Kansas City Star Lifestyle reporter Lisa Gutierrez is none too happy about it. The Kansas City Star Mar. 1, 2009
Mar 022009
QVC and Micky D’s Bring New Vibe to NYC’s Fashion Week
DRTV Retailer, Fashion - Womens, USA
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Feb 162009
The decidedly non-haute marketers offer more cash than cachet, but several departing fashion designers opened up spots for new sponsors, according to Zach Eichman, spokesman for IMG, which owns and organizes Fashion Week. McDonald’s is sponsoring the coffee and QVC will put on (and broadcast) a runway show featuring fashions priced below $130. USA Today Feb. 13, 2009
Designer (& QVC Guest) Chloe Dao Considers ‘Project Runway’ Gift that Keeps Giving
Apparel, Fashion - Womens
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Oct 212008
Chloe Dao poses with her models at Hotel Zaza, where she recently presented her fall collection
Houston-based clothing designer Chloe Dao attributes much of her success to the good fortune of appearances on Project Runway back in 2006. The publicity helped her land the QVC business, where her Simply Chloe Dao line sells some 10,000 units per item. Her ready-to-wear line, Dao by Chloe Dao, is stocked by boutiques in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, along with a showroom in New York City, and is also available on her website. When Lot 8, Dao’s boutique in Houston’s Rice Village, celebrated eight years in business recently, Houston mayor Bill White declared the day “Chloe Dao Day.” Houston Chronicle Oct 20, 2008
Sep 262008
The Lost Angeles Times gives HSN’s new Patricia Field, Sex in the City line a favorable review! The Los Angeles Times Sept. 25, 2008
Houston Chronicle Interviews Designer and HSN Guest Patricia Field
Celebs & Stars, Fashion - Womens, Suppliers
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Sep 242008
Ms. Field spoke to the newspaper at the Bryant Park Hotel in New York City during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, commenting on her new Destination Style New York Collection (premiering on HSN), the enduring popularity of Sex in the City TV series and the fashion choices of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. Houston Chronicle Sept. 23, 2008
Mike George Sketches His Path to Top Spot at QVC
DRTV Retailer, Fashion - Womens, Suppliers, Talent
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Sep 222008
QVC's Mike George
QVC’s ceo credits his long tenure at McKinsey & Company, the chance to work with David Farrell of May Department Stores and learning the direct marketing ropes during a stint Dell Computers as crucial steps in his “wildly unplanned” career. He also credits an inability to work with his hands. All that plus lessons learned from a pre-teen’s bad haircut in this week’s offering from NYT column “The Boss.” The New York Times Sept. 20, 2008
LAT Picks Up “Carrie-Clothes-on-HSN” Story
Celebs & Stars, DRTV Retailer, Fashion - Womens, USA
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Sep 222008
The Los Angeles Times covers the premiere of Sex and the City costume designer Patricia Field on HSN with “Carrie-wouldn’t-believe-it” irony. The newspaper points out, however, that the offerings of the Destination Style New York line will be both economical (topping out at around $200) and inclusive (up to size 16). What’s more, Ms. Field seems delighted with her upcoming, TV-shopping star turn, although she insists there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution to fashion. “Style is so individual, I can’t tell you what to wear. I can give ideas, but you have to wear what works for you.” The Destination New York Style line, created by Ms. Field and designer David Dalrymple, will make its premire on HSN tomorrow. Los Angeles Times Sept. 21, 2008
‘Sex in the City’ Designer to Sell Carrie Bradshaw-Style Fashions on HSN
Celebs & Stars, DRTV Retailer, Fashion - Womens
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Sep 182008
Patricia Field, who designed costumes for Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada, will present her Destination Style New York collection on HSN for five days, beginning next Tuesday. Items in the 50-piece collection will retail from $35 to $200. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Ms. Field recalls her work designing fashions on the Sex in the City TV show and movie, as well as the genesis of the dress collection she will sell on HSN. (A design the Destination New York Style Collection appears at left.) Boston Globe Sept. 18, 2008
