7th on Sixth and UPS Announce Designer Lineup for UPS Delivers Fashion's Future at Olympus Fashion Week; Ten Designers Will Show as Part of Inaugural Season in Fourth Venue

"UPS is proud to support this talented group of new designers atsuch an important industry event," said David Abney, president, UPSInternational. "We're helping them focus on what they do best -designing, showing and selling their collections, while UPS can ensuretheir business is prepared behind the scenes."

Carefully chosen by an industry committee from Vogue, 7th onSixth, the CFDA, Parsons and Fashion Group International, thesedesigners will present their Spring 2006 collections in the "UPS Hub,"a fourth venue in the famed Bryant Park tents. As part of UPS'scommitment to supporting new talent in the fashion industry, UPS hasunderwritten the cost of constructing and renting the venue.

The 10 presenting designers are:

Abaete: Designer Laura Poretzky presents her ready-to-wearcollection with a South American flair.

Ashish N Soni: Well known in India, Ashish N Soni will present hisfirst collection in the United States of black and white,Indian-inspired menswear and womenswear.

Doo.Ri: Winner of the 1995 Parson's Designer of the Year award,Doo Ri Chung presents a collection using minimalist design and simple,elegant materials.

Gary Graham: A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, GaryGraham will present romantic, deconstructive menswear and womenswearusing innovative textiles for modern, wearable collections.

Kit Willow: Hailing from Australia, Kit Willow is known for hersignature, tailored corsets, jackets and dresses detailed withhand-worked metal and glass appliques.

Mary Ping: A New York native, Mary Ping draws from her training infine art and sculpture to create a collection for women with anartistic and elegant sensibility.

Matthew Earnest: New York newcomer Matthew Earnest designs abalanced collection of light and fresh women's and menswear.

Project Alabama: Drawing from more than 150 artisans,Alabama-based designer Natalie Chanin presents a unique and individualcollection of womenswear.

Sandoval: Academy of Art University graduate Michael Carbaugh useshis eye for textile design to put new twists on classic design.

Tomer: Menswear designer Tomer Gendler's collections intend tochange the direction of men's fashion.

"This is a fantastic roster of talented designers and we couldn'tbe more pleased to help each of them get the exposure that showingduring Olympus Fashion Week can provide," said Fern Mallis, ExecutiveDirector of 7th on Sixth and Vice-President of IMG. "While we continueto present collections of the best known names in America, the buzzand interest is always about who's next and new, and with an inspiredpartner like UPS, we are able to deliver this as well!"

The UPS Hub also will feature "Inside Fashion's Future," an eventwhere New York fashion design students will gather at the UPS Hub foran interactive panel discussion with the designers to reveal insightsabout the craft and business of fashion. This "real-world" discussionwill be moderated by Sass Brown, associate professor in Fashion Designat FIT.

The UPS Hub can accommodate approximately 300 guests, seated andstanding, and includes all of the state-of-the-art professionalservices and amenities offered in all of the 7th on Sixth venues. Inaddition, each of these emerging designers will receive benefitsincluding a fully equipped backstage area, an expert design team forlighting, sound, stage and production, inclusion on signage, on theofficial website, acknowledgement in the Olympus Fashion Week agenda,and in the registered press and industry list.

Additional information can be found at www.olympusfashionweek.com.

About Olympus Fashion Week

The largest and most important fashion week event in the country,Olympus Fashion Week is one of New York City's marquee events. NewYork's Olympus Fashion Week has become a global destination,attracting more than 100,000 industry insiders, buyers, retailers,celebrities, political and social VIPs and members of the regional,national and international media.

The invitation-only shows take place in the tented super-structurein mid-town's Bryant Park. The iconic "Tents" house multiple showspaces of varying sizes and approximately 70 runway shows arepresented in these venues. The lobby of the tent with Bryant Park'shistoric fountain houses an accessories exhibition, provides thecentral meeting area, and a variety of sponsor lounges, which offerservices and amenities to guests and members of the media and retailcommunity who spend their days attending the shows.

Olympus Fashion Week continues to grow and evolve whilemaintaining its historical and current mission: to organize,centralize and modernize the runway shows of America's leading andemerging designers from all over the world.

About 7th on Sixth

7th on Sixth was created in 1993 to organize, centralize andmodernize the American Collections and provide a platform for Americandesigners to become players in the global fashion business. Acquiredby IMG in July, 2001 from the Council of Fashion Designers of America(CFDA) it was the first organization in America to offer designersstate-of-the-art venues, an experienced production team and maximumexposure through a wide variety of marketing benefits and advertisingopportunities.

Now, 7th on Sixth produces Olympus Fashion Week in New York andMercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Los Angeles and Sunglass Hut Swim ShowsMiami presented by LYCRA. Internationally IMG Fashion and 7th on Sixthproduce, manage and/or represent international fashion propertiesincluding: Fashion Fringe (London), Lakme India Fashion Week, ThaiSupermodel Search and Pakistan Fashion Week.

7th on Sixth's reputation and expertise provides an unprecedentedreach to thousands of buyers, retailers and members of the nationaland international press from 32 countries and their events generatethousands of articles and hundreds of hours of television coverage ayear.

About UPS

UPS is the world's largest package delivery company and a globalleader in supply chain services, offering an extensive range ofoptions for synchronizing the movement of goods, information andfunds. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200countries and territories worldwide. UPS's stock trades on the NewYork Stock Exchange (UPS), and the company can be found on the Web atUPS.com.