Jeff Rustia

rdf:langString Jeff Rustia

rdf:langString Jeff Rustia

rdf:langString Jeff Rustia

rdf:langString Jose Jeffrey Rustia

rdf:langString Jeff Rustia

rdf:langString Fashion Week Founder & Executive Director, TV host, broadcaster, producer

rdf:langString Jeff Rustia was the Executive Director & Founder of TOM* Toronto Men's Fashion Week, and TW Toronto Women's Fashion Week, two of Canada's leading fashion week initiatives committed to promoting, nurturing and supporting the country's most influential designers and the Next Generation of Emerging Talent. Rustia's experience spans over 25 years in fashion, production, marketing, creative direction, and television. His career dates back to the launch of music channel Channel V (which replaced MTV on the Star TV platform) producing shows such as Fashion Police. In the TV industry, Rustia was an executive of FRONT TV, an international broadcast design and branding agency. Under his leadership, Front TV created multicultural global design for networks like Nickelodeon (India, Asia, Europe, Africa), Discovery Channel, CPAC, APTN, HBO, CBC, and Current TV. FRONT TV was recognized as one of the first agencies in Canada to specialize in diversity. In both the Fashion and TV industry, as a host and VJ, Rustia was known for hosting Club Fashion, a weekly national show on fashion, style icons, nightlife, and club culture on BPM:TV, Canada's 24-hour Dance Music Video Channel. Rustia has interviewed many prominent figures in fashion, entertainment, and music from Jean Paul Gaultier, Cyndi Lauper, Deborah Cox, Dita Von Teese to Fergie (Black Eyed Peas). The style program has taken Rustia to the fashion capitals of the world, New York City, London, Paris, Rome and over 38 countries and 121 cities. Rustia also hosts several BPM:TV Specials including 50 Most Fashionable Music Videos, a 5-part TV series on the world's stylish music stars and their videos. As executive producer, Rustia developed and produced several Canadian programs, such as Pet Fashion TV, on the latest pet styles and trends, and Kol’s World, a children's animated TV series about a boy in a wheelchair named Kol whose zest for life enables him to overcome any obstacle. In 2006, Rustia received the Philippine Presidential Pamana (Legacy) Award for his achievements in the world of Media and Television, from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In 2014, he created TOM* Toronto Men's Fashion Week, an influential platform for menswear in Canada. In August 2016, he launched TW Toronto Women's Fashion Week, devoted to women's wear. On May 17, 2018, Rustia died after a long battle with cancer.

rdf:langString Jose Jeffrey Rustia