Marcelo Senra

Marcelo Senra and five other local designers will debut collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC.

On Thursday, September 16 at 2pm, the Argentina Group Show will take place at Lincoln Center in New York as part of the 2011 Spring/Summer Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, one of the premier fashion events in the world.  María Pryor, Pablo Ramírez, Marcelo Senra, Laura Valenzuela, Evangelina Bomparola and La Dolfina will each present seven looks during the runway show, giving them the opportunity to show their design aesthetic on fashion’s biggest stage.  Pryor has shown at Buenos Aires and Miami Fashion Weeks, winning numerous awards along the way and becoming a favorite of celebrities. Ramírez studied fashion design in Buenos Aires before honing his craft in Paris.  Since returning to Buenos Aires, his chic, austere designs have won adulation from some of fashion’s biggest names.  Marcelo Senra, fresh off his acclaimed showing at Buenos Aires Fashion Week, is bring his exotic, ethereal style to New York.  Valenzuela, who, like her peers, has been the recipient of many awards, will present her intricate, feminine designs for the first time at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week having being chosen by the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Evangelina Bomparola‘s simple, bold and wearable pieces are defined by the quality, elegance, and exclusivity that serve as the cornerstone of her collections. Polo legend Adolfo Cambiasso and his wife, model Maria Vázquez, are behind the line La Dolfina, a brand “motivated by the most authentic elements of the Argentine polo.” With classic, well-made basics, La Dolfina will provide a glimpse of true Argentine polo style.

For more on the best of Buenos Aires fashion, design and luxury living, download the new edition of InvestBA Privada.

911 Carrera at the Argentina Real Estate Expo

Small investors at the Real Estate Expo were looking for safer investment alternatives than a $200k 911 Carrera.

Ten days have passed since Expo Real Estate Argentina 2010 (Did you see our video?), which gave Clarín sufficient time to absorb all the information presented and formulate some conclusions of their own. Most notable was the fact small investors were really the stars of the event, significantly outnumbering large brokers, developers or architecture firms. “We’re not talking about people with huge international support or institutional funds backing them,” said one attendee, “We’re talking about individual investors looking for a safe alternative for investing their capital.” Just one small problem, Clarín opines. The small real estate investor walking the floor of the Exhibition Hall is as likely to influence the direction of the local market (in terms of product and pricing), as a small shareholder attending the Annual Meeting of a large publicly-traded company (with the possible exception of Berkshire Hathaway). Small real estate investors have concerns, needs and great ideas; yet, the push-push-push marketing by the local development community leaves them out in the cold. Don’t believe us? Try finding a local broker or developer with a blog, twitter account, or any type of social media plugin soliciting feedback.

Instead, our inboxes are cascading with broker e-mails with subject lines like INCREIBLE PROPIEDAD! or PARA INVERSORES! and the requisite 5MB attachments which we never open. As one very astute broker told Clarín, “The new way of operating should be less about having a big Rolodex and more about reading the market and having the capacity to segment your clients.” Which is exactly what we do @InvestBA. We blog in several languages, we promote lifestyle, we solicit feedback daily, and we know exactly which of our international clients would be interested in what types of real estate opportunities in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Uruguay. In short, Clarín characterized the presence and demands of the small investor as “nuevos desafíos,” but we view them as “nuevas oportunidades.” (Buyers, Sellers)

Javier Luna Hair Design

Javier Luna sits down for an exclusive interview with VanityBA in the upcoming issue of Privada.

Javier Luna began his career at the age of 19, working in a small hair salon in Buenos Aires. He perfected his craft while working in some of the fashion capitals of Europe, including Paris (where he was awarded second prize by Intercoiffeur International), Milan and London. Now back in Buenos Aires, at the helm of Javier Luna Hair Design, Luna sat down with VanityBA to discuss his philosophy and future plans.

In his chic, airy salon in Palermo, Luna told us about his soon-to-open salons in Tortugas Open Mall and Puerto Madero and the development of his hair care line. Although Luna has styled the hair of some of the world’s most famous women, including Penelope Cruz and Cindy Crawford, and has been featured in magazines like Cosmopolitan and Luz, he treats even new clients like old friends, giving them his undivided attention and making a visit to his salon as unique as the new haircut you will inevitably leave with.

For the full interview with Javier Luna, sign up for the October issue of InvestBA Privada out this Friday.

Alejandro Parisi

Alejandro Parisi sits down for a one-on-one interview in the upcoming edition of InvestBA Privada.

Buenos Aires, which is in the middle of a “cultural arts renaissance,” has one of the world’s most fascinating and progressive art scenes. The vibrant and energetic city is home to some of the most interesting art festivals in the world (such as the contemporary art fair, arteBA) and, not surprisingly a huge number of brilliant artists.  Last month, we met with Alejandro Parisi, a painter who falls directly into this category.  Although trained in the figurative style, Parisi, has slowly but surely moved towards abstraction during his career. In his large canvases, he explores color and the change in light, working to push the boundaries of painting.

After four years of working on his last series, “Floating Colors,” Parisi’s exploration has taken him in a new direction, one which has proven to be not only personally fulfilling, but critically acclaimed as well. In 2010, his works “Ecos” and “Eros” were awarded prizes at the Salón Anual Nacional de Santa Fe and Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, respectively.

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InvestBA was pleased to participate in the 2010 edition of EXPO Real Estate Argentina held last week at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Puerto Madero. The annual event, sponsored by the Urban Developers Business Chamber (CEDU in castellano), brings together a healthy cross-section of developers, brokers and various real estate industry service providers. The event had two key components: a large Expo downstairs and a Congreso upstairs where attendees heard panel discussions on a wide variety of topics including Investing in Mixed-Use Real Estate Projects, Tourism as a Motor for Real Estate Development and Fideicomisos al costo, a popular vehicle for pre-construction investment in new real estate projects. The Expo featured a main room with the majority of brokers and developers, while a secondary hall showcased real estate developments in Uruguay exclusively.

We thoroughly enjoyed the event and networking with all of the professionals we encountered from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay. Finally, special thanks to the following individuals who spent extra time telling us what makes their projects and companies so unique: Rodrigo Aravena A. from AGS Negocios, Natalia Fleitas from EmprenUrban, Maria Silvia Joulia from NACO, Arq. Alvaro Pallas Mega from Stiler Empresa Constructora, Juliana Prats from CustomCasa and Inés Uliana from Area 60. We look forward to featuring these companies in future InvestBA posts.

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