World MasterCard Fashion Week F/W ’13: KORHANI home on the runway

Posted on March 20, 2013 by KORHANI home

Today is the big day! The KORHANI home runway show is tonight at 7 p.m. at Toronto Fashion Week! Will you be there? And more importantly, what will you be wearing in the tents? What Canadian influencers will be in the front row?

KORHANI home World MasterCard Fashion Week 2013 WMCFW

What surprise do we have in store for you this season?

Join the conversation! We want to hear what you think of the show! Tweet at us @KORHANIhome! #KORHANIrunway #WMCFW

Tomorrow tune into The Global Morning Show with Liza Fromer LIVE at 8:30 a.m. ET to see Kirsten Korhani talking about her Fall/Winter 2013 Collection and see looks from each theme on our models.

World MasterCard® Fashion Week Sweepstakes: Win seats to the #KORHANIrunway show

Posted on March 7, 2013 by KORHANI home

Do you dream about attending Fashion Week? Here’s your chance to get in on the fashion action. Enter the KORHANI home Sweepstakes to win an exclusive runway experience at World MasterCard® Fashion Week in Toronto!

Win a seat for you & a guest to our carpet couture runway show!

Win invitations to experience World MasterCard Fashion Week and see a runway show courtesy of KORHANI home.

We are giving away 10 pairs of invitations to our carpet couture runway show at 7 p.m. Wednesday March 20, 2013 at David Pecaut Square.

Simply enter to win on Facebook via our “contest” tab or through Twitter @KORHANIhome on tweetsw.in

Tweet via tweetsw.in to enter “Follow @KORHANIhome, and RT this for a chance to win 2 seats to our carpet couture runway show at #WMCFW #KORHANIrunway”

Rules for 2013 KORHANI home Sweepstakes

1. Sweepstakes open only to residents of the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding cities).

2. Sweepstakes applicants must be 19 years of age or older at the time of entry. Winner(s) and guest(s) must bring valid government-issued identification to gain entry into World MasterCard® Fashion Week and the KORHANI home runway show.

3. Invitations are non-transferrable and have no cash value.

4. Only one entry per household allowed.

5. No purchase necessary. Winners are responsible for their own transportation to and from World MasterCard® Fashion Week.

6. IMG Fashion, a division of IMG Worldwide, Inc., and its affiliates, employees and agents and World MasterCard® Fashion Week, its sponsors and vendors, are released from all liability arising from claims arising out of, or in connection with, our consumer promotion and/or contest.

7. Except where prohibited, by participating in the KORHANI home sweepstakes, each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless KORHANI home and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, promotional partners, prize partners, providers and their respective agents and agencies, officers, directors, and employees (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in any KORHANI home Sweepstakes or receipt, use or misuse of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the KORHANI home Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone, cellular, or network lines; (c) errors in the administration of any KORHANI home Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (d) late, lost, or undeliverable email; or (e) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the KORHANI home Sweepstakes or receipt, use or misuse of any prize.

Spotlight: celeb highlights from Berlin Fashion Week

Posted on January 22, 2013 by KORHANI home

We’re back from Berlin and our show had a great turnout. Here are some of our favourite celebrity photos from the event if you weren’t there to catch a glimpse in person! The red carpet was on fire with German celebrities Palina Rojinski, Lexy Hell and Bonnie Strange making appearances.

celebrities at KORHANI home show - Berlin Fashion Week

Starting clockwise: Kirsten Korhani & model Franziska Knuppe; actress Mirja Du Mont; Verena Kerth, Kirsten & Marion Fedder; actress Janina Uhse.

Model Lexy Hell (left); MTV host, DJ & actress Palina Rojinski

Bonnie Strange & KORHANI home - Berlin Fashion Week

Spotlight on Bonnie Strange opening for KORHANI home

Bonnie is wearing a carpet couture dress made out of our Belle du Jour carpets (available February 1 online.) This sexy theme is perfect for a walk-in closet or an area rug in a powder room.

Next show: World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto…see you on the runway x x

Berlin Fashion Week: Behind-the-scenes

Posted on January 16, 2013 by KORHANI home

The past two days have been chaotic with final model castings and fittings. Our show producer Hans and our creative director Kirsten had so many talented models to choose from for our runway show.

Now with models chosen, each carpet couture outfit has to be tailored to fit perfectly for each of our 33 looks. To kick-off the show celebrity model Bonnie Strange (with her bright green hair!) will be dressed as one of our Femme Fatales in our Parisian Affair theme. Her energy and persona is exactly what we were looking for.

Can’t wait for the KORHANI home show tomorrow! Keep posted for more backstage pics and photos from our show.

Trending: wearing brocade to holiday parties

Posted on December 20, 2012 by KORHANI home

December is the month full of parties: work parties, Christmas parties and the biggest bash of all – New Year’s Eve. It’s important to stand out – in the right way. Brocade is a lavish and holiday-worthy trend that will give your outfit the perfect amount of elegance.

