FAB Homework: Self-Awareness Challenge!

FAB Homework: 

Today I challenge you to dig deep within yourself and identify, analyze and address the following: 

• How do you define happiness and what is ultimately going to make you happy?
• Identify 3 of your vulnerabilities and face the most uncomfortable aspects of yourself. How are you going to deal with it?
• What do you love about yourself and how are you going to celebrate what makes you unique?

FAB Event Recap - Women in Media - July 31, 2013

FAB Event Recap - Women in Media - LIM College - July 31, 2013

The Women in Media event was a candid discussion held at LIM College focusing on all things related to careers in media. We explored various career paths in media, resume and interviewing tips from an HR perspective, challenges in the workplace, the rising popularity of digital careers, skills needed to succeed in the business and media professional resources. 

Featured professionals included:

Kristen Bucaria, MSNBC Associate Producer,NBC Universal, Susan Doyle, Global Communications,Bloomberg,  Janelle Gordon, Audience Development Manager, Hearst Digital Media, and Antoinette Miller, Talent Acquisition Associate, HBO.

Jessica Styles,Professional Coach & Founder of The FAB Network and Career Advisor at LIM College - Where Business Meets Fashion served as moderator. 

  

FAB Pics

Founder of The FAB Network, J.Styles

The FAB Professional line up: Susan Doyle, Global Communications, Bloomberg LP, Antoinette Miller, Talent Acquisition Associate, HBO, Janelle Gordon, Audience Development Manager, Hearst Digital Media, Kristen Bucaria, MSNBC Associate Producer, NBCUniversal, Jessica Styles, Founder of The FAB Network & Career Advisor at LIM College

The welcome begins...

Kristen Bucaria speaks about the duties of a producer

Panel discussion starts!

Janelle Gordon from Hearst speaks about digital media 

Q&A from the audience 

Audience has tons of questions for Janelle

We're FAB!

J.Styles (FAB) and Susan Doyle (Bloomberg)

J.Styles &Youtuber Taren Guy

Raffle prize winner!

Makeup Artist Raedawn J. & J.Styles 

Thank you to everyone who came and supported! I hope you had a FAB time! 

Be sure to join at the The FAB Network

NYWICI High School Outreach Committee presents "Careers in Media Day"

EVENT RECAP - New York Women in Communications High School Outreach Committee presents First Annual "Careers in Media Day" - Saturday, June 8, 2013 - LIM College

Note from the Founder of The FAB Network, J.Styles: I am ecstatic to announce that I am the new Co-Chair of High School Outreach, alongside Marcia Cole. This was my first event as Co-Chair and it was such an amazing experience. I love to see the light bulb go off in others. Knowledge is power. Saturday, some of the brightest and talented communications professionals shared their story with the goal of educating, inspiring and connecting with high school students (and some recent college grads and young professionals). The day was filled with panels, including: Magazines, Broadcast, Marketing and Public Relations. The various panel discussions, along with Keynote from Lola Ogunnaike (Contributor for Today Show and BET) provided a broad perspective of the communications industry. Check out the pics below for a visual recap of an amazing experience.

Event Pics 

J.Styles, Marcia Cole and NYWICI Foundation Board President Judith Harrison 

Sneak peek inside the gift bag!

Lola Ogunnaike delivers keynote!

Happy students!

Keynote Speaker: Lola Oggunnaike (Contributer for Today Show and BET). Thank you for your awesome speech & inspiring words! Funny too!

Marketing Panel (L to R: Moderator: Heather Liu, Marketing Manager, Weber Shandwick, Bridget Bland Bogee, Digital Marketing Manager, Chrysler, Marie Dugo, Marketing Coordinator, NBC Owned Television Stations, Tameka Vasquez, Marketing Communications Manager, Touchstorm) 

Digital Panel: (Megan Hess, Assistant Editor, Mashable, Nicole Melton, Associate Beauty Editor, Essence.com, com, Lindsay Lowe, Assistant Online Editor, Parade.com)

Broadcast Panel: Moderator: Taigi Smith, Producer, 48 Hours/CBS News, Angela Yee, Co-host, Power 105 Morning Show, Kristen Bucaria, Associate Producer, MSNBC) 

FAB ladies in the building!

