Technicolor

According to the reviews coming out from day one of New York City's fashion week, gray may be here today but it'll be gone tomorrow. Spring lines are bursting with color - and not just any color but technicolor. Expect to see much more of the bright blues, pinks, yellows, and purples that we are starting to get a glimpse of already as stores roll out their fall and winter lines.
And in case you were wondering, colors for the falls aren't going to be modeled after Joseph's technicolor coat - next season color blocking is going to be everywhere. Intricate patterns won't be as big as chunks of colors to create a number of varying focal points.

If you've missed the reviews, here's what the critics and papers are saying:
Goodbye, Gray: Color's Back for Spring
Colors Pop on the Cynthis Steffe Catwalk
Mom/fashionista Stafani Enjoys This Stage of Life

Check back for more info on fashion week as it unfolds.

CFDA Awards

The Council of Fashion Designers of America held its yearly gala event yesterday evening. the star-studded event awards fashion designers in a variety of categories. The 25th annual event was held at the New York Public Library. According to reports, the most shocking moment that evening was when both Oscar de la Renta and Proenza Schouler designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez won the Womenswear designer of the year award. According to industry commentators the tie signifies a blend of the old and new designers.

Here is the full list of winners:

Womenswear designer of the year: Oscar de la Renta, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler (tie)

Menswear designer of the year: Ralph Lauren

Accessory designer of the year: Derek Lam

Swarovski award for womenswear: Philip Lim

Swarovski award for menswear: David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone

Swarovski award for accessory design: Jessie Randal for Loeffler Randall

And since it's a fashion night here are some pics of those who attended:

Summertime and the livin’s easy

The Met opened a special exhibit on the first floor, entitled Poiret: King of Fashion, at the beginning of May.

Paul Poiret, who dubbed himself the ‘King of Fashion’ is best known for ridding women’s fashion of the restrictions of corsets and platoons. But he also managed to create intricate styles, and cuts, despite the fact that he could not sew – an interesting problem for a fashion personality.

According to the Met’s write-up, the exhibit focuses “on his technical ingenuity and originality, the exhibition explores Poiret’s modernity in relation to and as an expression of the dominant discourses of the early 20th century, including Cubism, Classicism, Orientalism, Symbolism and Primitivism.”

For more information and to see the NYT’s review of the exhibit click here.

The display will be up until August 5th.

Sidenote:
At the beginning of May the Met had a gala event to kick-off the exhibit and a number of fashion personalities and celebrities showed up. Here are a couple…

Dressin' It Up

Unless you’re super-spacey you know that the dress is in this season. And it’s not the dress your mother wore in the 80s, these are sleek, sophisticated, ultra feminine and usually very simple. Here’s our picks for the summer.

This simple cut black sleeveless dress from Ann Taylor retails at $128. The fit through the waist and hips that then flows into an A-line shirt keep the feminine figure proportional. The length hits just below the knee, as is the style now, and the fabric is light so that you’re not likely to be too hot in it despite the black color.
Plus it can easily be paired with a sweater or jacket for a chillier morning.

This Old Navy drop waist dress, which comes in both washed green and red, is the perfect dress when you are looking for easy-to-throw-on style. The drop waist gives structure to the material that would otherwise leave us looking boxy. And it’s only $24.50.
Plus you can pair this dress with a simple fitted t-shirt underneath for days that are not so hot.

White is really really in this season. But we all know it can be difficult to wear white all day without an accident or two ruining the look. Just sitting on a park bench can be a risk. This dress from JC Penney can help you breath easy in white. The green poppies on the bottom part of the skirt has the potential to hide any little dirt that decides to cling to you when you’re trying to look your best. Plus the thick straps offer you the support to feel confident in the dress and not worry about pulling it up as the day progresses and material stretches. Oh and it’s on sale for $39.99!
Pair the dress with a green accented short necklace that ends before the dress begins or a thick green headband.

While this dress from Banana Republic is a little pricier at $148 the unique style could be worth the pennies. It comes in off white, camel and black. The unique, almost boat-neck style, neck line allows this dress to stand apart from the many other simple, single-color dresses of the season. The slighter higher than usual waist line allows the dress to cinch together before the skirt begins its free flow to the knee.
Brighter up the dress with punchy jewelry or stand-out shoes and a purse.

