Fashion Week in DR 2009

This past Saturday night was the finale of the inaugural Republica Dominicana Fashion Week.
It was held at the beautiful Port of Sansouci, where 37 Dominican designers and 7 other international designers showed off their goods.
Opening night, the Dominican socialites were out in force. To satisfy this crowd there was a fashion mall filled with tons of sponsors and international franchises offering clothes at deep discounted prices. They were even selling fur coats. Top models Teresa Wajdowics, Yilda Santana, Rosa Gouch and Jeimy Hernandez, and Omahira Mota attendd the Dominican Fashion Week, which also honered Dominican top model Arlenis Sosa.
These guests consolidate the most important event of the local fashion, turning us into a referring one at present, concept and creativity in the area of the Caribbean.
Another show , Dominicana Moda, will return to the DR for its fourth year. The fashion week is scheldued for October 19th through October 24th at the Occidental Hotel El Embajador in Santo Domingo. The organizers of the Official Week of the Fashion of Dominican Republic announced that this year's fashion event will include distinguished New York designer and entrepreneur, Carolina Herrera. She is synonymous of good taste and sophistication. Locals have stated that “Mrs. Herrera will be an honor to have and are ecstatic that she will be able to display her collection as a finishing touch of the week of Dominican fashion 2009, a country to which wants and admires closely.”