Experience the Fusion of Fashion + Food at the HSBC Colombo Fashion Week Resort Show

Colombo Fashion Week (CFW), which introduced its Resort edition as a single day event in 2012, is now a four-day showcase of the best of resort wear fashion. Added to the seasonal CFW calendar this year, CFW Resort will see the second Fashion + Food series take stage at the shows in partnership with Jetwing Hotels.

Fashion is not something that just exists in clothing, it has to do with the way we live and what is happening as well that makes way for trends to emerge. This season highlighting the Fashion + Food series of CFW, a Michellin star chef from Paris and an internationally acclaimed Malaysian chef will provide delightful cuisines every evening, bringing in a design element to the show from the culinary arts. There will be special menus available on 1 and 2 October, the day of the ‘Bright Spark’ shows and the menus will continue to evolve until the show comes to a close on 5 October. Additionally, six iconic restaurants on the famous Negombo strip and the renowned tourist street will participate to create interesting menus throughout the week.

Renowned French Master Chef, Daniel Hebet will showcase the finest in simple and redefined cuisine in Negombo. Using only the freshest ingredients from local markets, guests can enjoy these exquisite meals during the HSBC CFW Resort Show. A member of the Maître Cuisiniers de France, Chef Hebet possesses extensive experience gained from his travels all over the world. He has worked at Michelin star restaurants such the Mirande restaurant in Avignon and is a consultant Chef of the renowned Ladurée restaurant. Chef Hebet is now also Chef Proprietor of Le Jordin du Quai at L’lsle sur la Sorgue in Provence, located in the south of France.

Guests will also be privy to an authentic Malaysian culinary experience created by award winning and internationally recognized Chef Kenneth Loke. Chef Loke is sure to bring a truly magical culinary experience to the Centre Point at Jetwing Blue during the four-day showcase.  Chef Loke will deliver tasty, exquisitely prepared dishes such as the famous Johor Laksa, a unique fusion between Eastern and Western cuisines, in an ambience like no other. Chef Kenneth Loke is a two time Bocuse d’Or winner, and has countless years of experience working in renowned restaurants such as Restaurang Jonas – Sweden and Equinax at Swissotal The Stamford – Singapore.

The HSBC Colombo Fashion Week Resort Show, now in its third year, premiers from the 1   to 4 October 2014 at Jetwing Blue and Jetwing Beach. The showcase will feature ‘Bright Spark’ shows which will highlight 15 of the brightest fashion designers in Sri Lanka, these shows will take place on the 1 and 2October, followed by 20 shows by established Sri Lankan fashion designers on 3 and 4 October. There will also be three international fashion designers participating at the show including, internationally acclaimed Abraham & Thakore from India, Harare by Caroline who recently showcased her work  at New York Fashion Week and global fashion icon Bibi Russell, who shows around the world but never missed the opportunity to showcase her work at CFW, which is one of her favourite fashion weeks.

This year the show also features a first in Sri Lanka with its novel Pop-up retail stores produced by TATA Housing. Following a competition among final year architecture students Jade Jayawardena and Roven Edward Rebeira, were selected to create designs for twenty Pop-up retail stores for fashion designers showcasing at CFW Resort at Jetwing Blue Negombo.  The noteworthy HSBC CFW Resort Show workshop will be held on the 4 October and will focus on the theme titled, ‘The use of indigenous textiles in fashion’. Renowned designers Bibi Russell, Harare and Abraham & Takore will also join the workshop to share their knowledge and experience.

CFW partners this year include; HSBC, Colombo Jewellery Stores, Land Rover, Jetwing, Ponds, TATA Housing, Vision Care, Spa Ceylon, Brandix, Wineworld, Hameedia, Hellmann Logistics, Leo Burnett, Cotton Collection, zMessenger, Ramani Fernando Salons, Mal-key rent-a-car, Fashion TV, Daily Mirror, Sunday Times, Daily FT, Hi!, Lanka Woman and Life-Online.

The HSBC CFW Resort Show will end with a fabulous, themed after-party on 4 October following the final show. Anticipated to be the party event of the season, tickets for the after-party will soon be on sale.

Those interested can follow the CFW official website on http://www.colombofashionweek.com and the official CFW Facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/colombofashionweek for regular updates.