Dolce & Gabbana’s Winter 2013 Collection was full of this chic look – inspired by Sicilian Baroque. KORHANI’s Bianka rug and gold frame bring the luxurious trend from the runway into your home.

Remember, keep it simple. Wear brocade on only one element of your ensemble. If your dress is full of gilded brocade, keep your shoes simple. Same goes with makeup. Make your eyes pop by adding gold highlights to a classic smoky eye.

David Pecaut Square becomes the most Fashionable Environment

Posted on October 22, 2012 by KORHANI home

Toronto kicks off fashion week today with over 30 000 square feet of tent space and a 100 ft catwalk in the main room. With each show expecting 900 guests, the Fashion Environment has been spectacularly designed to entertain those anticipating the coming shows. KORHANI home sponsors MasterCard Fashion Week again this season with an exclusive media carpet, welcoming each and every attendee who comes to spectate what talent Canada has to offer.

This year’s Fashionable attendees show off their best looks, passing by MasterCard Fashion Week’s banner.

The tents erected at David Pecaut Square, an amazing location in the heart of Downtown’s fashion district. Surrounded by lights, resultants, theaters, cinemas and clubs, the central spot could not have been more appropriate!

Maybelline sponsors all the makeup at Fashion week, doing a fantastic job, making everyone look stunning.

See you there

Makeup Madness- Perfecting the Pucker

Posted on October 10, 2012 by KORHANI home

Show time is quickly approaching and one element of colossal importance is…. You guessed it, makeup. Why is it so important to get a look perfected? What is the perfect look and how do you even reach it? Backstage at a fashion show is a magical place where hours of hard work and planning are puzzled together in a haze of frenzy, scramble and tension to put forth spectacular shows where everyone’s eyes are on your models and makeup is so much of a looks personality.

Here are some helpful steps for the aspiring makeup artist.

Step ONE: Tear sheets.

Scrounge through your favourite magazines and online grabbing images of your favourite looks. Pick the images that best suit your theme and ALWAYS save the rest for another time! You will use them!

Step TWO: Product

Product is VERY important in getting the perfect look. Each brand is unique and can perform differently depending on what you do with it. It is also important to test colours and sample swatches; this can be done with your makeup artist and at department or cosmetic stores. This year Toronto Fashion week’s makeup is sponsored by Maybelline Canada.

Step THREE: Test Run

Test runs are very important before hand because there is not room for mistakes backstage. Sometimes there are 50 models or more that must have their faces perfected. If you are in need of technique tips there are tons of makeup tutorials online from some of the world’s makeup masters!

Will you be attending MasterCard Fashion Week this October? If you do, don’t forget to appreciate the makeup artists backstage!

Dear Beautiful People,

Posted on October 2, 2012 by KORHANI home

Have you ever been to a model casting? Ever waited in long lines of beautiful people? Well, we did last week at our casting for MasterCard Fashion Week.

Each model had to strut their stuff in a big room in front of a panel of judges (us)! The actual process only takes about 30 seconds per person but you would be surprised at how tiring it gets!

At the end of the day comes the decision making, sorting through over a hundred different faces… Who gets chosen?! I guess there is only one way to find out!

Follow us on twitter (@KORHANIhome) and facebook (KORHANI home) for behind the scenes details about MasterCard Fashion Week!!

Blend Fashion and Home

Posted on September 21, 2012 by KORHANI home

Why not decorate your room to match your outfit? Besides the fact that it takes long enough to dress yourself let alone your room every morning? Well KORHANI home makes is easy enough to find the perfect rug to match those perfect shoes! Or at least the ever changing seasons! For less than you imagine our latest Fall 2012 Mongolian Beauty collection is FANTASTIC paired with your recent dress purchase!

Runway look from Etro’s Spring 2013 collection paired with red themed room with a rug from KORHANI home’s Mongolian Beauty collection.

Mogolian Beauty rug by KORHANI home matched with two looks from Iceburg’s Spring 2013 collection.

About Inspiration, With Designer Kirsten Korhani

Posted on September 20, 2012 by KORHANI home

Inspiration sources for Kirsten Korhani, Creative Director and Designer at KORHANI home, run deep. The inspiration for the Fall 2012 Mongolian Beauty collection came from a forever desire to travel to Mongolia and the glorious cinema screens. Maybe it was the momentous landscapes, the nomadic people, or meditative aesthetic that fueled Kirsten’s design choices, but whatever the source of inspiration, each season Kirsten seizes success.

Mongolian Mountains, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitseeborg/229553465/

Traditional style painting by B. TSOLMONBAYAR

Inspired by the film Seven Years in Tibet

Scene from Seven Years in Tibet