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!