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Summer 2006
FALL/WINTER 2006-2007
Trend Report
The Fall/Winter Trend Report was held at the Embassy Suites in La
Jolla. The Embassy has a wonderful ambience combining greenery with
the sound of running water. Karen Rowley chaired this May Event. The
evening began with cocktails and a social hour giving the members time
to get acquainted with each other. The Hotel served a Buffet Dinner
with an Italian flair for all the guests.
The program began with Dianne York-Goldman, CEO of Spa MD, talking about her new make-up line, DYG. Dianne brought along a make-up
artist and members were given a chance to have a complete makeover
with this new mineral based make-up. Everyone felt beautiful and pampered!
Marijo Luranc owner of a Day Spa and a specialist in Permanent Makeup addressed the group next. Marijo gave 10 Tips about Permanent
Make-up that everyone should know. This included the entire list of
dos and don’ts. It was very educational and gave everyone a better idea of
the process involved in permanent make-up.
Speaker Dianne
York-Goldman
Speaker Marijo Luranc
The evening concluded with the showing of the DVD from the Fall/
Winter 2006-2007 Trend Report. This was an exciting night of apparel, accessories, color and fabric from New York, London, Milan,
Paris, and Los Angeles. We were able to get a sneak peak of all the
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coming trends.
A great night for fashionistas”!
Dianne with member Terry Keefer
Members: George Bates,
Peggy Mathews and Dale
Rosenstock
2006 Board Members
Regional Director……...Diana Cavagnaro
Secretary……………….Kathie Taylor
Treasurer………………Denise Baca-Lofink
Membership Chairs……Sherry Brown
George Bates
Education Chair……….Susan Lazear
Program Chairs………..Judy Welty
Foundation President….Peggy Matthews
Nominations Chair…….Karen Rowley
Hospitality Chair………Marijo Luranc
Communications Chair..Felena Hanson
Public Relations……….Grace Decker
Student Liason………….Kay Wilder
Newsletter Editor………Judy Thacker
Regional Director Diane Cavagnaro with Trend
Chair Karen Rowley
Friends of Fashion Group
Advisory Board
Darlene Davies
Joyce Glazer
Jeanne Jones
Lael Koytun
Jeanne Lucia
Phyllis Parrish
Kristi Pieper
Mary Walker
Bonnie Wright
Yolanda Walther-Meade
Charlotte Jacobs
Sally Thornton
Members and guests enjoying
the evening!
Message from the
Regional Director
The highlight of the Conference was visiting Kleinfeld
Bridal, which has for over 60 years offered the largest
and finest selection of designer wedding gowns in the
world. As we arrived two models greeted us dressed
in glamorous Carolina Herrera wedding dresses. Then
the beautiful designer came in and surprised us. Carolina was having a trunk show at Kleinfeld Bridal and came in an hour early
The first evening we had a dinner at the famous Algonquin Hotel. Our
to talk with us. She was so charming and designs a feminine, luxurious
guest speaker was Liz Lange who designs stylish, flattering, and top qualbridal line with impeccable quality. She is one of my favorite designers
ity maternity wear. She signed an exclusive deal with Nike in 2001 and
and it was such an uplifting experience to meet her in person.
designed a line for Target in 2002. She has a catalogue, website, and
stores in Beverly Hills and Madison Avenue in New York. What a dyWe also spent a lot of time in Workshops to discuss membership, sponnamo!
sorship, and programs. This is a wonderful way to network with other
Regional Directors from around the world. The Fashion Group unveiled
Some of my favorite speakers were Emmanuelle Linard of Trend Union
the NEW FGI logo, which is a combination of the male and female princiwho does a visual presentation in colors, materials, shapes, and lifepals. Look for this soon coming in all our new correspondence. Lastly
styles of upcoming trends, Robin Lewis of the Robin Report has a
the 2007 International Conference will be in Sydney, Australia. It is tentaNewsletter with strategic information of business trends & forecasting
tively planned for November 2007. I was given a sneak preview of the
and the talented designer Charles Nolan whose store is in the cool
itinerary and it is going to be awesome! Start planning ahead for it now.
meatpacking district. The store was filled with trendy clothes, must
have accessories, books, glassware, shoes and handbags. It was chic,
whimsical and fun.
