Models, Actors, Actress, MUA, and all creatives of the arts are invited to one of New Orleans hottest events this year!

Decoded is an event that will bring together a panel of experts from the fashion industry. Each expert brings a diverse aspect from Entrepreneurship to Runway Fashion to Modeling Agency expertise. The main focus is to have each person walk away with tangible materials, such as photos, videos, first hand knowledge, and an interactive experience; in a highly engaging atmosphere that allows networking amongst the models, panelist, artist, photographers and videographers. This a joint collaboration by 88 Films and Eduardo Benitez Photography.

The experts include; Tracee Dundas, Founder and Executive Producer of New Orleans Fashion Week; Marcus Stewart, style expert and TV personality; Chip Kennedy, reveled photographer and Director of Kennedy Management; and Shaun Forbes, owner of Regarding Fresh premier lifestyle boutique. These expert panelist will discuss with us the evolution of fashion, modeling, social media, how to invest and brand yourself, working with modeling agencies, fashion retailing, fashion magazines, parenting models and young creatives, real life experiences to help the attendees grow and learn, and much, much, more!

The event will encase multiple aspects of the industry, such as the workshops with the experts in which the models will learn from the experts and have a unique opportunity Q&A with the panelist. Models can also choose to have an onsite Photo Session where they will be posing and building a portfolio and an onsite Video session where they will be captured on digital feed to build a video portfolio.

The event will then turn into a mixer event where the attendee’s, participants, and panelist will have an opportunity to gather, talk, and hangout to great tunes of a DJ and a Live Presentation from one of New Orleans designer’s. The live presentation will be Models draped in beautiful couture gowns standing amongst the crowd to be presented, admired and photographed. This will be an incredible experience for all that attend!