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22016 2014.FEMMY.Covers_Layout 1 1/30/14 11:33 AM Page 1 Supporting Education Today for A Better Industry Tomorrow The Underfashion Club, Inc 326 Field Road Clinton Corners, NY 12514 P: 845.758.6405 Presented by F: 845.758.2546 [email protected] www.underfashionclub.org Tuesday, February 4, 2014 22016 2014.FEMMY.Covers_Layout 1 1/30/14 11:33 AM Page 2 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 1 WE ARE PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE THE UNDERFASHION CLUB, INC. AND APPLAUD ALL OF THIS EVENING’S HONOREES 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 2 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 3 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 4 FASHION FORMS SALUTES FEMMY HONOREES: Hudson Bay Company Lord & Taylor Delta Galil Industries, Ltd. Iluna USA LLC INNOVATION AWARD RECIPIENT Jockey International, Inc. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT Seth Morris & A special congratulations from Ann & your friends at Fashion Forms to PRESIDENT’S AWARD RECIPIENT ROSLYN HARTE THE MOST INNOVATIVE BRAND FOR BRA SOLUTIONS www.FASHIONFORMS.com 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 5 The Underfashion Club, Inc. Karen Bromley and Barbara Lipton Femmy Gala Chairpersons welcome you to the FEMMY GALA 2014 HONORING HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY l LORD & TAYLOR Accepted by MARYANNE MORIN Group Senior Vice President _______________________________ DELTA GALIL INDUSTRIES, LTD. Accepted by ISAAC DABAH Chief Executive Officer _______________________________ ILUNA USA LLC Accepted by EDWARD MEYER _______________________________President Innovation Award Recipient JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. Accepted by DEBRA S. WALLER Chairman of the Board _______________________________& Chief Executive Officer Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient SETH MORRIS President & Chief Executive Officer CAROLE HOCHMAN DESIGN GROUP _______________________________ President’s Award Recipient ROSLYN HARTE Designer and Entrepreneur _______________________________ Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 6 SPECIAL HOST CAROLINE RHEA Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress, brings a fresh, smart and spontaneous approach to all of her work. In 1989, Caroline ventured to New York to start her career in stand- up comedy. She studied in the stand-up program at the New School of Social Research and trained at the comedy club, Catch a Rising Star. With nightly gigs at New York’s venerable clubs, Caroline’s status quickly grew and she became an integral part of the city’s comedy scene. Her career was further boosted by numerous appear- ances on “MTV’s Half-Hour Comedy Hour,” “Comic Strip Live” and “Caroline's Comedy Hour.” For the last seventeen years, Caroline has continued to perform to sold-out audiences in top comedy clubs all over the country and in Canada. Her feature credits include, “The Perfect Man,” with Heather Locklear, a supporting role in “Man on the Moon,” the story of the late comedian Andy Kaufman, co-starring Jim Carrey, “Christmas With the Kranks,” opposite Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the wrestling film, “Ready to Rumble,” opposite Oliver Platt, David Arquette and Scott Caan. Caroline's television career has taken off since she first starred as Aunt Hilda on The WB’s sitcom “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.” She starred in Lifetime’s made for television movie “Fat Like Me,” and was the host of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” She was last seen in a one hour stand up special, part of Bravo’s “Funny Girls,” entitled “Rhea’s Anatomy,” which aired on Halloween 2006. Other credits include; host of “The Caroline Rhea Show,” regular guest on Whoopi Goldberg’s “Hollywood Squares,” Drew’s girlfriend on “The Drew Carey Show,” the made for television movie “Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire,” “Pride and Joy” on NBC, Comedy Central’s “Pulp Comic,” “Comic Relief 8” and “One Night Stand 2005.” She also appeared in the pilot of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” written by Larry David. A Montreal native, Caroline currently resides in New York and Los Angeles. 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 7 CAROLINE RHEA 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 8 President’s Letter 2014 Good evening and welcome to the Femmy Gala, the Underfashion Club’s annual dinner that recognizes and celebrates the significant achievements of Intimate Apparel Industry leaders worldwide! Honorees are selected from the retail, manufacturing, supply and design sectors of the business. I would like to extend the heartiest of congratulations to the 2014 Femmy honorees, Hudson’s Bay Company l Lord & Taylor, Delta Galil VICTOR H. VEGA Industries, Ltd., Iluna USA LLC, Jockey International, Inc. and Seth Morris all of whom clearly exemplify innovative spirit and dedication to our industry! Special congratulations to President’s Award recipient Roslyn Harte. As a fundraising