In May I traveled to New York for the annual Regional
Directors Conference offering a number of exciting programs, workshops, speakers, and events. The theme
for the Conference was “The New Consciousness...Create, Connect, Collaborate”.
Diana Cavagnaro
NEW MEMBER
PROFILE
Cindy Bates
Cindy is a Southern California native.
She loves fashion and discovered her
“Passion for Fashion” as a high school
exchange student in Europe. While
studying, she spent time in museums
and Couture Houses with designers and
buyers.
After College graduation, Cindy went
on to a Fashion Institute to pursue a
career as a Buyer.
to New York and other cities exposed
her to the top personnel in the fashion
industry. She has purchased lingerie,
dresses, bottoms, sweaters, and knits
for women, all categories for men as
well as women's accessories. She
bought candy for a major candy company which proves that once you know
the mechanics of a business....it crosses
over to all types of business.
Her love for flying encouraged her to
become a flight attendant. She enjoyed
the service but missed the fashion industry.
She is now giving back by sharing her
experience and knowledge as the Director of Education and instructor for the
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising at their San Diego campus.
In her spare time, she enjoys cooking
(cheesecakes, pastas, chicken, and
more) sewing, knitting, and needlepoint. She likes to indulge in manicures, pedicures, facials, and massages.
While at the Institute, she also taught
sewing to Children and Men. Upon
graduation, from the Institute, she
Cindy resides in the North County with
started her career as a Buyer. Traveling her daughter, a dog, and 3 cats.
Calendar of Events
Watch your email for invitations!
An Evening with Misook
October 5th at 5:30pm
Nordstrom/Fashion Valley in Studio 121
For info call Sharon Jobb-Reynolds
(619) 295-4441 x 1550
Golden Hanger Fashion Awards Gala &
Show
October 27th
Town & Country Resort and
Convention Center
Fashion Careers College
Info (619) 275-4700
Career Day
October 28th
San Diego Mesa College
Meet Designer Kay Unger
November 4th, 12:00-4:00pm
Nordstrom/Fashion Valley in Studio 121
For info call Sharon Jobb-Reynolds
(619) 295-4441 x 1550
Red “Haute Hollywood”
November 15th
Palm Springs FGI Table Top,
Dinner, Fashion Show, & Dancing
Spring/Summer 2007 Trends
November 16th
Holiday Party
December 4th
...More Trend Report Fashionistas!
NY Regional Director’s Conference
FGI Exe. Dir. Margaret
Hayes & RD Diana
Cavagnaro
Emmanuelle Linard
Charles Nolan
The Algonquin Hotel
Carolina Herrera with FGI
Regional Directors
eTailing Panel eVent
Panel of Experts
The July FGI event was hosted by FIDM
and featured an expert web panel moderated by Felena Hanson. These Experts
covered Trends, Designs and Marketing on
the Web. The Panel consisted of Steven
Hyde, Go Clothing; Pam Fox, Site Lab; Reid
Carr, Red Door Interactive; and Dan Smith,
DSD Business Systems.
Go Clothing has a large selection of designer
clothing and apparel on-line. Site Lab is an interactive agency that has nationally recognized experts in search engine marketing and online marketing campaigns. Red Door Interactive specializes in Internet presence management. DSD Business Systems is one of the leading suppliers of business software solutions. What a treat to have so
many professionals in one room.
Members Beth Thorpe and Terry
Keefer
The audience was asked to write down their questions and Felena skillfully led the panelist through the
Guests and Members
Co-Chair Denise Baca with variety of questions. The experts discussed topics
member Grace Decker
such as design, budget, marketing and future trends on the web. The evening
was so informative that the members did not want to leave at 9:00pm and each
question brought up 2 more questions. You really know that you have a successful event when the members
want to stay. Felena Hanson and Denise Baca co-chaired this fabulous event!
