DRESSED DOCUMENTARY SNEAK PEEK SCREENING AT THE SOHO HOUSE BUZZED DURING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

Onerock Moving Pictures screened an intimate sneak peek of their documentary DRESSED to New York’s tastemakers and press at the ultra posh Soho House members’ club and hotel in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in New York City on September 10, 2009 that coincided during the same evening of the shopping extravaganza appropriately called Fashion’s Night Out and New York Fashion Week.

DRESSED Director David Swajeski and Executive Producer Maryanne Grisz invited selected key New York influencers to view a sneak peek of their documentary about the inspiring story of fashion designer Nary Manivong.

The event highlights included two screenings along with a Q & A that followed after each screening in the screening room of the Soho House with Director David Swajeski, Executive Producer Maryanne Grisz, Fashion Designer Nary Manivong and selected members of the cast. Cocktails were provided by BULLDOG Gin (RECOMMENDED BY WHOM YOU KNOW: SEE CHAMPAGNE WISHES) to guests in the white room adjacent to the screening room.

The cast of DRESSED has top industry experts from Fern Mallis, Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion; Ohio designer Nanette Lepore; Mickey Boardman of Paper Magazine; Author Mary Gehlhar “Fashion Designer’s Survival Guide”; Simon Collins, Dean of Fashion for Parsons, The New School for Design; Industry Consultant George Furlan; Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys New York, author of four books and columnist for The New York Observer; Stylist Robert Verdi; President of The Fashion Group International, Margaret Hayes to fashion writer Lynn Yaeger.

DRESSED is the documentary about Laotian-American fashion designer, Nary Manivong, who defies the odds of a broken childhood and homelessness to follow his dream of showing his collection at New York’s Fashion Week and launching his brand.
DRESSED is directed by David Swajeski, with executive producer Maryanne Grisz, both of onerock moving pictures.