Chair
Adrienne Youngstein Gruberg, Creative Strategist, AY & A
Co-Chairs
Wendi Winters
Freelance Writer, Reporter and Public Relations Consultant QuantumStep, Inc.
Wendy D'Amico Creative Consultant
Committee Arlene Eisner, Cover New York Joyce Kauf, Creative Content Strategist Katie Kretschmer, Departments Editor, Women’s Day SIPs
Dominique Pasqua, Creative Director, PasquaDirect
Foreign Correspondents Christine Jackson
Yolanda Serra Graphic Design Debora DeCarlo, DDC Graphics
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Miriam Driot, FGI Director of Special Events
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FEATURE Night of Stars
3 LOOKING BACK Mom, Pop and Me
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FRONTLINERS Truth or Dare IN MEMORIAM Helen Galland Sheila Levy Chefetz
6 RTW COLLECTIONS Trend Report, Spring/Summer 2009
7 BULLETIN BOARD NEW MEMBERS LIST
8 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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1. Superstar Donatella Versace with presenters Jennifer Lopez and Prince
2. Winner of The Hudson’s Bay Trading Company Fashion Oracle Award, Harold Koda, with presenter Karl Lagerfeld 3. Philippe Starck and Christian Louboutin, architecture and fashion honorees, respectively, who presented to each other 4. Barneys’ ever-witty Simon Doonan hosted the event
5. Fashion Star Carla Sozzani with presenter Stefano Tonchi 6. Fashion Star Franca Sozzani with presenter Jonathan Newhouse 7. Karl Lagerfeld with Superstar Donatella Versace
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9. Fashion Star Christopher Bailey of Burberrys with presenter Kate Bosworth
10. Rosemarie Bravo presented the Corporate Leadership award to Natalie Massenet of NET-A-PORTER.com 11. Mamie Gummer presented the Humanitarian Award to Bill McComb of the Liz Claiborne Foundation 12. Fashion Star Francisco Costa with presenter Ashley Olsen
13. Entertainment honoree Harvey Weinstein with presenter Tim Gunn
14. Sustainability honoree John Paul DeJoria of John Paul Mitchell Systems with his wife Inset: presenter Marcia Gay Harden
15. Jennifer Lopez
FGI’s Alchemists bring Wall Street a Night of Splendor and Stars
“Fashion is a harmony between beauty and utility.”
Karl Lagerfeld, FGI Night of Stars, October 23, 2008 Living up to its billing as Night of Stars, Fashion Group International’s 25th awards Gala, on October 23, 2008 was among the season’s “heaviest duty”
designer-and-celeb events. This was Stars with a capital “S”!
Honoring the best of the best within the worlds of fashion, architecture, beauty and entertainment, FGI president Margaret Hayes defined the gala’s silver anniversary theme, The Alchemists, as those “who are able to transform something common into something special,” and promised an
“evening of magic” to dazzle this year’s packed house at Cipriani Wall Street. Hayes concluded her remarks by thanking the evening’s sponsors:
Hudson’s Bay Trading Company, Arcade Marketing, bebe, Cotton Inc., Geoffrey Beene, Givaudan, I n S t y l e, Movado and Taubman.
Walking the red carpet were, among others, Anna Wintour, Stephanie Seymour, Bruce Weber, Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman and Ruben and Isabel T o l e d o . Lipstick Jungle star Lindsay Price arrived wearing Versace and Starter Wife star Debra Messing was elegant as always in revealing, classic black.
Enough? Maybe, but by no means all: We haven’t even gotten to the presenters and honorees.
New parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony walked the red carpet, with J.Lo, a surprise guest and presenter, wearing an asymmetrical, lavender Versace confection. Actress Kate Bosworth,
wearing Burberry Prorsum, walked the red carpet with Christopher Bailey, to whom she would later present an award. In Calvin Klein, fashionista Ashley Olsen joined Francisco Costa as they arrived on the red-carpet; later she presented him with his Star honoree award. Other Star honorees were the Sozzani sisters, Carla and Franca, whose awards were handed off by Stefano Tonchi and Jonathan Newhouse, respectively.
Christian Louboutin was presented his award by Philippe Starck who, in an entertaining switch-a-roo, accepted his award from his long time friend...Louboutin. Photographer Bruce Weber handed a beaming Bobbi Brown her beauty award, while Tim Gunn presented to Harvey Weinstein.
