Fern Mallis has been an industry game changer in the fashion and design world for more than 30 years. The creator and organizer of New York’s Fashion Week, Mallis was senior vice president at IMG Fashion and executive director of the CFDA, and recipient of numerous industry awards, including the 2012 Fashion Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from Pratt Institute, and the 2013 FIT President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Mallis is president of her own international consulting firm. Ralph Lauren began his career in 1967. Today, his collections include menswear, womenswear, accessories, fragrance and home. He has received numerous awards for his work in fashion, philanthropy and humanitarian causes, and is the only designer to receive the CFDA’s four highest honors.

Books by Fern Mallis

Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis

by Fern Mallis - Nonfiction, Photography

This revealing volume provides unprecedented access to master designers and industry leaders. No topic is off-limits to Fern Mallis, award-winning creator of Fashion Week in New York, when she hosts "Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis" at New York’s prestigious 92nd Street Y, a series of in-depth interviews with the fashion industry’s most talented, successful and legendary personalities. Featuring 19 inspiring interviews with American fashion luminaries, this engaging book introduces readers to the real artists behind these very public figures.