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SINGAPORE FASHION FESTIVAL

A
re you ready for the most important fashion event of the year? Every spring, all eyes turn to Singapore's Orchard Road for THE most exciting fashion festival for international and Singaporean designers.

The Singapore Fashion Festival (SFF) is all set to feature the best trend-setting looks to satiate the fashion appetites of anybody and everybody.

Attracting the participation of high-end designers, local labels and international brands, as well as celebrities, luminaries and well-heeled fashionistas, SFF will set the stage for a world-class fashion experience inside a purpose-built tent venue, The Tent, at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza. Other than that, SFF will also be playing an important role of cementing Singapore's reputation for being the key fashion hub of the region.

More than 50 delightful collection shows and events are scheduled to showcase ranges of luxury brands, cult and 'underground' fashion names, high street fashion, emerging designer labels and regional/local designers. Also showcasing their collections of Spring/Summer and other 'must-haves' of this season will be international brands like ck Calvin Klein, Ferragamo, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Kenzo and Missoni as well as local talented fashion designers like Baylene, hansel, Francis Cheong, Frederick Lee, Alldressedup, Nicholas and Posse.

Gracing the catwalk will be one of the hottest and most in-demand British supermodels, Lily Cole, who took on the coveted role of being the Face of Singapore Fashion Festival 2006. Described as a British girl who resembles a maiden in a Pre-Raphaelite painting, Lily Cole added supermodel runway glamour to SFF06, after having modelled for top fashion houses worldwide.

SFF06 is proudly brought to you by the Singapore Tourism Board and produced in association with img Fashion-Pico. To get your passes to the spectacular shows, please visit www.sff.com.sg.

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