Brown Fashion Week to Host Speakers Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney and More
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Brown Fashion Week to Host Speakers Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney and More
The online events, hosted by Fashion@Brown, run from March 4 to March 22 and are open to the public -- and have garnered the attention of the fashion world.
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“Brown Fashion Week has wrangled an impressive lineup for its first all-virtual event,” wrote WWD. “Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Kenneth Cole, Steve Madden and Olivier Rousteing are among the featured speakers for the 11th annual Fashion@Brown event. Sessions will include a fireside chat between Patrice Louvet, chief executive officer of Ralph Lauren (and Brown Parent, Class of ‘22) and Isabelle Guichot, CEO of Maje.”
“Francesca Bellettini, CEO of Yves Saint Laurent, Emma Chamberlain and Olivia Palermo will be featured in other sessions. Costume designer Ruth E. Carter, the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar, will share her experiences within the fashion and film industries,” WWD continues. “There’s also a conversation among Rome-based designer Stella Jean, Brooklyn-based Fe Noel and Detroit-based Tracy Reese.
Sex and the City’s Parker Kick-Off Month on Thursday
Parker is set to kick off the month in a webinar — open to the public — at 7:30 PM on Thursday March 4.
“Join F@B in conversation with a powerhouse whose latest bona fides include CEO of the SJP Collection, her booming shoe business; member of the Partnership for New York City, an economic council of NYC’s top CEOs; and vice chairman of the New York City Ballet… in addition to being a Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actors Guild award-winning actress of the stage, silver screen, and television,” writes Brown.
And SJP doesn’t stop there. A vocal advocate of shopping locally, Sarah Jessica regularly works in her flagship NYC boutique, waiting on shoppers and dropping off shoe deliveries to surprised customers as she walks home from work,” Brown continues. “Join F@B to hear about SJP’s unique approach to retail, her myriad entrepreneurial initiatives, and her passionate dedication to the post-pandemic revival of New York City.”