FNW TRENDS
 

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Previous Speakers

Program Highlights And Headliners

Over the years, FNW/Trends has presented a variety of programs featuring experts and personalities from fashion and affiliated industries.

Color and Textile Trend Experts

Walter Loeb, Loeb Associates

Roseann Forde, Creative Collective, ColorEDGE

Sharon Graubard, Stylesight

Carole D'Arconte, Color Portfolio, ColorEDGE

Margaret Walch, The Color Association of the U.S.

David Wolfe and Pat Tunsky, The Doneger Group

Dominique Peclers, Peclers Paris

Phil Shroff, Dilemma, Inc.

Designers

Michael Kors, Charles Nolan, Lars Nilsson, Pamela Dnnis, Behnaz Sarafpour, Patricia Field, George Simonton, Anna Sui, Issac Mizrahi, Norma Kamali, Stan Hermam. Isabella and Ruben Toledo, Betsey Johnson, Arnold Scassi

 

Retail and Business Analysts

 

Walter Loeb, Loeb Associates

Frank Doroff, Bloomingdales

Joan Kaner, Neiman Marcus

Ike Lagnando, Tactical Retail Solutions

Ken Ohashi, VP, Aeropostale

Watts Wacker, F.R.I.

Edie Weiner, Weiner Edrich & Brown

Barbara Randall, The Fashion Center - B.I.D.

Art Spar, NPD

Lori Wagner, Exec. VP, Talbotts

Andrew Bolton, Costume Institute of the Metropolitian Museum of Art

 

Members of the Media

 

             Elizabeth Butler, Crains

             Ellen Byron, Wall Street Journal

             Michael Gross, Author

             Dorothy Kalins, Garden Design

             Joanna Langfeld, Syndicated Movie Critic

             Pilar Vilades, The New York Times; Architectural Digest

 

Internet and E-Commerce Specialists

Sheri Koetting, MSLK

Cecilia Pagkinawan, Boutique Y3K

Susan Sandier, US Interactive

Richard Lee, Pillar Consulting

 

Interior Designers and Manufacturers

George Bellarin and Dr. Andrew Dent, Material ConneXion

Sherri Donghia, Kitty Hawks, Larry Lazlo

Liore Manne, La Montage

Mark E. Pucci, Walter Group/CNI