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Fern Mallis

Widely Credited as the Creator of New York Fashion Week

Widely Credited as the Creator of New York Fashion Week

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Fern Mallis Biography

Fern Mallis is the President of Fern Mallis LLC., a company formed to "advise, consult and create,” working with international and domestic fashion, lifestyle and design companies on branding, image and creative business strategies.

Ms. Mallis is widely credited as the creator of "Fashion Week" in New York City in 1993 under the auspices of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), where she served as Executive Director for 10 years. 7th on Sixth, as it was first known, organized, centralized and modernized the American runways allowing American designers to compete head-on with Milan and Paris, forever changing the global fashion business. Acquired by IMG in July 2001, Ms. Mallis led new Fashion Weeks in Miami and Los Angeles, Berlin and Moscow, expanded Mumbai, and added Sydney and Melbourne to its portfolio, among others.

Ms. Mallis also served as IMG's "Ambassador" and traveled to international fashion capitals to provide her expertise in creating and organizing fashion events and establishing international marketing and communications platforms. She has judged fashion shows and competitions around the world, and mentored fashion students on how to succeed in fashion careers. She is consistently and widely quoted in the fashion press and broadcast media, and frequently featured on televised fashion programs, including America's Next Top Model, She's Got the Look, four seasons of Project Runway, and as the weekly judge on Bravo's first season of The Fashion Show, with Isaac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland.

Prior to joining IMG, while Ms. Mallis was the Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) from 1991 to 2001, she furthered the organization's original charter to promote American fashion as a "recognized branch of American art and culture." Ms. Mallis organized 10 annual CFDA Fashion Awards Galas, was instrumental in the creation and worldwide licensing of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer-- a campaign that has sold over $100 million in merchandise to date and has generated close to $100 million in donations for hundreds of breast cancer organizations worldwide. She oversaw two editions of the highly successful fundraiser "7th on Sale," which grossed more than $8 million for AIDS charities. Mallis also implemented the Foundation's burgeoning philanthropic goals to raise money for design scholarships and numerous other initiatives to benefit the designers and the industry at large.

A founding board member of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA), Ms. Mallis also served on the Board of The Partnership for the Homeless and created their Furnish a Future program. She has also been instrumental in the creation and success of The Heart Truth's Red Dress Initiative for Women's Heart Disease. The recently launched “Sidewalk Catwalk” exhibition in NY’s Fashion district- an outdoor display of 32 mannequins created by the industry’s leading designers on Broadway from 35th Street to 42nd Street for 3 months (summer 2010) was chaired by Ms. Mallis.

Fern Mallis Videos

  • Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Vera Wang | 92Y Talks - YouTube
  • Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Tom Ford | 92Y Talks - YouTube

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  • What topics does Fern Mallis speak about?

    Fern Mallis is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Fashion, Leadership Speakers, Women In Leadership, Women in Society.
  • Where does Fern Mallis travel from?

    Fern Mallis generally travels from New York, NY, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
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Fern Mallis is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Fern Mallis for your event is available upon request. Fern Mallis generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Celeste Burgoyne, Margaret Josephs, Bob Bland, Sandra Lopez and Gabi Gregg. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Fern Mallis for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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