As Marcia Gay Harden presented John Paul DeJoria with the Sustainability Award, she praised the
“depth and breath of his philanthropy” and lauded him as “one of the first to think about sustainability.”
John Paul noted, “You must have passion in life.”
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The legendary Karl Lagerfeld presented the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company Fashion Oracle Award to Harold Koda, curator-in-charge of the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Corporate Leadership Award went to Natalie Massenet of NET-A-PORTER.com, and the Humanitarian Award was presented by Mamie Gummer to Bill McComb of the Liz Claiborne Foundation.
Don’t be fooled by all the other stars in attendance, this was Superstar honoree Donatella Versace’s night all the way. She arrived at the star-studded affair with daughter Allegra, both in dresses from the Versace Spring ’09 collection. Miss Versace was presented her Superstar Award by none other than rock stars Prince and Jennifer Lopez.
“I’m proud to receive this award in America—
particularly since three Italian women tonight, all blondes, are receiving awards,” Versace said, referring to fellow honorees, the Sozzani sisters. “I wanted to be a designer all my life,” said Versace, whose late brother Gianni received the same award in 1995. “I am very honored,” she added, saying,
“Gianni showed me that fashion is magical. It’s been a magical night for me.”
The night’s host, Simon Doonan of Barneys, later wrote in the O b s e r v e r, “the Fashion Group International Awards is to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards what the Golden Globes is to the Oscars—that is, the naughty, cuter little sister.”
How uplifting to bring a night with this magnitude and magnificent accomplishment and splendorous success to, shall we say, an otherwise wailing Wall Street.”
–– Dominique Pasqua Editor-in-Chief, Crystal Publishing Group, Inc.
pasquadirect@yahoo.com
warmth brought in customers. These were people who were happy to be in America.
When I was 12, modest skirts and shirtwaists were worn with high socks, anklets or bobby socks. There were a few “rough girls” who scandalously wore unmentionable garter belts and stockings. Tights were worn by dancers and ice skaters, and were purchased at specialty shops.
By age 13, in high school, we were all wearing stockings and garter belts. But, at 14, textured tights hit the market. Never an insider, I now sat on top of a craze that made me the "doyenne" of hosiery.
The opaque tights evolved into sheer panty- hose and were a wild success. Pantyhose changed the way we dressed: Do you remember mini-skirts, hot pants and Courreges knock-offs? But, looking at the big picture, pantyhose also changed the way we shop.
Mom and Pop specialty shops gave way to hosiery departments on the main floors of department stores and mall chain stores.
I recall the Christmastime crush of women, five deep—in a store that was no more than nine feet across—buying boxes of three pairs of hose as gifts for their housekeepers, hairdressers, children’s teachers. Black, seamed cotton lisle stockings were purchased in abundance for the nuns that taught parochial school.
This shop was a woman’s domain. The only man on site was Pop. He and Mom occasionally invited me into their home at the back of the store for a
“glass tea” and a Danish. I remember the warm feelings directed not just towards me, but towards the customers.
The intimacy of that shop, and all the stores on 14th Street, has given way to pre-packaged hosiery and hardware racks in chain drugstores. With progress, we've lost some of the old-time humanity in retailing.
–– Adrienne Youngstein Gruberg, Creative Strategist, AY & A I’m a nice Jewish girl from the east side of
Manhattan. My old neighborhood was not so far downtown that it would qualify as the Lower East Side, but close enough to have its flavor rub off on our community.
Growing up in the late 1940s, 14th Street was the dividing line between old and new New York.
Stuyvesant Town was conceived by its developer, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as a private, self-contained village to provide apartment living for returning World War II veterans. To build it, eighteen city blocks of shabby buildings were
demolished. Gone was the notorious Gas House neighborhood filled with a rainbow of ethnicities, businesses, churches, theaters and 11,000 residents. The replacement, Stuyvesant Town, wasn't ritzy, ethnic or particularly anything, except a level playing field for people to rebuild their lives. It was clean, well-managed and boring.
East of Stuyvesant Town, 14th Street retained the flavor, personality and warmth that the new development lacked. Yet, the arrival of the new residents allowed 14th Street to remain a viable commercial avenue.
