Fern Mallis welcomes two more outstanding guests to her blockbuster Fashion
Icons series at 92nd Street Y: Vera
Wang on Tuesday, February 19
at 8 pm and Suzy Menkes on Tuesday, May 7 at 8 pm. Mallis is the creator of New York
Fashion Week, the former Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers
of America, the former Senior VP of IMG Fashion, the host of “Fashion Insiders
with Fern Mallis” on Sirius XM Radio and the creator of the new Fern Finds:
globally-inspired line of jewelry. No one is better positioned to get the
world’s top fashion designers and taste-makers to share their stories, insights
and dreams on 92Y’s world-renowned stage. Fern’s previous Fashion Icons guests
have included Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein,
Michael Kors, Polly Mellen and Diane von Furstenberg.
Vera
Wang is best known
for her exquisite, sophisticated, yet romantic bridal gowns, which she began
designing in 1990. Ten years later, she launched her ready-to-wear line and now
her luxury brand includes shoes, eyewear, fragrance, bedding and more. The
Council of Fashion Designers named her Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2005,
she won the Leadership in the Arts Award from the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian
American Association and she is in the U. S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, thanks
to her many designs for figure skating costumes - Wang was a skater herself and
competed in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1968. She talks with Mallis
about her career, how she moved from skating to fashion and how she approaches
custom designs for well-known public figures. Details are here.
Suzy
Menkes is the legendary
fashion editor of the International Herald
Tribune and perhaps the most influential fashion critic working
today. Her charm and honesty have earned her respect and affection both from
designers and the press. While she’s unafraid to give a negative review to a
star designer, she is motivated by enthusiasm and love for fashion and a desire
to see designers succeed. A graduate of Cambridge University , she is both an officer of the Order of the
British Empire and a member of France Paris
WHO:
Fern Mallis with Vera Wang
WHEN: Tue,
Feb 19, 8 pm
WHERE:
92nd
Street 1395 Lexington Ave , New
York , NY
TICKETS: from $29
at www.92Y.org or
212.415.5500
Press
Information: Sarah Morton,
smorton@92Y.org or 212.415.5435
WHO:
Fern Mallis with Suzy Menkes
WHEN: Tue,
May 7, 8 pm
WHERE:
92nd
Street 1395 Lexington Ave , New
York , NY
TICKETS: from $29
at www.92Y.org or
212.415.5500
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