 Farai Simoyi of The Narativ to curate four-day runway experience that embraces the evolution of change in today’s retail landscape
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (December 23, 2019) – NY NOW®, the definitive Market for Home, Gift, Handmade + Lifestyle, today announced the second installment of Fashion Runway at NY NOW®, a global Taking inspiration from NY NOW’s current Embrace theme and movement, Fashion Runway’s curator, Farai Simoyi – founder of The Narativ and celebrity fashion house consultant, will once again create an immersive runway presentation focused on fueling discovery, “Our vision for Fashion Runway is to tell the story of fashion through time. Time forces change, time forces exploration, which ultimately creates new vision,” says Farai Simoyi, founder of The Narativ. “Each day you will experience an evolution as we present Taking creative inspiration from NY NOW’s “embrace” theme, the Winter 2020 edition of Fashion Runway will present four distinct concepts: embrace: HISTORY “As creators we must be purposeful and thoughtful in the way we create. As consumers we must be conscious and informed in the way we consume. But together as creators and consumers we can create a beautiful yin yang, give take, synergy. That is the future,” Recently honored on the pages of FORBES and featured by the likes of Essence Magazine, ABC, BBC, and The Africa Channel, Farai Simoyi is the founder of Simoyi’s 14 years’ experience designing and consulting has led her to design for some of the most respected celebrities in fashion such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rachel Roy, Anne Klein, and Robert Rodriguez to name a few. Touring the world to speak on Email Beth Cowperthwaite at For your convenience, the upcoming WINTER 2020 dates will be staggered to ensure you experience everything About NY NOW: The winter 2020 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Handmade, Home and Lifestyle, will take place February 1-5, 2020 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. NY NOW features three comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE NY NOW is owned by Emerald Expositions, a leading operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States. The company currently operates more than 55 trade shows, as well as numerous other face-to-face events. In 2019, Emerald’s events connected |
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