Emerging Designers Get Personal in Franciscan Signature Style Competition.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Franciscan, a leading Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker for more than three decades, invites emerging fashion designers to "tie" their own personal style to the hand-crafted elegance of Franciscan wines by submitting an original necktie design to the inaugural Franciscan Signature Style Competition. The online competition opened for entries February 25th at www.franciscanstyle.com. Design luminary Thom Browne Thom Browne (born in 1965) is an American fashion designer. He is the founder and head of design for Thom Browne, a New York based menswear brand. Browne was also the recipient of the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers America (CFDA) award for best Menswear designer in March , the Council of Fashion Designers of America's 2006 Menswear mens·wear also men's wear n. Clothing for men. menswear Noun clothing for men menswear n → confección f de caballero Designer of the Year, heads a panel of fashion, editorial, and design leaders who will select the one-of-a-kind men's necktie that best embodies the signature qualities of Franciscan's distinctive Napa Valley wines--vibrant and rich, with hand-crafted elegance. For Thom Browne, whose fashion collections are based on classically-inspired handmade hand·made adj. Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. handmade Adjective made by hand, not by machine Adj. 1. clothing, "A necktie is an essential part of a man's wardrobe that completes the look. Fashion is about the individual and for the wearer to enjoy." Franciscan takes a similar approach in crafting its wines, believing great wine should be the perfect blend of location, environment, and human personality expressed through time-honored traditional techniques such as small-lot winemaking. "There's a lot about the creativity and execution of fashion design that is mirrored in winemaking," says Franciscan Director of Winemaking, Janet Myers. "A fine wine should be as carefully crafted as a hand-tailored suit--there are hundreds of small decisions I make in both the vineyard and the winery that add up to a perfectly structured, elegant wine." The Franciscan Signature Style Competition will accept entries through March 30, 2007. Three competition finalists will be selected to receive a trip to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to attend an event in their honor on May 15, 2007, where their completed ties will be judged in person and a Grand Prize winner will be announced. The Grand Prize winner of the Franciscan Signature Style Competition will have their winning design displayed at www.franciscanstyle.com through summer 2007 and will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a three-day trip for the winner and a guest to visit Franciscan in Napa Valley, California. In addition to the panel-selected Grand Prize winner, the general public will have the opportunity to select a "Personal Pick" from the field of finalists. The "Personal Pick" winner will receive a certificate at the Franciscan Signature Style Competition award event in New York. One dollar from every "click" generated by the "Personal Pick" selection will be donated to DIFFA/Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, up to a total of $3,000. Franciscan Signature Style Competition Rules--Open 2/25/07 through 3/30/07 only to legal residents of the U.S., excluding California, 21 years of age or older at time of entry who have earned a design degree from an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. design school or a design degree from an accredited educational institution, no earlier than December 31, 1996. Void in CA, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary. For complete rules, visit www.franciscanstyle.com. Franciscan has been crafting award-winning wines from its 240-acre vineyard in the heart of Napa Valley's esteemed Oakville district for more than three decades. Franciscan wines take their signature style--rich, vibrant flavors framed by supple supple Physical exam adjective Referring to free movement of a body part tannins--from the ideal climate offered by Napa Valley's cool, southern half and from the tradition of small-lot winemaking, blending from hundreds of barrels to craft fine wines that fully express the classic Bordeaux varieties. Optimized by Newsforce |
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