In neighborhoods untouched by the developers' wrecking balls, immigrants disembarked in waves each generation, moving in as older generations moved to the suburbs. At the turn of the 20th century, new arrivals on the Lower East Side worked by candlelight, stitching piecework for what was to become known as ready-to-wear. There were pushcart peddlers and dreamers of success.
300-square-foot tenement apartments housed large families and small businesses.
Smack in the middle of the block between 1st Avenue and Avenue A on 14th Street was a hosiery store nestled among the hardware stores, Chinese laundries, churches and hairdressers. Before the advent of pantyhose, that’s where I had my first job.
I worked for a “Mom and Pop team” who lived behind the long, narrow shop. Their apartment was spare beyond minimalist. It contained a table, chairs, bed and a black-and-white television with rabbit ears. But this couple was warm—and that The sleek and elegant Rouge Tomate restaurant
set the stage for a festive start to the holidays. FGI members and Rising Star nominees got the chance to mix, mingle and toast the season. The December 8 cocktail party was generously hosted by Emmanuel Verstraeten, owner of this new Belgian import that specializes in an innovative menu of fresh and organic foods. Surrounded by a circle of Rising Stars nominees, FGI President Margaret Hayes led the audience in a round of applause for the group, many of whom got to show off their designs. Everyone shared a spirited evening—infused with the creative energy of the talented nominees.
–– Joyce Kauf Creative Content Strategist
Rising Star c o c k t a i l p a r t y
Mom, Pop and Me
DARE TO DESIGN YOUR FUTURE Over 400 students from dozens of colleges nationwide converged on the Fashion Institute of Technology for Fashion Group International’s 10th annual Career Day. The wonderfully planned event was a huge success.
Guest speaker Jorge Ramon opened the program in the F.I.T. auditorium. Mr. Ramon is a stylist to numerous celebrities. This is a fairly new career track, with high visibility––the results were there for all to see in the following week’s National Enquirer.
The stylist described to his rapt audience how he was launched on this novel career path, and his trajectory through numerous jobs including S e v e n t e e n and T e e n P e o p l e magazines. He explained that a career is a journey and pointed out that this day at F.I.T. was about the students’
journeys.
For the next four hours, students had a choice of eight panels, each relevant to their future. Each hour, the attendees could choose between one of two panels offered. Each panel was composed of three talented executives, plus a moderator armed with probing questions for the panelists.
Career panel topics included Fashion Design, Global Marketing, Fashion Journalism, Public Relations & Brand Marketing, Eco Design (a hot, emerging career trend), Retail and Trend Spotting. One popular panel was Jump Start Your Job Search. Considering the tough economic times ahead, this panel was attended by almost all of the students.
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The speakers, all volunteers, were from every area of the fashion industry. Kudos to the designers, marketing directors, brand marketing executives, sourcing directors and retailers from every major company who generously donated their time and expertise to assist the young leaders of tomorrow.
In turn, the students were genuinely excited by the presence of so many talented speakers.
The students attentively hung on the panelists’
comments and asked many thoughtful, in-depth questions of the speakers.
The primary reason for creating this and previous career day sessions is to introduce students to the myriad career possibilities in our industry, so that they can make more sensible decisions as they begin to plan their career path. It was definitely
“mission accomplished.”
The day was capped off with a speech by designer Tracy Reese. In her inspiring account, she told the audience about her road to her current success, and how she accomplished her goals. It was a riveting story of timing and talent that paid off.
She was a dynamic speaker, and all the students were enthralled—as were her peers who mingled in with the students.
All in all, the day, was a huge success. It was very valuable for the students—and a reminder to some of us of our own youth.
–– Arlene Eisner Cover New York
–– Wendi Winters Freelance Writer, Reporter and Public Relations ConsultantWendi@QuantumStep.com
Opening day speaker Jorge Ramon
Keynote speaker Tracy Reese
Job Fair Tracy Reese (third from left) and scholarship winners
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In these uncertain times, cash- and credit-pressed consumers are taking a good hard look at their relationships with brands, searching for authenticity, and for real stories that shape their connection to brands.
According to Tim Girvin, Seattle- and New York- based strategic consultant, brand story teller and designer, the way people think is founded on stories which they use and share to define who they are.
