Onerock Moving Pictures documentary DRESSED premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival on November 3rd at the Tribeca Cinemas to a sold out theater and a star-studded event.

DRESSED was selected from 700 films that were submitted from the New York City independent film community, as well as, additional selections from across the country and around the world to be screened at the Big Apple Film Festival.

DRESSED is the much buzzed about documentary that tells the touching and inspirational story of Laotian-American fashion designer, Nary Manivong, who defies the odds of a broken childhood and homelessness to follow his dream of showing his collection at New York’s Fashion Week and launching his brand. The documentary was fluid, had a great soundtrack by Chris Orazi and Sink to See,  brought tears to your eyes, and made you laugh with Manivong's infectious smile.

The Big Apple Film Festival screening was an absolute smash hit with ticket goers. New York’s finest with fashionable attendees including; socialite Ally Hilfiger, Project Runway’s favorite fashion designer Malan Breton, and the ever so glamorous fashion designer Loris Diran (whose designs have been featured in A Devil Wear’s Prada). Top industry experts, who happen to be part of the cast, also attended; industry consultant George Furlan, Janet Mock of People.com, and Mickey Boardman of Paper Magazine, along with other castmates; director David Swajeski, executive producer Maryanne Grisz, and fashion designer Nary Manivong.

FYI: The cast of DRESSED includes industry experts from Fern Mallis, Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion; Ohio designer Nanette Lepore; Author Mary Gehlhar “Fashion Designer’s Survival Guide”; Simon Collins, Dean of Fashion for Parsons, The New School for Design; Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys New York, author of four books and columnist for The New York Observer; Stylist Robert Verdi; Anastasia Griffith from the NBC show Trauma; Jason Napier of the band Sink to See; President of The Fashion Group International, Margaret Hayes and fashion writer Lynn Yaeger.

*photos courtesy of PMc by JP Pullos

*photo 1: Ally Hilfiger and Nary Manivong

*photo 2: Mickey Boardman and Loris Diran

*photo 3: Malan Breton

The who’s-who of New York society joined hosts Alexander and Brenda Von Schweickhardt at their penthouse Monday evening for a private launch of Oceana New York, a nonprofit international advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. Welcoming guests were Keith Addis, Oceana Board Chairman, and Jim Simon, Executive Vice-President of Oceana… and a pair of dazzling mermaids who were perched above the crowd.

Guests and supporters who all gathered to protect and conserve the world’s oceans, enjoyed gourmet hors d’oeuvres, sipped cocktails specially concocted for the event, while chatting about all things environmental to President Obama's Nobel Prize, to the age of Facebook.

SEEN: Gina Gershon, Law & Order’s Sam Waterson, fashion designer John Varvatos with wife, Joyce, Tommy Hilfiger with his wife Dee and daughter Ally, legendary music producer Nile Rodgers, New York Jets tackle Damien Woody, Actor Jeff Goldblum also stopped by to show his support to the organization in between shoots, Sue Cohn Rockefeller, Denise Rich, Bettina Zilkha, Patti D'Arbanville, Nancy Hunt, Sarah Farcy McNitt, Linus Roache, Mick Jones, Philip Glass, Rossano Rubicondi, Rick Lazio and Jean Shafiroff as well as Fernanda Kellogg, President of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and CEO of Macy’s, Terry Lundgren.

Oceana is a globally focused on marine issues, campaign-driven, and science-based organization created in 2001. Oceana aims it's efforts on declining fisheries- too many fish are being taken out of the water, preventing marine habitat destruction and ocean defiling from too many pollutants in the water, and seafood contamination which effects jobs and food for millions of people.

With the help supporters and advocacy, Oceana has succeeded in: curbing antibiotic use in aquaculture, preventing seafood contamination, adding 36% of nationwide grocery stores (including Costco, Kroger and Harris Teeter companies, Albertsons, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Safeway) to Green List which warns consumers about mercury in fish, ending the sale of shark-based products, saving Mediterranean bluefin tuna by getting European governments to restrict further use of driftnets, protecting sea turtles from longlines in Gulf of Mexico, stopping cruise ship pollution, and protecting over 640 million acres of ocean habitat from trawling in the Pacific Ocean and the European waters.

In addition to these victories, January Jones has recently become the new spokesperson for Oceana's campaign to save sharks from extinction and Ted Danson has taken on Congress. In February, Mr. Danson testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources to urge Congress to protect the oceans and climate from the threats of offshore drilling.

So with all these accomplishments under Oceana's belt, what can you do? Plenty! Although Oceana has achieved a tremendous and notable amount, there are still many concerns and issues that must address the Oceans' immediate conservation needs.

• Become an E-Activist: Oceana's online supporters, aka Wavemakers, join over 300,000 members worldwide in over 150 countries.
• Take Action: visit the Oceana website to discover ways to help today.
• Give Today: www.oceana.org/give
• Make Earth Day EveryDay: Oceana is a member of EarthShare, a federation that represents the nation's most respected environmental and conservation charities. Click EarthShare for more information.

*all photos by John Dee

*photo 1: Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

*photo 2: Sam Waterston, Susan Rockefeller, John and Joyce Varvatos, Brenda and Alex von Schwieckhardt

*photo 3: Ally Hilfiger

*photo 4: Jeff Goldblum

*Photo 5: Wendy Sutter, Phillip Glass, Sue Cohn Rockefeller