Meet The Founder and Creative Director of Uptown Fashion Week, Albania Rosario | LENY
Albania Rosario is the Founder and Creative Director of Uptown Fashion Week. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she uprooted and moved to the New York City in December of 2000 at 18 years old to pursue her academic career. After studying at CUNY– Hunter College, she decided to follow her two passions: fashion and serving the community. “I want fashion to deliver and raise awareness to a message, not just purses and dresses,” ~ Albania Rosario Rosario has a background in Advertising, Marketing and Communications, which helped her cultivate relationships with her local communities bringing new and beneficial sponsors to her organization like Delta Air Lines, Ford Motors and others. Her entrepreneurial and professional skills landed her a role as the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights New York in 2014. To reach out to her Uptown New York Community she also taught Event Management at CUNY in the Heights in 2015. Most currently Albania Rosario is the CEO of Uptown Management Incorporated – an event planning firm specializing in event production and branding strategies. She is also the Creative Director at Fashion Designers of Latin America fashion platform that recognizes the outstanding contributions made to Latin America fashion by individuals from all areas of the industry and related arts. Albania Rosario travels around the world giving Latino designers the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of thousands of people from other nations. In 2017 her work is being recognized overseas across the world in South Korea and other countries of Eastern Europe and Asia for being one of the best fashion platform for Latinos around the World. It’s been 17 years since Rosario came from not knowing English to running a global fashion platform that has helped develop Latin American designers to their fullest potential. As a young Latina woman, she has proven to be a role model to many. Find out more and connect Below with Albania Rosario @AlbaniaRosario @UptownFashionWeekNYC @UptownManagementEventsInc Thanks to Our sponsors & supporters: Makeup by: Jay Romero | Facebook: JayRomeroprofessional | Instagram: JayRomeroSalon Video and Photography by: Innovation Media New York – Ivan Morales- Rafael Sanchez | Project Director: Ruben Martis Image Consultant: Angie Reyn | Instagram: angienewlook Hair by: Andrea Vasquez | Instagram: @Fabhairex Editor and Social Media Consultant: Nicole Marie Lynch | Instagram: Nikki_m22 | kari del Rosario Hispano America News | Google
Uptown Fashion Week 2016 | Fashion Recap
Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” ~Bill Cunningham Let’s talk about fashion! Uptown Fashion Week, New York — What has become the signature multicultural fashion event of New York City, Uptown Fashion Week founded it’s development on providing exposure for established, emerging and upcoming clothing designers from around the world in an effort to extend meaningful fashion trade. Accomplishing this has been an undertaking in nurturing opportunities for the publicity of international talents whose creative abilities are overflowing but financial resources are not. Uptown Fashion Week prides itself on continuing its work throughout the year to build bridges engaging community inclusion by leading events, social activities and diversity initiatives. The UFW FW16 season this February will expand its interests to bring awareness to the world’s continued fight for human rights. “We strongly believe that fashion is not just about dresses, shoes and brands, it is about the opportunity for human expression. Fashion can be utilized as a vehicle by which the rights of humans may be embraced, and discrimination may be combated. Improving the awareness, access and conditions of fundamental freedoms is in the best interest of our species as a whole.” Albania Rosario, founder of Uptown Fashion Week. Uptown fashion week did much soul searching to reveal how they could best contribute to human rights efforts. The idea was developed in hopes of making the most constructive influence possible to something in which we powerfully believed. The answer, they are happy to say, came clear as a bell: To help support and bring awareness on Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment UNWOMEN’s Planet 50/50 by 2030 Continue reading…http://uptownfashionweek.com
An Unforgettable Night of Glitz & Glam, à la carte! “The Uptown Fashionistas Networking & Cocktails”
An Unforgettable Night of Glitz & Glam, à la carte! “The Uptown Fashionistas Networking & Cocktails” The Uptown Fashionistas Networking & Cocktails was held with resounding success with the participation of designers, media business models and general public that packed the restaurant Pat’e Palo. The activity was directed by Albania Rosario, director of the company dedicated to organizing major events A.R Uptown Network NYC Fashion Management Inc., Who thanked all those who supported this initiative. The Uptown Fashionistas Networking & Cocktails began with the red carpet which paraded dozens of guests, as well as, personalities from the world of fashion in the city of New York and elsewhere. Just to mention a few: Cenia Paredes (Cenia New York®) Dominican born designer and known for her a revolutionary fit concept that consisted in offering four distinctive fits. Cenia has been featured in major media outlets such as CNN, Telemundo, Univision, The Style Network, The Today Show, El Diario La Prensa, Huffington Post Voces and many more. Zoila Ceballos Nuestra Belleza Latina (NBL) was a special guest of the event, recognized for her contributions to the community and representing it in many scenarios as her participation in that reality show. The artistic presentation was made by the group recognized Karma, which performed several songs to the delight of those present. These were introduced by the emcee Diana Victoria Mota. Followed by Today’s Inspired Latina Book Volume II, which was presented by Co-Author Sandra X Prada, LENY’S Founder Fanny Mairena and Yaneli Sosa Journalist and Original Living magazine Columnists, Juan Plaza. This amazing event was organized by A.R Uptown Management Inc., Albania Rosario, Hosted by LENY and sponsored by Lucious wine, rum Don Reyes, UPStep, JPlazaProductions, GregoryByDesigner and HandzDirtyPR.