Today’s great communicators, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn, are all about sharing stories, Girvin says, and brands work the same way. Whether a start-up or a century-old family brand, the consumer’s emotional connection to a brand is built on stories.
At Brand, Storytelling, Authenticity and The Trend to The Truth, a Frontliners event hosted by FGI, Girvin moderated a discussion by a panel of retail colleagues. Anthony Battaglia, retail design strategist, Victoria’s Secret; Dawn Clark, global retail architect, NBBJ Design; Claudia Cividino, CEO, Adam, Inc.; and Paul Terlizzi, CEO, Capezio, shared their stories of how their brands connect with their customers.
In order to cut through the clutter of the 3,000 plus messages consumers are exposed to each day, brands must build on an authentic, honest story. For Terlizzi, steward of the family business founded 125 years ago by Salvatore Capezio, the brand’s authenticity––the story––lies in the fitting of ballet slippers and pointe shoes; in being where dancers dance and by providing costumes for dance classes in the public school system. Cividino believes that predictability is part of the relationship, explaining that every moment in her store—from music to flowers to attitude—gives breath and life to the story.
Helen Galland, a former president of the Fashion Group International, died in September 2008, after a long illness.
Prior to her presidency of the Helen Galland Associates consulting firm, founded in 1983, Galland held a series of executive positions during a lengthy career as a retail executive. Beginning at Lord &Taylor, then under the leadership of Dorothy Shaver, Galland went on to Bonwit Teller, where she rose to senior vice president and general merchandise manager. Subsequently, she served as president of the Wamsutta Trucraft Home Fashions division of M. Lowenstein, returning to Bonwit’s in 1980 where, within a year, she was promoted to president and CEO.
Involved throughout her life in business, fashion, academic and charitable pursuits, Helen Galland will be much missed by her devoted family, loving friends and the many colleagues whose lives she touched with care, kindness and consideration.
Former Fashion Group International member, Sheila Levy Chefetz, passed away in August of this year. After a 25-year career in the fashion industry, during which she served as a fashion director for New York City retailers Stern Brothers & Co. and Gimbel’s, Chefetz became a consultant working on projects for major U.S.
corporations including Chori America and DuPont. In 1989, she opened The Country Dining Room Antiques in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and subsequently authored two tabletop books Antiques For The Table a n d Modern Antiques for The Table.
A generous supporter of many cultural institutions in the Berkshires, Chefetz served as president of the board of the Berkshire Museum and volunteered for a number of other philanthropic organizations in the area.
Sheila Chefetz was a dear and loyal friend to many and will be sorely missed by all who loved and cared for her.
–– Wendy D'Amico Creative Consultant, Wendy7d@aol.com Battaglia’s experience at Victoria’s Secret, with its
story of luxury, service and femininity, has proven to him that the fitting room tells “the truth” about the brand and helps establish an emotional connect.
“The fitting room is so much of the experience,” he said, “it’s where the deal is made,” and said he’s pleased to see retailers giving more attention to the lighting, mirrors, space and comfort of their fitting rooms. In Clark’s view, shopping is a series of emotional states that must be made easy via sound and scent, and thinks that a retail space should be more like a walk in the forest—a space that makes people feel good.
The consensus? Displayed on the screen behind the panel, The New Marketing Manifesto, a phrase coined by John Grant: “Authenticity is the benchmark against which all brands are now judged.”
At the end of the sold-out program, FGI member Robert di Mauro, commending Capezio’s authenticity in advertising, asked Terlizzi if he recalled a 1970s Capezio campaign, “The Cobbler and The Ballerina, a Capezio Love Story.”
Terlizzi remembered it well, noting that the campaign poster hangs in their offices today.
Di Mauro went on to share a story of emotional connection to the brand. The cobbler pictured in the poster was, in fact, di Mauro’s uncle Ignacio, who made shoes worn by di Mauro when he himself was a dancer—a defining moment of truth and authenticity.