Introducing next panel!

L to R: Moderator: Jessica Rodriquez, Managing Editor, Cosmopolitan for Latinas Magazine, Taiia Smart-Young, Executive Editor, Juicy Magazine, Judith Harrison, Foundation Board President, Demetria Lucas, Writer, Author, A Belle In Brooklyn

Speaking to students, one of my fav things to do!

Don't forget to network amongst your peers!

Meeting new friends!

Public Relations Panel: (Moderator: Stephanie Scott, CEO & Communicator-in-Chief, First and Last PR,

Danae Danta, Managing Supervisor, Consumer Practice, Marina Maher,

Stephanie Fraiman Weichselbaum, Public Relations Manger, The Knot)

The entire reason for the event, STUDENTS! 

Thanks for coming!

Memories!

Marcia thanks everyone for coming!

Successful event, indeed!

If you are interested in learning more about New York Women in Communications, please visit www.nywici.org for more information!



CFDA presents Fashion Incubator

Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)

Calling all emerging fashion designers! The CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} program is now open for applications for 2014-2016. The CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} is a business development program that helps cultivate emerging fashion designers in New York City by providing low-cost studio space, business mentoring, monthly educational workshops, vast networking opportunities, and more.

Click Here for eligibility requirements and deadline.

Oscar de la Renta Chats with Fern Mallis

De la Renta shot to fame in the 1960s as one of the designers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy.

Since then, Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sandra Bullock, Penelope Cruz and countless other noteworthy women have made a splash wearing his opulent, tasteful designs. He has won numerous Coty and Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, including the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

Moderator Fern Mallis, former Senior VP of IMG Fashion and Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, created, centralized and organized NY Fashion Week and led other fashion weeks and events around the world as IMG's global "Fashion Ambassador."  She hosts Fashion Insiders with Fern Mallis on Sirius XM Celebrity talk radio station STARS 107 and is the creator of the new FERN FINDS: globally-inspired line of jewelry. She launched Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis at 92nd Street Y in 2011 and during her first season interviewed Norma Kamali, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Tom Ford and Michael Kors.

Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013, 8 pm

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd St

RSVP: Oscar de la Renta with Fern Mallis

Fashion: RETAIL OPENINGS

As of May 2013 -

Here's a snippet of fashion retail openings. If you're interested, conduct further research and secure a position asap!

• Warby Parker, the American e-commerce company that sells prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses, opens its first brick-and-mortar store in SoHo
• MUJI, the Japanese minimalist retail outlet, opens its fifth New York City store in Cooper Square
• Happy Socks, the Swedish sock retailer, unveils its first U.S. concept store in SoHo
• IRO, the French fashion label, opens its first U.S. outpost in SoHo
• Scotch & Soda, the Amsterdam-based high-end men and women’s apparel company, opens its second NYC store near Union Square
• Private Stock, the menswear label founded by Chinese-American entrepreneur Jon Koon, opens its first stand-alone store in SoHo
• Gas Bijoux, the French fine costume jewelry brand, opens its third and largest U.S. store in Nolita
• Canali, the Italian luxury menswear brand, opened a resplendent two-story flagship store, its second NYC location, in the Upper East Side
• Rag & Bone, the clothing brand founded by British transplants Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, opens a General Store in the Meatpacking District
• Pas de Calais, the high-end minimalist label of hybrid French and Japanese-inspired aesthetic, launches its U.S. flagship store in SoHo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Chaos to Couture

May 9 – August 11, 2013

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street (5 Av/82 St)
NYC, NY 10028

• phone: 212-535-7710|fax: 212-570-3825
• get directions

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With punk as the focus of the Met's annual Costume Institute installation,PUNK: Chaos to Couture examines the growth of punk from its 1970s origins to its influence in modern fashion. The exhibition, which features designers such as Christopher Kane, Rei Kawakubo, Karl Lagerfeld, Helmut Lang, Gianni Versace and Vivienne Westwood, includes nearly 100 designs for men and women ranging from original punk garments to recent designs that use punk elements: paillettes replaced by safety pins and feathers by razor blades. The clothes in the exhibition are accompanied by period music videos from iconic punk bands including the Ramones, Sex Pistols and The Clash. For more information, visitmetmuseum.org.

