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In Association With: Sponsored by:  Beyond the Runway Contest in association with LooseButton is offering the chance to one Nolcha Fashion Week: New York September 2010 fashion designer to receive a business support package worth over $50,000 to help them succeed as an entrepreneur. A judging panel will preview, critique and select one winner to receive an entrepreneurship accelerator package that is aimed at growing a fashion designers career beyond the runway through high quality resources and services. Award includes:
 Gabrielle Teare is a leading international Stylist active in the New York, London and Paris fashion scenes; as featured in Marie Claire, Esquire, Elle, Fashion TV, Channel 4, Daily Mail, Daily Express, CNN and the BBC, as well as providing Styling Consultancy for Disney movies - Confessions of a Shopaholic and Tinkerbell. Gabrielle continues her dynamic work at Nolcha as the Style Director of Nolcha Fashion Week: New York, London Fashion Week activities and liaison for Nolcha designers with her relationships in fashion editorial, broadcast and entertainment.  Lilly Berelovich is the co-founder of Fashion Snoops. Lilly spent 10
years in the fashion industry as a kidswear and junior designer in New
York and Montreal. In 2001, frustrated with the limited access that
designers had to accurate and timely trend information, she launched
Fashion Snoops.com Today, Lilly is the creative force behind Fashion
Snoops, and applies the service to her work as a consultant for
companies needing branding , positioning design and merchandising for
labels in New York and around the globe. Lilly is also a renowned
consultant for clients in the licensing world, creating licensing deals
and providing trend direction .Lilly is a graduate of Fashion Design
from LaSalle College and studied International Business at McGill
University, both located in Montreal, Canada. Sheri L Koetting is the co-founder and CEO of MSLK, a boutique marketing and design agency based in Long Island City, Queens. Drawing upon a background in fashion as well as graphic design, Sheri often incorporates unique materials and unexpected finishes to her projects. Sheri's solutions gracefully solve the defined challenges and effortlessly create order without appearing to be designed.Sheri has worked with clients such as Aveda, Loro Piana, MOP Modern Organic Products, Ralph Lauren, Sean John, Sephora, and Victoria's Secret. She has been honored with awards from the AIGA / the professional association for design, Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, Mohawk Fine Papers, Print Magazine, Society for Environmental Graphic Design, the Type Directors Club, the US Congress, Visual Merchandising + Store Display, and The Webby Awards.  Ray Cao is the Co-Founder and CEO of LooseButton. Previously, Ray was the president of the Impact Entrepreneurship Group, now Canada’s largest youth-run entrepreneurship organization. In his role as president, he founded the Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada campaign. Ray has dabbled with the mix of working for companies as well, from growing a mobile startup called Polar Mobile to working as a trader on Wall Street at Barclays Capital. He realized, however, that it was much more fun building companies. When he is not working on LooseButton, Ray is involved as a board member for the Impact Entrepreneurship Group and is an advisor to VeloCity - a leading technology incubator run by the University of Waterloo. He was recently appointed to the DiverseCity Steering Committee which consists of prominent individuals in the Greater Toronto Area who recognize the value and potential of diversity in leadership for the region’s social and economic prosperity. Ray is a past recipient of Waterloo’s Top 40 Under 40 award. To learn how to showcase your collection at Nolcha Fashion Week: New York click here or contact
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