According to the Business of Fashion Report (McKinsey & Company 2017), “The West will no longer be the global stronghold for fashion sales.” …And the winners are from Taiwan Unless you are Rihanna (who wore Beijing, China-based designer Guo Pei’s yellow cape dress at the Met Gala last year)… …and have access to the best […]
Christie’s Knows How to Celebrate Christmas
Gifting State of Mind Christie’s may not the first venue considered when gifting is on your mind. From my walks around Manhattan, it looks like most of the world is doing their shopping on Amazon. In previous years I would see dozens of boxes from shops like Bloomingdale’s and Lord & Taylor, Gucci and Prada […]
Entrepreneurs Meet on Manhattan’s East Side
Pamela Garber, Licensed Psychotherapist It was a cold December evening when a small group of entrepreneurial women headed to the David Burke Tavern on Manhattan’s East Side to meet with people they did not know. What did these strangers have in common? They were either followers of the NextDoor.com newsletter or had friends that read the […]
How to look magnificent while traveling: The Indie Beauty Expo
The Salon Art + Design Presents the WOW
New Yorkers. Flip Your Ballot
Local NYC politicians showed up at a Town Hall meeting last night. The purpose of the program was to inform and educate New Yorkers about the issues that appear on the flip side of the November 6, 2018 candidate ballots. NYC governance issues receive very little publicity because it is frequently in the best interest […]
Kohler. Where The Finish is Just the Beginning
Looking forward to a cocktail party celebration is not unusual; however, looking forward to a 50th anniversary celebration event at a plumbing supply shop does not appear, on its face, to be the best way to spend an evening. And yet, when I was invited to join the festivities at Kohler, noted for its […]
…And the Nobel Prize Goes to NYU Professor, Dr. Paul Romer
NYU Stern School of Business alums, faculty and students were able to get up close and personal with Paul Romer, a recent recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences, an honor he shares with William Nordhaus (Yale University). The program included Andrew Hamilton, NYU President; William Berkley, Chair, NYU Board of Trustees; Rahu […]
Notice ME. New York @ Garment District
Once the heartbeat of garment industry, the District (also known as the Garment Center, Fashion District, Fashion Center) is roughly located between West 34th Street and 40th Street, from Ninth Avenue to Broadway and measures less than 1 sq. mile. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the area was noted as the center […]
Beer and Women
I recently attended a delicious event that focused on Women and Beer with beer from the Strong Rope Brewery (Brooklyn, NY). The program was presented by Hop Culture Magazine and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and Moderated by Grace Weitz. Historically, women brewed beer for their families and sold what was not consumed […]