via press release:
| NBC’S POPULAR DESIGN COMPETITION SERIES ‘Fashion Star’ ANNOUNCES CASTING CITIES WHERE THE SEARCH BEGINS FOR THE NEXT BIG STYLE SENSATION |
| Casting Calls to Find 12 Best Innovative Designers for Season 2 Begin Saturday, June 30 in Los Angeles |
| UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – June 20, 2012 – NBC’s popular reality competition series “Fashion Star” is kicking-off its search for the 12 best innovative designers for its second season. Casting calls will begin in seven major U.S. cities – Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Miami beginning June 30 in Los Angeles and continuing into July to discover the next big brand in fashion.
The series gives designers the chance to win a multi-million dollar contract to launch their own collections in three of America’s largest retailers. In its premiere season, the show crowned Kara Laricks the first winner of “Fashion Star.” Laricks wowed mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos and won more than $6 million in collection deals with Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M. Her clothes are currently on sale at those retailers. Season 2 casting call locations and dates are listed below (all times local): LOS ANGELES Saturday, June 30 FIDM - Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising NEW YORK CITY Saturday, July 14 TRYP Times Square South 345 W 35th Street New York 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 15 MACY’S – Northpark Center 8687 North Central Expressway 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ATLANTA Saturday, July 21 MACY’S – Perimeter Mall 4300 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd. Atlanta 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO Saturday, July 21 MACY’S – Union Square 170 O’Farrell Street San Francisco 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CHICAGO Sunday, July 22 MACY’S 111 N. State Street Chicago 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. MIAMI Saturday, July 28 MACY’S – Downtown 22 E. Flagler Street Miami, FL 33131 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
