Interview with Ben Chmura, featured 2009 FWTB designer and sponsor DeOcaPac Designs

Ben Chmura is showcasing as a special showcase by Tampa Bay Fashion Week sponsor, Jay’s Fabric Center Presents Ben Chmura. After graduating in 2001, with a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Ben Chmura’s first independent fashion show Feral was a collection of menswear inspired by the cult classic Mad Max. Recognized as one-to-watch early in his career, Chmura was selected as one of four senior students to discuss his design work and career plans over dinner with Andre Leon Talley, Vogue magazine Editor-at-Large. After living in New York City and freelancing for companies such as TSE, Men’s Express, Ralph Lauren and American Eagle, Chmura returned to Tampa, Fla. and designed several collections including his menswear collection, Red Hood; Ozmapolitan for men and women; Welcome To The Jungle; Azteca; and Venom. A constant in Tampa Bay’s fashion design community, Chmura excels at delivering quality designs and his latest retro-futurism inspirations to his fashion fans locally and beyond. And 2009 sponsor, DeOcaPac Designs joins Fashion Week Tampa Bay for the second year in a row. With an extensive portfolio of marketing plans, Web design and branding, DeOcaPac caters to all of your advertising needs.DeOcaPac provides a unique approach to marketing, which they call: creativeering. Creativeering approaches media advertising using both cumulative and direct marketing, to craft desirable branding for any organization.