–– Wendy D'Amico Creative Consultant, Wendy7d@aol.com
Truth or Dare
Brands: Authentic or Disconnected
Standing is moderator Tim Girvin; panelists from left to right: Anthony Battaglia, retail design strategist, Victoria’s Secret; Claudia Cividino, CEO, Adam, Inc.;
Dawn Clark, global retail architect, NBBJ Design; Paul Terlizzi, CEO, Capezio
Trend Report: Spring/Summer 2009
“Everyone who is in retail and fashion right now is seeing a ‘bloodbath’...we’re all doing expense cutting. It’s really terrifying.” Pretty scary words coming from Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys, the ultra-trendy reservoir of chic and pricey goodies for those one might think far removed from the economic disaster of November 2008. “But,” he added, “I think my job is to sustain the idea that fashion is exciting. When times are tough, you have to be even more fabulous and more glamorous, and you have to rise above it.”
And that, apparently, would be what creative director Marylou Luther had in mind when she assembled the FGI trend report, Spring/Summer 2009, with her committee: Linda Dresner, president, Linda Dresner, Inc.; Sally Singer, fashion news and features director, V o g u e ; Stephanie Solomon, vice president & fashion director, Bloomingdale’s;
Amy Synnot, beauty director, I n S t y l e and Sandra Wilson, accessories fashion director, Neiman Marcus. These very in-the-know experts floated plenty of glamour and fabulousness in trends from which, Solomon asserted, “our customers won’t shy away from” but, she added, “they will shop competitively.”
The audio-visual presentation of the best-of-the-best ideas from the runway collections of New York, Milan, London and Paris showcased the trends the committee saw as the most wearable and the most salable.
Itemized, in Luther’s clever use of Wall Street lingo, are:
S h o r t (knee-toppers, short dresses over bikers and suited shorts); Mergers and Acquisitions (surprising pairings); Foreign Currencies (ethnic references); Hidden A s s e t s (the view of the bra), Net Earnings ( s h e e r n e s s ) ; L i q u i d i t y (spills of sequins, crystals and lame) L e a d i n g I n d i c a t o r s (geometric graphics); F u t u r e s (designers looking up and ahead to Mars and the moon); Material Things (fabrics wrinkled, crinkled, crumpled and rum- pled); The Manipulators (fashion design as sculpture, origami, basketweaves and the ruff); In the Black and W h i t e (lots; with pastels, brilliants and nearly no-colors registering, too); Glamour Stocks (fringe, as in the fringe benefits for evening); Keep Your Pants On (jumpsuits and new-looking, ankle-cropped, peg-legged numbers);
Change of A-Dress (of the sport, polo and shirt persua- sion); Jackets and Coats (jackets sleeveless or power- shouldered, the trench, the wrap, the boyfriend jacket);
Added Values (platforms, straps, shapely heels, color,
python and crocodile make shoe news. Hobos, totes and clutches bag it. Bracelets and cuffs continue.
Statement earrings look important); Face Value (According to MAC’s Gordon Espinet, it’s about impact without overkill. Choices abound in both hair and makeup.)
With the panelists in their seats, Simon Doonan opened the discussion, decrying the “deranged, grotesque idea” (a grumbling utterance he’s overheard), of “shopping in my closet.” And what, he asked Linda Dresner, does she propose to do to make this “horrifying” practice obsolete. While it’s important to offer hard-to-resist items, she said, wearability is important and pointed out that customers will be enticed by a mix of high and low prices. Solomon agreed, stressing that price is playing a bigger role, and stores should tout their price ranges.
As far as editorial is concerned, Singer said that, in line with the tenor of the times, Vogue will show less costly items and has told designers that the book won’t be showing the extreme ends of a collection. “Don’t buy less—buy better” is the philosophy the magazine espouses, she said.
Even with the dire news about a sour economy, the panelists seemed upbeat and positive about the season, each confident about trends they felt would resonate with consumers. For Neiman’s Wilson,
“It’s all about bold jewelry”—necklaces, earrings, an armload of bangles—adding that a high heel makes a woman feel beautiful and sexy. Solomon expressed high hate for the “not cool” harem pants, but loves the “confident and empowering”
sharp-shouldered jacket she bought in Paris. She also likes a new nude or clear shoe that extends
the leg. Dresner said she, too, loves jackets, plus sleeveless and 3/4 coats; black, black and white, as well as ethnic touches (in small doses).
Synnott, weighing in on beauty, shrinks from the overdone look or the no-makeup “depression face,”
but cheers the happy medium of a smoky eye and a pale lip, though red lipstick is back in a big way.