Warning: For the Brave Only! This Urban Outfitters dress is one-of-a-kind! The front looks like two separate pieces, with different lengths and patterns; but there’s something about this dress that we love. It is selling for $98.
Go simple on the accessories so as not to overload the visual. And flat comfy shoes are ideal – we suggest blue ones.

Forever 21 excels at cheap, uber-fashionable pieces that are likely to only last you one season – if that. This dress, which retails at $27.80, combines the black and white trend of the moment with the polka dots that are gaining in popularity. Plus the big black buttons near the collar are a great touch that draw a little attention away from the polka-pattern and back to your face.

The length of this one could be a problem – if so pair it with simple black leggings or skinny-pant inspired capris. And go bold with the shoes! Red could be great.

Wrap dresses can be tricky to wear as they often tend to cling in all the wrong places. But this dress might just be busy enough to hide the clinginess and funky enough to get away with such a bold pattern. The gold purple and brown colors in oval-ish shapes are just too good to pass up. It’s selling at JC Penney for $60.

Dresses with a puff sleeve are big now. If you go for this look, make sure the dress is fitted elsewhere so it doesn’t look like you are a football linebacker. This slight floral pattern, for sale at Macy’s for $118, is not too busy and the simple accent at the waist will give you the structure you need. Be aware that bold pattern make us look bigger – if that’s a concern go for a dress like this that has a solid color or more simple pattern.

Here’s one option if patterns are too much for you. Plus this one has slightly less puffy sleeves This one can also be found at Macy’s for $69.

Don’t write-off Target clothes just because it is Target. This dress, which comes in several bright colors, can work double time as both a dress and skirt. While the full dress is a great look, you could also put a simple shirt over it in order to accent the great tie and flounce of the skirt. It sells for $34.99.
Long draping jewelry would work best with the dress – think something in a bold standout color like black or fuchsia.

Ok true this is a jumper not a dress – and we are not encouraging you try to wear it as a dress – but this one was too cute to not post. Kohls is selling this jumper in three different color combinations for only $14.99. We love the polka dots on the top and on the pockets, it coordinates perfectly with the stripes.

SIDENOTE:

The Jackie-O look is coming back. Now that women are wearing dresses some retailers are reverting back to the simple elegance that defined Jackie-O. And, as with all great styles that return to the shelves, this time around the look is getting tweaked. Bold patterns and colors accompany the basic collared, fitted bodice and full skirt.

And here’s a cute black version of the Jackie-O look from target for $39.99.

Dress wearing tips

A slip is a must-have, even in the summer. A lot of dresses are made of sheer summer fabrics; which while leaving us feeling cooler in the summer heat can also leave us over-exposed. A simple light-weigh cotton or silk slip can go a long way and will also stop the dress from clinging.

Skirt length is ultra-important. If you are going to need to hold the skirt down as you walk down the street in a light breeze – the skirts too short. Do yourself a favor and try for longer lengths that will leave you less focused on the possibility of a flashing and more focused on those you’re spending time with.

A lot of dresses have scoop necklines. Don’t be afraid to pair those with a tank top underneath to offer more comfort and ease as you go about the day-to-day activities.

Hot Time Summer in the City

This is a new feature Fashion Forum is going to post throughout the summer months. Even though we aren't in session with monthly meetings that doesn't mean the love for Fashion and Beauty needs to be put on hold too.

So, here's what you can do in NYC this weekend...
In Grand Central (42nd and Lexington - if you didn't know that) this weekend an exhibit on New York City films is being displayed. The New York Times ran an article about it this morning. The exhibit, entitled: Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies, is an ambitious exhibition of films, photographs and sets that begins today in Vanderbilt Hall, adjacent to the main concourse. The project was put together by James Sanders, based on his 2001 book of the same title, which shrewdly observes that two New Yorks — the real city and the screen fantasy — feed each other in a never-ending circle, according to the NYT.


The article mentions a handful of classics that will have screen shots on display, including Hitchock's North by Northwest, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Seven Year Itch and King Kong. Pictures from more modern movies, including Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind and The Fisher King, will also be on display.


Celluloid Skyline, the mind behind the display, has an entire website dedicated to the exhibition. You can get the details about the pictures on display and the history behind the show here.

