Last night I was in NYC to attend a meet & greet for nominees of the Fashion Group International’s Rising 
Star of 2010 award. I am honored that I was nominated for the category of ‘Innovative Retail Concepts’. It was a fun event. Very fashiony, as you might imagine. Margaret Hayes, the president of FGI and some insider who’s who too and a lot of designers! There are over 100 people nominated across the 8 categories this year. By far the largest group was women’s wear. (There are actually only 4 other people nominated for retail besides me). As those of you in the industry know, it is tough. In my experience of the up and coming designers of the last decade, designers aren’t always so chummy with one another at first. So, it was to my surprise and I must admit delight, that everyone was really eager to meet each other (even if it was to check out the competition). It was certainly easier for me, being nominated in retail and left for some good networking in building the private label manufacturing business!
Though I wasn’t toting my own camera, there was certainly press, videographers and photographers a plenty there, and hopefully someone will post something soon!
