have tried but no ones really nailed it yet.

With Adama, this dress forged with her body, it was poured on like liquid silk and latex. I did not have to give her direction, the dress told Adama what to do, it was seamless, they floated on air. The camera loved them together, it was a true pleasure seeing magic again.

We will do the same with the other two signatures pieces, which are the white dress and the silver screen dress. It was a joy for us to work with Miss Adama again: she's beautiful, patient and a professional; no matter what we threw at her she always delivered. THANK YOU MAMA!

Kisses,

Viktor Franovik


Model: Adama
Designers: Luis Perez and Francisco Perez (The Brothers Perez)
Fashion Stylist: Viktor Franovik
Photographers: Beatriz Stilwell and Christopher Makris
Make up artist: Dianna Echevarria and Annette Rosales
Hair Artist: Luis Manuel
Make Up: Motives Cosmetics
Jewelry by: Expressions in Gold & Silver

BP, WHAT'S NEXT?

I have been following the news on a daily basis on the oil spill and still nothing. It's been about 55 days now and still oil is gushing out and nothing seems to stops this.

I can only write as a worried spectator, and fashion designer that helps the environment by creating fashion from recycled, recyclable materials and fabrics. My comments are opinions, comments heard or read from TV, Radio, Newspaper and speaking from the heart.

It's a shame this has not been contained yet. I heard the news saying something about being possibly being contained in August; meanwhile, i keep seeing pictures of pelicans covered in oil, giant turtles lifeless being pulled from the oceans, and greenery full of oil. When I head out to a local restaurant and want to order any seafood, my questions is if this from the gulf?

Our government? BP? What's next? How many lives more? How many more oceans, seas, coastlines need to be affected? Also, very little has been spoken about the fisherman's lives being impacted because of this tragedy. Who will be taking care of them and their way of life? Anyone care to comment?

Let's pray for a miracle and hands on to clean up our environment.......pics taken from NYDaily News and BP news

ANGEL'S PEDIATRIC HEART HOUSE-CHARITY OF CHOICE

FRANOVIK DESIGNS always thinking of community has teamed up Angel's Pediatric Heart House, (www.aphh.org).

Angel’s Pediatric Heart House was created in February of 2004 by Sonia Perez. Sonia’s late husband, Dr. Angel R. Perez, was a pediatric cardiologist in the South Florida area. Dr. Perez was a respected cardiologist amongst his colleagues and loved by the families he served. In 1999, Dr. Perez was diagnosed with kidney cancer; and in January of 2000, Dr. Perez succumbed to his illness. He left behind a wife and two daughters.

In September of 2000, Mrs. Perez and her daughters hosted a picnic for the families that were under his care. What was really special that day was that parents and children got an opportunity to meet and socialize with other families affected by CHD in a casual and fun atmosphere. The picnic became an annual event, but it became clear that the families needed more than just an annual event, they needed a place outside of the hospital or physician’s office where they could come together and offer each other social and emotional support throughout the year.

Angel’s Pediatric Heart House is a non-residential, congenital heart defects support community. It is a place where the entire family—parents, CHD child, siblings and relatives—can come together and join others affected by CHD to give hope and encouragement and to share their experiences.

How we help APHH? We include Angel's in all our press releases and events. Hoping to generate revenues for both organizations, a portion is donated to Angel's. This year, Thanks to Mr. Sale Stojanovic, owner of Funkshion Music and Fashion and co-owner of Design Miami, monies collected at all their events throughout this year including our fashion show "Elements of Green", will be donated to Angel's Pediatric Heart House.

Sonia, the driving force behind it all is amazing. This incredible woman, thinks, eats, sleeps APHH. She visits the local children's hospitals and families. It is such a pleasure working with her and her foundation members like Jen, among others. Sonia is truly an inspiration. God Bless....

Please visit their website, www.aphh.org, read what she is doing and generously give to this noble cause, "SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES" is what it all about.

Thank you,


Viktor Franovik

FRANOVIK'S FRANCISCO PEREZ INTERVIEWED AT OCEAN DRIVE EVENT

FRANOVIK'S Lead Fashion Designer, Francisco Perez being interviewed at an Ocean Drive event in South Beach.

Among the questions asked, Why ECO/Green fashions versus the norm? The answer, I am a designer, no matter what I do or what materials I use; I chose to do ECO/Green because I (we) believe we must help our environment, we must protect and promote the message of conservation.

If I, as a designer can give back by creating wearable fashions from discarded fabrics and materials, instead of disposing them to a landfill or burning them, then lets create unique pieces that can be worn on a daily basis.

Just a little history of how we started. We started doing "recycled fashions" a long time ago; we were creating carnival and halloween costumes from bits and pieces, recycled fabrics and materials.

