NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- IQONS.com, the industry leading social networking site for fashion, and IMG Fashion announced today a media partnership. The agreement marks the first time a social media website has joined with a major fashion week in an official capacity.
"This is a tremendously exciting time for new fashion media," comments IQONS co-founder and creative director Rafael Jimenez. "IQONS is committed to establishing social media as a viable utility for discovering and promoting creative talent and pop culture fashion icons. To join IMG Fashion as a media partner, alongside media entities like the New York Times, is an encouragement that established fashion leaders in turn recognize the potential of a targeted community such as ours."
As part of the partnership, IQONS will distribute the first issue of its user-generated magazine under the tents at Bryant Park.
About IQONS
IQONS is a global, fashion focused social media platform. Within one year of launch, IQONS has connected emerging talent in fashion with iconic fashion figures such as Dior creative director John Galliano and influential Vogue Italia fashion editor Franca Sozzani. Including fashion talent such as Marios Schwab, Sandra Backlund and Jean-Pierre Braganza among its members, the network is home to thousands of designers, artists, and media in diverse areas of fashion.
About IMG Fashion (US)
IMG Fashion, a division of international sports, entertainment and media giant IMG, is the global leader in the management and production of fashion weeks and designer fashion events. Its portfolio of events in the United States includes Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Internationally, IMG Fashion produces, manages and/or represents Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney twice a year, Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, MasterCard Luxury Week Hong Kong, ecoStyle Kuala Lumpur, Fashion Fringe in London, Milan Fashion Week, Moscow Fashion Week presented by VISA, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and Pakistan Fashion Week.
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