“Feel like a Diva for One Night”
The FGI event for June was “Feel like a Diva for One
Night” (Beautiful Skin, Beautiful Clothes). The event was
at Sherry Bittner Brown’s house in La Jolla. The President
of Intuit Beauty, Jeanne Lorin, shared her story of starting
her business. Jeanne’s tag line is “A skin care obsession”
and her vision was to create the highest quality skin care
products at affordable prices. The Intuit Beauty Company
came to assist Jeanne in giving a facial to the guests. Everyone who came felt royally pampered!
Jeanne Lorin
Amirah Hall
Members enjoying the products!
The Spa Party included a trunk show featuring award winning Irish fashion designer Lyn Mar.
These hand loomed creations are elegant and comfortable 3-piece outfits that are great for traveling. This Dublin resident has dressed celebrities such as Jane Seymour, Senator Hilary Clinton, Roma Downey, Olivia Newton John, Enya, Aliza, Leeza Gibbons and Irish President Mary .
McAleese. These stylish designs delighted the members and it is not surprising with a client
list like this that Lyn Mar's designs proved to be a knockout addition to an already perfect
evening.
Amirah Hall co-coordinated her extraordinary jewelry with
Lyn Mars designs. Amirah creates semi-precious, one of a
kind jewelry. KUSI Channel 9 did a wonderful pre-segment
on the event. If you missed these Lyn Mar designs, you
can still catch them at Chara Designs at 5568 La Jolla Blvd.
in La Jolla. All the proceeds of Lyn Mar designs go to the
San Diego FGI. The hours are M-F 12:00-5:00pm.
Weekends are by appointment.
Call (858) 459-7909
Lyn Mar Designs at KUSI
Member Profile…
Retail and fashion were an early calling for Grace Decker. She took up sewing, and made most of her own
clothing starting in high school. A life passion for archaeology took her to Beloit College, Wisconsin. But
fashion prevailed and she earned her BA and MBA from Northeastern University, Boston, MA . Grace
joined the retail operations of Jaeger International in Boston, and soon moved to North America headquarters
in N.Y.C. With increasing responsibilities for stores, merchandising and buying Grace continually expanded
her horizons. She found time to be a member of the Career Counseling Committee of FGI in NYC, lending
her expertise to those seeking a career in fashion.
Recruited from Jaeger, Grace spent 8 years as President of the Coach Retail organization, growing the business from $5M to over $100M. Grace was then recruited as President of the Kleinfeld Bridal group, to transform the store to a national retail presence. After bridal, Grace moved to the maternity business as VP Stores
for A Pea in the Pod, Dallas, Tx. In Dallas she served on the Board of FGI.
The next call was in the retail cosmetics/skin care area – and a move to San Diego as President/CEO of Complexions Rx. While that was short lived, the
Internet boomed and Grace led a software company to market an on-line shopping technology. Grace is currently the Merchandise Manager for Tiffany &
Company at Fashion Valley. She brings a wealth of experience in retail, merchandising, and fashion to the SD chapter of FGI.
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Memoirs of Co-Regional Directors
Madeleine Pavel and Diane Stocker
Madeleine Pavel was Co-Regional Director with Diane Stocker from 1989-1991. At that time Madeleine was in the fashion industry as a “Fashion Specialist”, coordinating special events and fashion shows
in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, teaching fashion show production at FCC and merchandising VANITY, a women’s upscale retail store in Horton Plaza.