• admission price:

• Free with museum admission

Museum of the City of New York: Stephen Burrows "When Fashion Danced"

March 22 – July 28, 2013

Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.)
Manhattan, NY 10029

• phone: 212-534-1672|fax: 212-423-0758
• get directions

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Stephen Burrows was the first African-American designer to rise to international prominence. His creativity, innovation and use of vibrant colors, metallic fabrics, and slinky silhouettes helped to define the 1970s.Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced traces his career from designing for his friends in the 1960s to working with Henri Bendel and designing for Cher, Liza Minnelli, and Diana Ross. For complete information, visit mcny.org.

• admission price:

• Free with museum admission.

Museum of the Moving Image Exhibition

Grizzly Bear "Ready, Able" (2009) by Allison Schulnik. Courtesy of the artist.

EXHIBITION
Spectacle: The Music Video

April 3–June 16

Spectacle: The Music Video is the first museum exhibition to celebrate the art and history of the music video. From early examples of music in film to the work of music video masters such as David Bowie and Madonna and contemporary artists such as The White Stripes and Kanye West, the exhibition reveals the enormous influence music videos have had on contemporary culture over the past 35 years. 

Through over 300 videos, artifacts, and interactive installations, the exhibition shows the changing landscape of the music video, highlighting its place at the forefront of creative technology, and its role in pushing the boundaries of creative production. Spectacle explores the trajectory of the music video from precursors through to the present day across a range of musical genres, and showcases the innovative work of contemporary directors such as Michel Gondry, Floria Sigismondi, and Chris Milk. Original props and artifacts from iconic music videos such as A-ha’s groundbreaking “Take On Me” and OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” are presented alongside interactive experiences featuring works by Radiohead and Björk. 

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum will present a range of related public programs, including screenings, hands-on workshops, and exclusive special events with personal appearances by music video directors and musicians. 

Spectacle: The Music Video is organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and curated by Jonathan Wells and Meg Grey Wells of Flux. Exhibition design by Logan. The exhibition at Museum of the Moving Image is presented in partnership with Sonos and VEVO. Additional support is provided by Adobe and SOL REPUBLIC. 

Andre Leon Talley Book Signing at Barnes & Noble

Andre Leon Talley Little Black Dress Author Event Monday June 10, 2013 7:00 PM Union Square33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-253-0810

NYAMA presents Marketing in a Changing Business Climate: A Focus on Healthcare Marketing

Join NYAMA for this informative workshop, with a focus on healthcare marketing. Marketing in a Changing Business Climate: A Focus on Healthcare MarketingWednesday, June 5, 2013 at 6:00pm OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS: John F. Kamp, JD, PhD Executive Director Coalition for Healthcare Communication Wayne L. Pines IAC Member and Health Care President APCO Worldwide    Lynn O'Connor Vos CEO Grey Healthcare Group Stig Albinus Senior Director and Chair Global Health Care Practice APCO Worldwide (Moderator) Host:  NYAMA   Sponsor: Location: APCO Worldwide | 360 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10010 Marketing climates have changed.  This is particularly true in the healthcare industry.  The rules have changed and so have the expectations.  Join NYAMA and a panel of healthcare marketing experts for this information session on what these changes mean for you.  Get tips on how to market your products in today's regulatory environment.  Learn how to prepare yourself for future changes in the industry.  Space is limited, so sign up today! REGISTER HERE