Mission
Opportunity for Every Original Voice
To give emerging, independent, and established designers a professional platform to showcase their work, expand their networks, connect with industry leaders, and grow beyond the runway.
About Haute Styles Week
The Runway Is Only the Beginning.
Haute Styles Week is an international fashion platform where emerging and established designers show their collections, build their businesses, and take their brands into new markets.
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Our Story
Built for the Designers Who Refuse to Blend In.
Haute Styles Week started with a simple belief. Talent deserves a stage, and a stage deserves a plan for what comes after it.
Today we produce runway presentations and designer showrooms during New York Fashion Week and Miami Swim Week, bringing independent designers, emerging creatives, media, stylists, and buyers into the same room.
We are not simply selling runway space. We are building a platform where designers can build their future in fashion, season after season, city after city.
No Carbon Copies.
Our designers do not need to look alike, create alike, or build their businesses alike. Couture, eveningwear, ready-to-wear, bridal, and resort share our runway without sharing one aesthetic. Individuality is the point.
From Runway to Retail.
Applause is not the finish line. We help designers prepare their collections for buyers, connect with retail opportunities, and turn a Fashion Week moment into a lasting brand.
What Drives Us
Creativity, Commerce, and Community.
Vision
An International Home for Independent Fashion
To become a year-round, international fashion platform connecting designers with models, stylists, buyers, media, and fashion lovers across New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Paris, and Tokyo.
The Platform
Everything a Collection Needs to Be Seen.
Six ways Haute Styles Week supports designers before, during, and after Fashion Week.
Runway Presentations
Professional runway production with model casting support, hair and makeup teams, and runway photography.
Show your collection
The Designer Showroom
An intimate setting where designers present collections up close and talk brand, customers, and retail.
About the showroom
Runway to Retail
Preparing collections for buyers and opening doors to retail, boutique, and commercial opportunities.
Preview Runway to Retail
Haute Styles Academy
Designer development, business education, and mentorship for the next generation of fashion professionals.
Explore the Academy
Model Development
Open castings, runway training, and bootcamps that help models build experience and portfolios.
Model castings
Media & Editorial
Backstage content, runway imagery, and editorial opportunities that keep collections seen after the show.
In the pressThe runway should never be the finish line. For us, it is the introduction.
The Team
The People Behind the Runway.
Designers, creatives, and industry professionals building the future of independent fashion.
Co-Founder & Executive Producer
Chantell J
Haute Styles Week
Chantell J is the Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Haute Styles Week, a role she has held since 2012. Over 14 years, she has helped build HSW into an international platform celebrating creativity, diversity, and emerging fashion talent. She leads fashion productions, designer collaborations, runway showcases, and strategic partnerships, shaping Haute Styles Week’s presence from New York and Miami to the 2027 International Fashion Tour. Her mission is to create opportunities, inspire creativity, and help the next generation of fashion professionals build lasting careers.
Madeline Rose Gervasi (Maddy)
Director of Glam
Founder & Lead Makeup Artist, Beauty by Maddy
Maddy is a professional makeup artist and the founder of Beauty by Maddy, specializing in editorial beauty and luxury artistry. Her work spans New York Fashion Week, the MTV Video Music Awards, and Harper's Bazaar. For three consecutive years she has led the makeup team for Haute Styles Week, and she is recognized as the youngest artist to lead and assemble a makeup team for the production.
Leya Salis
Photographer & Content Creator
Lens by Leya
Leya Salis is the photographer and content creator behind Lens by Leya. Drawn to authentic moments, she captures the energy of a room, the identity of a brand, and the details that make an experience unforgettable. She has photographed New York Fashion Week, been featured in Enzomnia Magazine, and focuses on luxury events, red carpets, and elevated brand experiences. An Ivy League graduate and former Division I athlete, Leya brings dedication, compassion, and an intentional eye for visual storytelling to every project.
Joyce Griffin
Director of Digital Marketing
Joyce Griffin is the founder of American Digital Pros, a Beverly Hills–based digital agency specializing in web development, SEO, social media, content creation, and paid advertising. At Haute Styles Week, she leads the brand's digital presence, from the website to social media strategy and designer recruitment campaigns. Joyce blends strategy with design to build digital experiences that turn attention into opportunity and help brands be seen by the people who matter most.
Our Commitment
Professional. Transparent. Safe.
Designers, models, and families trust us with their work and their time. Here is what we promise in return.
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Honest Opportunities
We describe what we offer clearly. We never promise outcomes we cannot guarantee.
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Clear Terms
Any fees, packages, and participation terms are shared in writing before anyone commits.
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Professional Production
Structured schedules, fittings, rehearsals, and backstage standards at every show.
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Safety for Every Participant
Minors take part only with parental authorization, required legal approvals, designated supervision, and an approved child-safety plan.
Join Us
Your Collection Deserves a Stage.
Applications are open for New York, February 2027.