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.