event, the Femmy Gala serves a dual purpose: creating a venue for business and social interchange, and generating the monies that enable us to fulfill our mission of “Supporting education today for a better industry tomorrow.” The Underfashion Club provides financial support to students through our extensive scholarship and intern- ship programs. In the last 5 years, the Underfashion Club has contributed over half a million dollars in scholarships and internships to the best and brightest students at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the High School of Fashion Industries. Special thanks to Best Pacific Textile/New Horizon Elastic for their dedicated scholarship support of our industry’s future designers. As part of our emphasis on the students who are our future, the Femmy Gala is hosting, for the eleventh consecutive year, a design contest for Intimate Apparel track students from FIT. Thanks are extended to the SAIG Co-Chairs, Suzanne Beck and Clelia Parisi, and to FIT Professor Alexandra Armillas, for creating this year’s contest entitled “Shaping The Future.” Special thanks to Stretchline Holdings Ltd., Regina Miracle International Ltd. and Penn Asia Company Limited for most generously sponsoring this year’s contest, and to Eurovet and Curvexpo for providing roundtrip airfare, accommodations and complimentary admission to this July’s Interfiliere Paris / Salon International de la Lingerie for the winner of the Student Design Contest. 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 9 President’s Letter (continued) The Femmy Gala takes months of advance planning. Sincere congratulations and thanks to Femmy Co-Chairs, Karen Bromley and Barbara Lipton and the entire Femmy committee, for their enthusiasm and hard work. Thanks to the outstanding support of Francesca Spinetta and the Intima publications, the international community has for many years been made aware of the Underfashion Club and the talented student designers who compete in our annual design contest. For 56 years, the Underfashion Club has been a bastion of dedicated vol- unteers who are passionately working to make a difference in our industry! We strive each year to offer our members benefits that will enhance their knowledge of the industry, and their opportunity for advancement: •Our Web Site, www.underfashionclub.org, is the portal for mining a wealth of information and guidance, which includes an online Membership Directory, and the Femmy Journal Archive. •Our Blog,“Insider,”shines a spotlight on industry leaders and topics and provides trend direction! •Our Seminars inform and educate our members and industry associates in a comfortable, social atmosphere. As we look to the future, the role of the Underfashion Club in service to the Intimate Apparel community is expanding. It is our honor to be asked to steward the Mary Krug Memorial Scholarship Fund established by her many industry friends, which will benefit the education of students in fashion merchandising. In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Officers and Directors, and all of the members who have greatly contributed to the success of the Underfashion Club, Inc. Victor H. Vega President 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 10 PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE UNDERFASHION CLUB Walter Costello ……………………………………. 2009 - 2013 Barry Ross ……………………………………... 2005 - 2009 Janet Malecki ……………………………………... 2001 - 2005 James Zendman …………………………………. 1999 - 2001 Donald LaTorre …………………………………… 1995 - 1999 Jill Gerson ………………………………………… 1993 - 1995 Ronald Ross ……………………………………… 1990 - 1993 Harriet Levenson …………………………………. 1985 - 1990 Norma Reinhardt …………………………………. 1980 - 1985 Audra Arnsdorf …………………………………… 1977 - 1980 Charlotte Lockwood ……………………………… 1974 - 1976 Mary Mark …………………………………………………..1973 Anita Steckman …………………………………… 1971 - 1972 Mercy Dobell ……………………………………….1969 - 1970 Janet Bowen ……………………………………………….. 1968 Zaz Scullin ………………………………………………….. 1967 Jean Gordon Goldman ……………………………………. 1966 Joan Rose …………………………………………. 1964 - 1965 Mercy Dobell ……………………………………….1962 - 1963 Mildred Bell …………………………………………………. 1961 Mildred Schindler ………………………………………….. 1960 Anne Martelli ……………………………………………….. 1959 Jean Gordon ………………………………………. 1957 - 1958 22016 2014.FEMMY.Pages.1-32_47443-Femmy PG 1-24 1/30/14 11:26 AM Page 11 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014 PRESIDENT Victor H. Vega . Wacoal America Inc. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Deborah L. Eaton . Chantelle, Inc. VICE PRESIDENTS Karen Bromley . The Bromley Group LLC Barbara Lipton . Macy’s Merchandising Group Barry Ross . Barry Ross Intimate Connections TREASURER Mark Sandler . Komar Layering SECRETARY Suzanne Beck . .Tianhai Lace USA DIRECTORS Tristine Berry Amy Bittner . The Moret Group Camille J. Block Guido Campello . Cosabella Rosa M. Chamides . Madison’s Best LLC Steve Chernoff . Rago Foundations LLC Jeffrey M. Clair . Clairvoyant Consulting LLC Walter A. Costello . Macra Lace Company Ann Deal . Fashion Forms, Inc. Deborah Long Gedney . .Komar Intimates Berna J. Goldstein Roslyn Harte . Lances Harte Inc. Gary E.