And It's a Wrap

Fashion Forum hosted its final event of the 2006/07 school year on May 19th. Our speaker, Rachel Doyle, inspired those who attended with the story of how she founded GlamourGals seven years ago and her hopes and aspirations for the nonprofit going forward. She fielded questions from the audience on a variety of topics including how to find funding for an organization, where she wants to be in five years, and makeup trends she is seeing today.

Those who attended agreed that Rachel's most inspiring point was that GlamourGals differs from other organizations that focus on young women in that it does not stress 'me, me, me and me' but rather GlamourGals is about 'you'. Through the focus on another person Rachel says the high school girls involved in the group learn about compassion, become courageous, and in the end have a higher level of self esteem.

Stay tuned for our fall calendar - which we are currently finalizing with a number of stellar speakers!

Here are some pics from the last event...

May Flowers

For our last official Fashion Forum event of the 2006-07 school year we decided to depart slightly from the normal path of speakers and invite someone who combines make-up, beauty and service.

On May 19th Rachel Doyle will talk to our group about a nonprofit group she founded that empowers high school and college girls and teaches an important lesson about where real beauty lies.

Rachel Doyle is the President and Founder of GlamourGals, a nonprofit organization that gives teenage girls the outlet to provide complimentary facials and makeovers to women in nursing homes, assisted living, and senior centers across the country.

Rachel has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and CBS's The Early Show. Rachel's work has been profiled in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Glamour, and CosmoGirl. She was named one of the first "CosmoGirls of the Year."

Rachel attended Cornell University where she received a BS in Policy Analysis and Management. She now works fulltime for GlamourGals and lectures across the country.

We hope to see you at the event. As always, it will be from 3pm - 5pm at Alderton House.

Alderton House is located at 117 E. 70th St. between Park and Lexington. Take the 6 line to 68th Street and walk up two blocks to get to there.

The admission fee is $10 and after the presentation there will be refreshments and a raffle. And as usual please feel free to bring friends. You can RSVP by leaving a post on the blog, leaving a message on our facebook group, or e-mailing us at nyfashionforum@yahoo.com.

April Style

Fashion Forum had a great event on April 28th at Alderton. If you missed it here's the recap of the event (followed by some great pics).

Jessica Oberly and Marisa Savulich shared with attendees at the April event every step in the creation of a seasonal set of clothes. They both work for individual lines at Elie Tahari in Manhattan. Through stories from their day to day routine, pictures, a powerpoint presentation and video clips, they illustrated every move along the way.


After the presentation they fielded a number of questions from the audience. One attendee asked if it was difficult to make clothes that fit the line but didn't fit their own personal tastes. Marisa shared with us that while it can be a struggle in the beginning to make something you would not be interested in wearing, it becomes easier with time as you begin to think and see through the eyes of your clients while still holding on to your personal likes and dislikes.

At the end they shared the trends they see as continuing through the next year. According to Jessica and Marisa we should be on the look out for: florals, shorts of all kinds, metallics, patterned material and dresses in every shape and style.

Glamour in the City

Our final speaker of the year (in May) is Rachel Doyle, the founder of GlamourGals, a non-profit focused on creating compassionate teen leaders through complimentary facials and makeovers given to our nation’s most vulnerable population: elderly women living in nursing homes.

Days before our event - there will be more info on that in the days to come - GlamourGals is hosting its third-annual Glamour in the City. It is sponsored by Maybelline New York and mini-makeovers will be given by Maybelline make-up artists. We've attended the event in the past and plan on attending again this year. We hope you will too!

Here are the details:
Thursday, May 17, 2007
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Ave. at 61st St)

There will be cocktails, live music, mini make-overs and The Glammy! awards will be presented.
Tracy Smith, co-anchor of the Saturday Early Show on CBS and national correspondent to the Early Show on CBS will be hosting the event.

You can RSVP here.

April Event Revised...

Due to transporation difficulties we needed to change our April 28 speaker - but we kept with the designer theme and have pulled in two designers from Elie Tahari to share their passion for the industry with us. Here's the line-up...

