ABOUT HANDBAG WEEK
Handbag Week will launch in 2014 with a week's worth of events including mixers, panels, presentations and a closing party. Our focus is to ensure that handbag designers are able to not only be paired with apparel designers but to also receive recognition. This pairing allows our invited media, influencers and fashion attendees to fully engage with the presentations. In addition to events that we create, we work throughout the year with designers to assist them in styling their runway shows, lookbooks and additional events - with the perfect bags to complete their look. Handbag Week's purpose is twofold, to ensure that regardless of the project that we connect handbag designers (and their complementary accessories) and apparel brands together in a dynamic way, while also being a time saving resource to connect these parties. |
ABOUT THE HANDBAG WEEK CO-FOUNDERS
Paul Farkas CEO & Co-Founder Paul sees where markets, technology, and culture are heading and designs accordingly. He is a well-known Social and Transmedia Strategist and Futurist based in New York City. Mr Farkas co-founded SoCin in 2010 during the Tribeca and Toronto Film Festivals as the first US Social TV Conference. He recently joined the 2nd Screen Society Advisory Board, a leading Social TV industry guidance organization, Its recent Santa Monica Conference held during awards season this year was supported by the digital Hollywood elite, most major TV Networks, CEA, The Emmy's, The Wrap, and more http://2ndScreenSummit.com Paul lectures frequently, with speaking engagements covering an array of New Media fields, including inaugural Augmented Reality Event 2010, FashInvest, FIT, ICANN, S3 Second Screen Summit, #Shift, Social Media Week NY, SoCin, SVG League Tech Summit, SXSW Interactive and Music, and TV Goes Social. http://Slidesha.re/JVKHTS. He regularly contributes to Luxury Daily, a luxury brand, lifestyle, and new media magazine, with over fifty quotes about over the past two years. He created and curates Facebook's leading Social TV industry group. Paul graduated from Lafayette College and holds a J.D. from Hofstra School of Law. |
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Kimmie Smith Creative Director & Co-Founder As an Accessories Expert, Kimmie Smith loves Accessories Forward and is known for being a go to source when it's time to make a statement. She was one of the first Fashion Bloggers back in 2004, and went on to launch daily fashion and style magalog, Kitten Lounge, in 2007.Fusing her unique Accessories Aesthetic with her lead visual merchandising background with Abercrombie& Fitch, Anthropologie, and Lacoste, Kitten Lounge has amassed a following of over 250,000 industry, affluent consumers, and fans. Kimmie is also a design collaborator with Sebago and HSN personality . She is an official Brand Ambassador for numerous brands, including: Aveeno, Avon, Crest 3D White, Eucerin, Mauboussin, and StriVectin. Kimmie has been inducted into the "Big3" prestigious Fashion Influencer Networks - Cosmopolitan's Beauty, Brains & Blogs; Lucky Mag's Style Spotter; and Vogue's Influencer Network. She is a featured Aha Life curator and was recently added to People's Style Watch Style Hunters. She has been featured in numerous traditional and online publications and peer blogs, including: Cosmopolitan Magazine, Coutorture, Elle.com, FashionIndie.com, Huffington Post Style, Lookbooks.com, Luxury Daily, The Luxury Spot, Minkette, Real Beauty Magazine.com, Shape Magazine, and many more including Huffington Post Style's Feature of "The Kimmie Smith Empire". |
