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Northwest Mom Entrepreneur Brings Us a Front Row Seat at New York Fashion Week
Cynarah Ellawala, founder and publisher of Kirkland-based, Moda& Estilo, an online magazine focused on global lifestyle and emerging fashion, led a team of fashion experts to Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week. This all important industry event ends today and the talented Moda & Estilo team, including five writers and three photographers, covered it in a big, big way; literally bringing it live to our desktops.
Moda & Estilo published runway reviews, with amazing photography, multiple times per day and almost on the hour. M&E From the Runway
Establishing a fashion publishing footprint in Seattle and the Big Apple is a task for the brave. So how does the Dominican Republic-born, Bellevue resident, balance a growing company, a happy home and the demands of the largest and most important fashion event of the year? With style and grace, plus a talented team of Northwest fashion experts, of course.
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“New York Fashion Week sounds glamorous, and it is, but it is also a lot of work. We are working 18 hour days and I always come back without a voice. It’s hard on my daughter that I am away for so long, luckily I have a very supportive family and my Mom and Aunt help out while I am away,” says Cynarah Ellawalla, Publisher of Moda & Estilo.
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This is the second time at Fashion Week for Moda & Estilo – a huge accomplishment given the fact that the publication is just one year old and press passes/credentials are both coveted and hard to achieve. http://modaandestilo.com/