Jessica Oberly is originally from Macomb, Michigan, a suburb north of Detroit. She attended private Lutheran grade school and high school, and worked at a department store as a sales associate before moving to Savannah, Georgia to pursue a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. While in school Jessica also worked as a beauty consultant for Victoria’s Secret, as well as for SCAD as an admissions representative. After finishing school, she moved to New York to start working in Design. Jessica currently lives in Astoria, Queens and works at Elie Tahari in Manhattan and has been for the past 4 1/2 years.

Marisa Savulich was born in Van Nuys, California but grew up in Murray Hill, New Jersey, a small part of Berkeley, Heights, New Jersey. Marisa attended public grade school andhigh school, and worked as a waitress at a cafe, before moving to Savannah, Georgia to pursue a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Savannah College of Art and Design.
While in school she worked full time as a hostess, waitress, and bartender for an upscale seafood restaurant. After finishing school, Marisa moved to New York City to start working in Design. She currently lives in Hoboken, NJ and has worked for Elie Tahari for the past 3 1/2 years, designing Gianni Bini, a contemporary sportwear line sold exclusively for Dillard’s.

As usual... The event will take place at Alderton House (117 E. 70th St. between Lexington and Park) and begins promptly at 3:00 pm and usually concludes about 5:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. There is a $10 admission fee.

Please feel free to invite friends.

You can RSVP by shooting us a note at nyfashionforum@yahoo.com, leaving a note on our blog www.nyfashionforum.blogspot.com or on our facebook group's wall. We hope to see you there!

Tom Ford Shop Opens

One of our group was strolling down Madison Avenue the other night and literally almost ran Tom Form over as he got out of his super-sweet car to attend the 'grand opening' celebration of his store. They had rolled out the red carpet, were popping the champagne, photographers were flashing pictures inside and outside and one of our Forumers was just trying to get home from the office. The body guards gave her a look when she cut across the red carpet in a hurry in front of a photographer - oh well.



The NYT ran a story on the store's opening. You can read it here. For a more down-to-earth fun look at the opening and the inside of the store check out Racked, a real estate blog that focuses on retail.

The store at 845 Madison Ave. is said to be the former Gucci designer's first ever store and certianly the first store along Manhattan's famous designer-avenue. Ford joins a number of designers on the Avenue, including his next-door neighbor Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Rents, Prada and Juicy Couture.

March Pics...

Here are a couple of the pics from our March event. We're looking forward to seeing many of you at the April 28th event!!!

April's Speaker

Fashionistas... get ready for our April 28th event!

Just back in New York City after showing her collection at Paris Fashion Week, Mary Ping is going to tell us about the industry, taking us 'behind the scenes' with her.



Mary Ping presented her debut collection in New York in 2001, after receiving a Bachelor of Art degree from Vassar College in fine art. Her work has since been acquired by the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology as part of their permanent collection and will also be included in this year’s Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition on contemporary New York style.

In 2005, Mary Ping was the recipient of the Ecco Domani Award for New Designers and the 7th on Sixth/UPS Presents Fashion’s Future Award, which sponsored and featured her Spring/Summer 2006 collection in Bryant Park. She is also the designer behind the line Slow and Steady Wins the Race, a project that has attracted praise and notoriety for its sartorial wit and experimentation. In 2006 Slow and Steady Wins the Race was featured in the second edition of Fashion Gallery curated by Nathalie Ours with Olivier Saillard and M/MParis. Ping is known for her sensitivity to the construction, meaning, and conceptual understanding of designs, and tends toward a sensibility that is grounded in three-dimensionality, both architectural and sculptural. Her work has been featured in publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, WWD, V,Paper and Nylon.

As usual... The event will take place at Alderton House (117 E. 70th St. between Lexington and Park) and begins promptly at 3:00 pm and usually concludes about 5:00pm. Refreshments will be served after Ping speaks. There is a $10 admission fee.

Please feel free to invite friends.

You can RSVP by shooting us a note at nyfashionforum@yahoo.com, leaving a note on our blog www.nyfashionforum.blogspot.com or on our facebook group's wall. We hope to see you there!

And if you made it to our Feb. event, you'll be familar with Opening Ceremony, the store at 35 Howard St. here, which is now hosting several of Ping's designs.

Wish you were there...

In case you missed it here’s what we did on March 24th…

Patria Lincoln, a FIT sophomore and designer, impressed us with her latest project: a 60’s themed coat. Patria, who originally hails from the Chicago area, walked attendees through the whole design and creation process; beginning with researching 60’s wear and ending with a killer yellow coat complete with a hood that resembles a ducks beak.

