b michael AMERICA Spring/Summer 2016 Designer Collection

NEW YORK - Sept. 23, 2015 - PRLog -- b michael AMERICA (www.bmichaelamerica.com), the American couturier and ready-to-wear designer who is known for his glamorous and timeless designs made exclusively in America and worn by many of the world's most stylish women. B Michael's Spring/Summer 2016 Designer Collection was presented during New York Fashion Week at Harlem Stage on Tuesday, 15th September 2015 at 8pm. With front row guests that included Ashford & Simpson's Valerie Simpson, Henni Kessler, Tamara Tunie, Phylicia Rashad, Karen Phillips, Mark-Anthony Edwards, Pamela Newkirk, Sharon Bowen, Amelia Ogunlesi, Jean Shafiroff, Flo Anthony, Myrna Colley-Lee amongst others, all for a great cause! SonEdna Foundation a non profit organization that celebrates and promotes the literary arts and writers of all genres and backgrounds in the Delta, in Mississippi, and the world. Their programs and residencies support the development and creativity of diverse, divergent, and emerging writers. They champion the essential value of literature by providing a rich artistic and stimulating intellectual environment for writers and the public. SonEdna Foundation and the memory of E'dena Hines was saluted by designer B Michael and CEO Mark-Anthony Edwards for their efforts to promote the literary arts and writers of all genres and background in the Delta, in Mississippi. http://sonedna.org/

From the desk of B Michael

New York Fashion Week at the historic Harlem Stage. The venue, a registered landmark and former water- pumping station, provided a romantic backdrop for the Spring 2016 designer collection. Beneath an arch of softly glowing tiles, the audience of devoted clients and noted members of the press assembled to see the collection a blend of uptown glamour and downtown whimsy, with silhouettes that meet at the intersection of ballet and hip-hop, reflective of the bon vivant culture of Harlem. The color palette evokes urban flower boxes, where impressionism converges with urban graffiti, designed for women and men in the present tense. Cascades of Italian Silk Gabardine, Spanish Lace, and French Silk Cloqué in Spring hues of gardenia, midnight orchid, blue hydrangea, and bronze spider mum danced from one spotlight to the next. Empire-waisted sweep dresses underneath wide brimmed hats, trapeze boleros over v-necked sheaths, fluted cuffs, petal trains, and box pleat ball gowns were among the silhouettes that graced the stage to honor a dear spirit E'dena Hines taken from us too soon. ~ B Michael