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29 Mar

Patricia Field to Offer Advice at FGI’s ‘Rising Stars’

With its “Rising Star” awards a couple of month away, the Fashion Group International has recruited a fashion authority to deliver the event’s keynote address: Patricia Field. Despite having singlehandedly sparked fashion trends through her costume design selections for HBO’s “Sex and the City” and the debut season of Netflix’s “Emily in Paris,” Field stays as low-key and direct as ever. Refreshingly upfront about just about all the things, the Latest York-rooted stylist and ARTFashion founder must have some sage advice about retail, design, celebrities and more. The red-haired Field can be the most important attraction on the May 8 luncheon at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. With consumers and designers increasingly calling for more fluid fashion, FGI has responded to that interest....
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21 Dec

Leveling The Equal Pay Field: Why Black Women Need

I stood there – frozen. Because the news sank in, I felt a wave of emotions hit me directly. Confusion. Anger. Shame. Guilt. Embarrassment. I used to be being paid $5,000 for a project while my white counterpart was being paid $30,000. And I used to be the one who set the value. Sadly a lesson I now carry with me today. In response to AAUW, Black women make 58 cents to each $1 white men make. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day falls on September twenty first and is the approximate day a Black woman must work into the brand new yr to make the identical salary a non-Hispanic white man earned at the top of the previous yr. Long story short,...
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14 Nov

Leveling The Equal Pay Field: Why Black Women Need

I stood there – frozen. Because the news sank in, I felt a wave of emotions hit me without delay. Confusion. Anger. Shame. Guilt. Embarrassment. I used to be being paid $5,000 for a project while my white counterpart was being paid $30,000. And I used to be the one who set the value. Sadly a lesson I now carry with me today. In line with AAUW, Black women make 58 cents to each $1 white men make. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day falls on September twenty first and is the approximate day a Black woman must work into the brand new yr to make the identical salary a non-Hispanic white man earned at the tip of the previous yr. Long story...
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