During her high school years Patria realized she had a talent for designing outfits. She would put together dresses for all the big school dances and play around with different designs on her father’s old t-shirts and thrift store sweatshirts. While working at her mother’s salon one of the customers offered to sell Patria’s products in a specialty clothing store she owned. From then on she was always designing.

Now in the midst of her second year here in New York City, she is astounded at the amount of things she knew nothing about when starting her design major. Every day she learns something new. This semester she is focusing on the creation of intimate apparel and says there is nothing better than creating something you can be proud of.

Next year Patria will take her design skills abroad through an FIT program in Milan. There she will hone her knitwear skills as well as take in the sights and sounds of the Italian city.

Stay tuned for pictures from the event and information about our April event.

It's So You

We’re always looking for good fashion books that offer helpful tips and solid advice for all fashion personalities and body types. If you’re interested in the same king of literature check out “It’s So You: Fitting Fashion to Your Life” by Mary Sheehan Warren. You can read more about the book here.

The book, which came out in January, is basically a how-to guide for creating your own style. According to the publisher, “It’s So You! offers a radical new approach to fashion that helps you discover and develop your personal style. You can put fashion in its place, making it a tool for your personal and professional growth—and save heaps of money at the same time.

With a light-hearted and easy tone, Mary Sheehan Warren guides you through key “Fashion Moments of Truth” and explains the elements of style—body type, palette, wardrobe planning, accessories—with well-organized explanations, helpful checklists, friendly anecdotes, witty quotations, answers to frequently-asked questions—and over 400 detailed illustrations.

Warren is available for personal consultations if you live in the Midwest region and she is currently working on her second fashion book that will have an even greater focus on the young adult audience. If you want to fill out a survey for her latest project there are more details on her site.

It’s So You! is so cool!

Mark Your Calendar: March 24

Fashion Forum friends... Get ready because we have a great line-up of speakers for the rest of the Spring!!!

Our next speaker will be Patria Lincoln. Patria is a sophomore at FIT and a designer. She specializes in creating coats and intimate apparel and has sold her designs at the Chicago boutique "All About Me". Her designs have been showcased at the Baruch College Fashion Show and for several years Patria has worked as a volunteer and assistant coordinator with Gregory Moore for such labels as John Bartlett, Sass, and Bide at Olympus Fashion Week
Before beginning to design her own lines, Patria was a design intern at SML Sport, a private label knitwear company.

She will walk us through the design process: illustrating how she takes an idea and turns it into reality.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, March 24!!! As usual the event will take place at Alderton House from 3-5 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Alderton House is located at 117 E. 70th St (b/t Park and Lexington avenues). Via subway it can be reached by taking the 6 train to 68th St, walking up two blocks and turning left onto 70th St.

What you missed this Feb...

If you didn’t make it to our February event you missed a great time. Our fashion panel of young women shared with our group the ins and outs of their professional work, the backgrounds that got them there and their aspirations for the future.

Isa told us about working for the New York City ballet repairing tutus and corsettes for the performers and how that led her to designing hats for Rod Kennan, a high-end hat designer. The hats Isa and the rest of Kennan’s team design are sold at Barney’s in New York and have been exclusively made for Justin Timberlake and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. Kennan was kind enough to lend Isa several hats from their latest collection for us to look at and try on.

Madeleine talked about getting a job at Opening Ceremony, a SoHo boutique, and how she has worked her way up since starting there to designing several of the pieces that are sold there. She said the most rewarding part of her job is when she is ringing up a customer who is happily purchasing one of the garments she has made.

Trish works at one of New York’s Anthropologie locations designing the window and inner store displays. She walked us through the process of getting the position from sending her portfolio, conducting phone interviews and making a box with only $10 worth of supplies. Now she has the task of creating interesting and eye catching displays on a tight budget and recycling as much as possible.

The passion and enthusiasm Isa, Madeleine and Trish have for their professions inspired many of the events attendees. Many walked away determined to work harder in school, stretch their creative comfort zones and shoot for internships in the companies our speakers work at.

Model Size Discussion Continues

Here's an interesting article from Reuters today on the major fashion countries joining to discuss the unhealthy size of models on the runway. It was published on Yahoo news.