If you design or are someone that likes to make clothes, you know alot of the fabric or material that is cut are large pieces that are left over; then you have to decide either to throw away and store it.

At times this becomes overwhelming because you have so many pieces (if you saved it), and it sits there for a while taking up space. What about your old curtains, tablecloths, or any other material just laying around? With a little imagination, you can it life by creating a fashion forward garment that you can use time and time again.

That goes for vintage pieces as well. It's sitting in your closest just begging to be worn again, depending on the year it was made, it could be dated. You could be bold enough and wear it and just say it's coming back in style or create something new from it.

All you need to do is think what can I create from that and remember, GO GREEN!

Francisco/vf
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Annette and MOTIVES crew at work

Last Sunday at the Famous BILTMORE Hotel in Coral Gables; Annette Rosales and MOTIVE make up artists work on the models to a local fashion show.

We were back stage, as Fashion Designers and MOTIVES distributors, I completely appreciate all the running around and "Got to get it done" within the time constraints.

There were three artists including Annette; These ladies worked fast putting on bright beautiful eye shadows, blended foundations especially made for each model, lining eyes and lips, finishing off with the amazing lipsticks, and an added bonus, the models wanted nail candy (MOTIVES nail polish).

All in all a great MOTIVES evening! We did not stay for the show, we had our own photo shoot to go too; and Yes, we used MOTIVES too.

Our photo shoot is for our magazine MODELS&DESIGNERS (www.modelsanddesigners.com) and a local luxury Hotel that is putting together their own magazine (hint, hint-Downtown Miami).

Here are Annette and her team of MOTIVES make up artists....To purchase this incredible product go to: www.franovik.motivescosmetics.com. GO MOTIVES and GREEN!

Thanks,

Viktor

THE LAUNCHING OF MODELS&DESIGNERS MAGAZINE

Hello Everyone,

Just a friendly reminder, I am starting to work on getting sponsors for the upcoming magazine launching, Models&Designers. It has been a pleasure working with all my cherished models and photographers. My lead fashion designer, Francisco Perez has been wonderful to me and has created beautiful pieces for the shows and the magazine editorials.

I have been reviewing the future cover of the magazine. There are so many i can choose from, there is Jana Murrell, Miss Earth United States 2008, Aubrey Carr, Jolie Schamber, current titleholders for the Miss Earth organization, and a few other model editorials.

M&D will be fashion standard, 9x12, perfect bound, glossy cover and pages and it will include articles and interviews. The first issue will have an interview with Belinda Carlisle, ex-gogo and her son. Some articles will feature Tessa Boudreaux, Esther Dollar, Carmen Martinez, Christopher DeStefano, among others.

I would like to feature professionals from design, media, cosmetic, pageant world, just to mention a few, to write an article for the magazine. Models&Designers will also have my picture version of Facebook called "Out&About W/ FRANOVIK", as well as editorial shots and editorials with future sponsors.

Check out the website, www.modelsanddesigners.com. Sponsors interested in the magazine please contact me: viktor@modelsanddesigners.com or viktor@franovik.com.

Thank you,

Viktor

FRANOVIK DESIGNERS INTERVIEWED ON HOLA TV

Yesterday at Gerry Kelly's Fabulous MI-VI Club located in Hallandale Beach, Florida the designers of Franovik were interviewed on the red carpet at the crowning of the two new titleholders, Ms Latina International World (Diana Schoutsen) and Ms Latina International Super Model (Linet Bruzon).

Franovik Designs, the official designers for the Ms Latina International Organization, creates and confections exclusive pieces for all the titleholders including Owner and Pageant Director, Angela Posillico. They are also exclusive costume designers for Miss Earth United States, Miss Teen Earth United States and have dressed titleholders for Miss Intercontinental Florida, Miss Intercontinental Cuba, Miss Earth Cuba, Miss Essence World, and recently Miss Carnival Miami.

On their interview, Francisco and Viktor spoke about their collections on Green Fashion and recently Elements of Green. As Eco Designers, we want to preserve and help our environment by making eco friendly fashions from recycled fabrics, materials and vintage pieces, says Viktor Franovik.

"Our inspiration comes from what we see; we have to think innovation when we take fabrics, materials, vintage pieces and re-create them to make them our own", says Francisco Perez, Lead Fashion Designer for Franovik Designs.

We want to thank the beautiful Greta from HOLA TV, quite the interviewer, "We want to dress you too Miss Greta". We were also interviewed by Inside Couture, check us out: http://www.ialivenetwork.com/video/373/franovick-interview. We get to hear the men behind the designs.

Check out our websites: www.franovik.com or www.modelsanddesigners.com, also join our blogs, each site has its', we'd love to hear from you all.

Thank you,


Viktor Franovik