Art for AIDS 2012

Art for AIDS 16th annual auction fundraiser will take place on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. This years’ event will be held at the City View Metron located at 135 Fourth Street in San Francisco. This is an amazing event which features fabulous artwork up for auction while providing an inspirational evening which directly supports those who suffer from HIV/AIDS.

The Art for AIDS event is expected to attract about 700 supporters, art patrons and party-goers. Funds raised from the event go directly to the UCSF Alliance Health Project.

Art for AIDS will feature an exciting silent auction as well as an energetic live auction which will offer works by Lucky Rapp, Jock Sturges, Robin Denevan, Sue Averall, Rex Ray, Martine Jardel, Michal Venera, Kristine Mays and more. The certificate auction will feature luxury getaways, celebrated restaurants, Napa wine tours and spa treatments.

For more information about the artists and galleries featured at the 16th annual Art for AIDS event, please visit artforaids.org

UCSF’s Alliance Health Project or AHP has been serving the community for over 27 years. The center provides free HIV testing, education, counseling and mental health services. AHP has counseled over 240,000 people and trained over 81,000 health professionals, educators and students. Funds raised from Art for AIDS will directly benefit AHP. For more information on UCSF’s Alliance Health Project, please visitucsf-ahp.org

Tickets for Art for AIDS start at $80. There are several sponsorship opportunities available as well. Please visit ArtforAIDS.org for ticket information. Thank you for your support and hope to see you at the event!

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Digital prints for fall: fashion gets high tech

Prints are huge for fall 2012. Any type of print is hot; from animal prints to kitschy patterns to high tech inspired prints. The biggest trend in prints from the runway, which has taken store shelves and the street by storm, is the high tech inspired print known as the “Digital Print.”

Digital prints for fall may not look like the inside of a computer, but they give the appearance of being created with a digital device rather than freeform by the human hand. These often blurred, digital prints are being found in bright colors as well as classic black and white. Although some designers have mixed prints together on a single frock, as if they were color blocking, the majority of digital prints are being found alone.

Dresses, jackets and blouses are the most common articles of clothing donning digital prints this fall season. Accessories have not joined the trend this fall; but that isn’t to say they couldn’t in a future season 

The silhouettes on digital print dresses this fall are varied. Designers have opted for body conscious styles, a-line vintage style dresses and also tee-shirt style dresses in formal fabrics such as silk.

Digital prints are not for the faint of the heart. They are splashy and will definitely get you noticed. We found a few fun and splashy digital dresses around the web and assembled them together in this article. Hope you love them! Happy shopping and stay fabulous 

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Shades of burgundy for fall

Burgundy, dark cherry, maroon, oxblood; there are several names and shades of burgundy which are traditional for the fall season. For fall 2012, burgundy is one of the more important colors of the season and has been mixed together with the jewel-tone color trend as well as traditional fall colors which have moved front-and-center this fall season.

Burgundy is an easy to color wear. The dark nature of the color is naturally slimming and burgundy can easily be mixed with dark neutrals such as shades of brown and black. Burgundy can also be mixed with navy, mustard, emerald green, rich shades of purple and dark berry shades as part of 2012’s modern color blocking trend.

This is also a color which can easily be worn during the day or evening. Burgundy for fall 2012 is also being found on garments, accessories and in make-up. Since there is such a large amount of burgundy inventory for the fall 2012 season out there, it is important to not go overboard and tonal with burgundy. Burgundy should be one piece of an ensemble for the fall season; with the exception of complimentary make-up hues.

One of the big ways to wear burgundy, maroon, deep red or oxblood this fall is in a handbag. A burgundy (or any deep shade of red or berry) satchel for the fall season is H-O-T and solid colored satchels, as well as color blocked satchels with burgundy in them, are right on-trend for the fall season.

We found a few burgundy and deep red pieces around the web and assembled them together for this article. Hope you love them! Happy shopping and stay fabulous 

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