PARIS - The powerful fashion federations of France, Italy, the United States and Britain have decided to address the controversy over ultra-thin models, the French body said Thursday.

The fashion industry has been widely attacked for promoting the kind of stick-thin images which critics say contribute to eating disorders in young women and some countries have taken cautious measures to bring more weight onto the catwalks.

Spain barred models below a certain body mass from Madrid fashion shows in September and organizers of New York's fashion shows this month issued guidelines to tackle the problem, although stopping short of banning them.

"All actors concerned must get involved in the matter of information," France's fashion federation said Thursday, adding delegates from Italy's, Britain's and America's fashion bodies had discussed the issue jointly at talks Wednesday.

"La Federation de la Couture, la Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the British Fashion Council ... decided to participate in this reflection, in liaison with respective public authorities."

The federation did not give any details on the form of cooperation.

The French industry group had agreed to hold talks with the French health ministry on the issue, it added.

The head of the French fashion federation, Didier Grumbach, said earlier this week Paris would not take extra measures to ban ultra-skinny models from catwalks because its rules on their health were already strict.

"We must be attentive and inform young women but not regulate even more," Grumbach said on the sidelines of an haute couture show in Paris Monday.

France's health minister has said he wants a working group to assess the impact that images of skinny models have on young women.

The fashion world has been debating the issue of ultra-thin models, with many designers and models shrugging off concern that they encourage eating disorders in girls and young women.

Italy's government and its fashion chiefs have signed a pact aimed at keeping models who appear sickly thin off the catwalk by requiring them to prove they are in good health.

Brazil has also launched a campaign to ban underage, underweight models from its catwalks in response to the death of a Brazilian model from complications due to anorexia.

Facebook

Fashion Forum is now a Facebook Group! To join in the conversation, check out upcoming events, and see pictures from our past meetings you can now join our group. (You don't even have to be a FF member or attendee to join.) So Facebook us!!

February Event

It was great to see a lot of you at the January event! Here's what we are cooking up for February.... Hope to see you there!


Mark your calendars for FEBRUARY 24TH at 3:00 pm!
We're having a board of three young professionals in the fashion industry share what it's like to be a young fashion insider in these exciting fields.
Trish- works at Anthropologie on their window displays.
Isa- works for high-end hat designer, Rod Kennan.
Madeleine- works at Opening Ceremony, a SoHo boutique.

Alderton House is located at 117 East 70th Street, between Lexington and Park avenues.
Take the 6 train to 68th St., walk up two blocks, and then make a left on 70th.

Questions? Shoot us an e-mail at nyfashionforum@yahoo.com or drop a comment here!

The Weight of Fashion

The how-skinny-is-too-skinny debate has taken another interesting turn, as reported in Women’s Wear Daily today. Last summer Madrid put restrictions on the size a model prowling the cat-walk could be. Requiring a certain body mass that roughly translates to a model weighing more than 120 lbs. At first there was outrage at the idea, but soon after other cities (and ones that are more renown for their fashion shows) began debating the issue and considering similar guidelines.

When authorities in Milan announced they would create a set of guidelines for all models to comply by or else risk being fined, the debate took on a whole new dimension and fashionistas in the US began to take notice. Vogue’s own Anna Wintour even said it was time to do something about the shrinking model size. Cosmo’s editor Kate White has begun enforcing a new policy barring ultra-skinny models from gracing the pages of the magazine, even in the ads.

Now New York’s Council of Fashion Designers of America will issue suggestions this week on promoting a healthier lifestyle for models. And while the recommendations will be ready by the time Fashion Week kicks off in early February, they won’t be enforced (as in Madrid and Milan). The meeting to discuss the issue contained some industry heavy-weights, including nutritionist Joy Bauer, psychiatrist Susan Ice, trainer David Kirsch and Nian Fish, creative director at KCD, as well as Diane von Furstenberg, who represented the CFDA membership at the meeting, Anna Wintour and Louis Chaban, a modeling agent at DNA.

Spring Calendar

Here's a little heads-up for all you Fashioin Forum fans out there... We are finalizing our entire Spring semester calendar right now. We've got some great speakers lined up including an up-and-coming fashioin designer! Check back here in a couple days for the complete calendar of events.