FUBU’s Carlton Brown (top) and Atlanta Fashion Week founder Angela Watts have teamed up to present the brand to Atlanta fashionistas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhy pick AFW to reenter the U.S. market?<\/strong><\/p>\nCB: Outside of New York where we started, Atlanta has been our biggest market, so it made sense to have a major launch here.<\/p>\n
AW: Carl expressed how he admired Atlanta and its growth, and as we had more conversations about it, he decided he wanted to do something here. He was prepared to come back stateside, even though the brand has been doing extremely well in Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n
What is the FUBU exhibit about?<\/strong><\/p>\nCB: Starting Oct. 7, Buckhead Art & Company will exhibit items from our archives. We have a lot of one of-a-kind pieces made in the \u201990s and early 2000s, along with items that highlight the company: awards, pictures and visuals that haven\u2019t been seen before.<\/p>\n
What else will fashionistas see at this year\u2019s event?<\/strong><\/p>\nAW: Last year, we deviated from runway shows, but this year, we\u2019re moving to a new location and bringing them back with shows for two days featuring 12 designers, including Frame Up and Alani Taylor from Atlanta. Along with some pop up experiences, we\u2019ll have designers such as Sylvia Mollie and others selling their products throughout Bloomingdale\u2019s at Lenox in trunk-show style. And there will be panel discussions that focus on fashion influences in culture, how fashion and technology merge and the state of the fashion.<\/p>\n
Where will events be staged?<\/strong><\/p>\nAW: The week starts on opening night, Oct. 2, at Prime on Peachtree in Midtown where the FUBU founders will be honored. Then there are days of fashion presentations and runway shows at Interlock Tower, a beautiful space on Northside Drive that\u2019s not a traditional event space, but we can build it out. And then there are trunk-style shows at Bloomingdale\u2019s.<\/p>\n
If someone has never attended AFW, why should they?<\/strong><\/p>\nAW: You get the chance to meet the designers, touch the brand and really connect. That\u2019s what people love about it. Often the creative directors behind brands don\u2019t interact, but just as musicians go on tour to engage with fans, designers have to do the same thing, too.<\/p>\n
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