Prior to moving to San Diego as a newlywed in 1984, Madeleine was the West Coast sales representative
for Liz Claiborne Accessories, every season working directly with Liz Claiborne’s designers to merchandise
belts, scarves, handbags and item jackets. Madeleine also produced and narrated Liz’s personal appearances/fashion shows within the five western states at all of the major retailers. Madeleine began her
fashion career as a Communications Studies graduate of UCLA as a special events and publicity coordinator for the May Company’s 27 stores in Southern California. During the mid 80’s until 1990, San Diego’s
local morning show on channel 8 at the time was “Sun-Up San Diego” where Madeleine would make special appearances and guest co-host for Kathi Diamant, presenting mini-trend shows as well as interviewing other experts in fashion, beauty, the food industry and decorating.
One of the highlights of their term as Co-Directors was attending the Regional Directors Conference in
NY. This was a great opportunity to meet and brainstorm with RD’s from across the country, Canada
and Mexico. Madeleine & Diane’s goals as co-directors were to increase the membership by expanding the
FGI’s visibility in the community, presenting interesting trend shows with notable speakers, meeting Elsa
Klench at an event and forming enduring bonds with FGI members. During their tenure, Diane gave
birth to Charlie, her first son and Madeleine had Amanda, her second child. The biggest challenge during
Diane and Madeleine’s directorship was juggling life between home, newborns, business, and the Fashion
Group.
Working hand in hand with Diane Stocker as Co-Regional Director formed a special relationship that has
currently transferred into a new business venture, “Designing Housewives”. Madeleine and Diane stage
homes to sell by utilizing what is the sellers already own, sprucing up and often improving the placement
of furniture, artwork, and accessories in order to sell the home for the highest price in the shortest amount
of time. The Designing Housewives “neutralize” the home to make it immediately more saleable to a
wider group of potential buyers. They do this by taking away things that are too personal and creating
fresh appealing vignettes. Very often fresh paint is essential to stage the home properly. Every staging
client is encouraged to deep clean and de-clutter prior to The Designing Housewives staging efforts.
As an added bonus, it has been quite common for their real estate clients to be so enthusiastic about the
potential of their furnishings, once they have seen the reorganization, repositioning and re-accessorizing,
that Madeleine and Diane will go on to help design, select colors and essentially stage their new home “to
live”. They are developing a strong residential design business and plan to expand to offices and model
homes.
To contact The Designing Housewives, call 619-282-8563 or via email at
[email protected] or [email protected].
Members on the go….
“Gold Diggers”
“Project Fashion”
“Globe Gilders”
“Golden Scissors Turns Silver”
San Diego Mesa College Fashion program presented the Golden Scissors Fashion Show & Awards on May 19, 2006 at the Sheraton San
Diego Hotel & Marina. This was the 25th year of this well orchestrated
event. The Fashion Promotion Class produced this show under the
direction of Professors Andrea Marx & Susan Lazear. The theme for
the runway show was “Silver Anniversary”. Zandra Rhodes and Leonard Simpson took turns at the
podium and delighted the audience.
The evening began with a reception and silent auction concluding
with a slick runway show. The first
segment began with guest alumCo-Chairs Andrea Marx and Susan Lazear with
nae Thomas Woodard. His beautiInternational Designer Zandra Rhodes (center)
ful line wowed the audience. Another crowd pleaser was the fantasy segment in which the garments were made from non-fabric
sources. Corn husks, saran wrap, duck tape, CD’s and playing cards were some of the nonfabrics used to make these creative designs. The finale filled the runway with creative collections from the design students.
The evening concluded with awards presented by Elizabeth Armstrong, Vice-President of Mesa
College. 1st Place went to Neva Mackres (Weekend Wear), Nora Stoycheva (Day Wear), Elizabeth Mena (Special Occasion),Maria Rodriquez & Estella Mora ( Club Wear & Evening Wear),
Kym Meyers (Collections) , Caprice Bowers (Retro-Re-Do), Osbaldo A (Fantasy Creations) and
Jean Esch (Millinery) Best Workmanship and Most Creative went to Estela Mora & Maria
Rodriquez.
For more information about the Fashion program at San Diego Mesa College call 619.388.2206.
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OF SAN DIEGO, INC.
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San Diego, CA 92171-1836