Lipstick sales, she said, have surged—up 40 percent this past year, especially red lipstick (which, in recessionary times, always does).
“It’s all about putting on a happy face,” she concluded, with Solomon adding, “This is a good time to have fun.”
The Spring/Summer Ready-to-Wear presentation, generously sponsored by Cotton, Inc. and MAC Cosmetics, drew capacity audiences to all five showings (at New York’s Time Life Building) and is available on DVD, complete with panel discussion, to members and non-members. For more information or to order, call 212.302.5511 or visit info@fgi.org.
–– Wendy D'Amico Creative Consultant, Wendy7d@aol.com
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The ceremony and reception, held at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, at the close of the spring/summer 2009 ready-to-wear shows, was attended by an admiring crowd of colleagues and friends from the fashion, retail and press communities including Carine Roitfeld, Robin Givhan, Sonia Rykiel, Rick Owens and our own Margaret Hayes, president of FGI.
Margaret Hayes is among Fashion’s 50 Most Powerful.
A week prior to the kickoff of the Spring/Summer 2009 runway collections, Daily News reporter Mark Ellwood named New York’s 50 most influential power-brokers in the city’s second-largest business.
Ranked number 13 on the list of those who keep the wheels of the $47 billion industry churning is Margaret Hayes, president of Fashion Group International, a global organization of over 5,000 members on five continents. Established in 1930 as the first non-profit organization founded by and for women, today FGI offers membership to professional men and women in the fashion and design-related industries including apparel, accessories, beauty and home.
Ms. Hayes stepped into her current role after an enviable career in retail, during which she served as senior vice president and general merchandise manager at Saks Fifth Avenue, the first woman to hold that position.
Jo Jo Roberson-Harder, FGI, Boca Raton: Author, fashion designer, stylist and creator of America’s Top Dog Model Contest, Roberson-Harder unleashes the secrets to the “the ultimate Diva lifestyle for four-legged members of high society” in Diva Dogs: A Style Guide To Living The Fabulous Life (Bow Tie Press, September 2008). From theme-party ideas to the utmost luxury in beauty treatments,from “petiquette” to the “right”
clothes, carriers and accessories, the compendium is the very last word on the chic and red-carpet world of “pup” culture.
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JANUARY 29TH
12TH ANNUAL RISING STAR LUNCHEON The most promising and creative young talents in 8 categories are
being honored.
The winners are announced at the luncheon at New York’s iconic
Rainbow Room.
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THE FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. NEITHER ENDORSES NOR SPONSORS THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISED IN THE FGI BULLETIN. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS ARE, TO THE BEST OF THE GROUP’S KNOWLEDGE, ACCURATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED.
THE FASHION GROUP, THE FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL, THE FG AND FGI LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OF THE FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.COPYRIGHT©2009 THE FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
JANUARY 29TH
12TH ANNUAL RISING STAR LUNCHEON The most promising and creative young talents in 8 categories are being honored.
The winners are announced at the luncheon at New York’s iconic Rainbow Room.
• JANUARY TBA FRONTLINERS Men’s Tailored Event
at The Collective
• FEBRUARY TBA FRONTLINERS
Home/Interior Design with Baker & Kohler Tony Duquette: Inspirations and Achievements
• MARCH TBA FRONTLINERS
Using the internet as a Business platform
APRIL 17TH FGI TREND REPORT
Audio-visual presentation of the Fall/Winter 2009 collections shown on the runways of New York,
Milan, London and Paris.
Time & Life Building, 1271 Avenue of The Americas, 8th Floor Auditorium
Showings at 9:00am, 10:00am, 12 noon, followed by panel discussion
3:00pm and 5:00pm showings followed by a projection of the noon panel discussion
• APRIL 30TH BEAUTY SYMPOSIUM
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TBA FRONTLINERS Fragrance Development & Trends
TBA FRONTLINERS Men’s Event with GQ
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TBA FRONTLINERS
Fine Jewelry
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MAY 7TH-9TH REGIONAL CONFERENCE
• OCTOBER 22ND 26TH ANNUAL NIGHT OF STARS Please note, these dates and ticket prices are tentative. If you do not receive your invitation, please call the FGI office at 212.302.5511 to confirm time, date and ticket price.
Event information can also be found at www.fgi.org.
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