On Saturday night friends, supporters, and colleagues of fashion and knitwear designer, Jonathan David Baker, gathered together with one mission – raise funds! As you may know, it is very expensive to create a fashion collection, regardless of how ‘established’ one is as a designer. To create a fab fashion fundraiser, Jonathan turned to The Barber Lounge, fellow fashion designers, Muirwood Catering, Three Clicks wine, City Models, and the lovely (and sequined) Rachel Silva, who flew in from London to perform.

The funds raised help to defray the expense of Jonathan’s super-luxe collection, created by knitting together materials such as mink, fox, leather, chiffon, rubber, lace, organza, and georgette.


No stranger to Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week (“NYFW”), Jonathan has worked with the Mulleavy sisters, designers of the celebrated label, Rodarte. Here he is during the last NYFW, taking questions from the press. Photo courtesy of Photo Events NYC.

See if you can spot Jonathan in the opening scene of this stylish ‘infomercial’ featuring 13-year-old fashion wonder kid, Tavi Gevinson, as she talks to the Mulleavy sisters about their “Rodarte for Target” collection. Jonathan was backstage during Rodarte’s last NYFW show when this was filmed – unbeknownst to Jonathan, Tavi caught him on film!

 

We wish Jonathan the best and look forward to cheering him on during NYFW in February 2011!

Posted by : Edith Barker at 04:24 AM 

Edith Barker & Pollyana Patel quickly became friends after meeting in Bangalore, India. Edith has a dual career in psychotherapy and fashion public relations; Pollyana is an image consultant, model, and the brand ambassador for Ritu & Rochana. They currently have two projects in development under Barker & Patel, and have agreed to join the FashionFad team to share their travels, experiences and musings.