
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] To a certain extent—in this age of marketing ourselves, finding our niches and explaining how our distinctive personal backstories make for unique selling propositions—all our names are brand names. But some have gone above and way beyond. That’s especially true in the world of fashion, where some of the most iconic [...]
Dec 19, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Fashion, Features, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, brand, brand name, Brands, Chanel, CSR, Dita Von Teese, Donna Karan, entrepreneur, evolution, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenneth Cole, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Marketing, Martha Stewart, personal branding, personality, Ralph Lauren, risks, The New York Times, Tommy Hilfiger | Leave A Comment »

Before most children take off their Halloween costumes, the holiday shopping season starts with an influx of commercials flooding our favorite TV shows and retailer emails flooding our inboxes. Although I admit to partaking in those Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday deals, part of me always feels guilty that the real meaning of the [...]
Dec 03, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, PR, Social Media | Tags: #GivingTuesday, 12 Days of Havas, 120M Books, Black Friday, Bob Woodruff Foundation, celebrity, charitable organizations, community, CSR, Cyber Monday, doing good, Donna Karan, Havas PR, Heroes at Home, holidays, Hurricane Sandy, media relations, philanthropy, PR News CSR A-List, retail, shopping, Urban Zen Foundation, veterans, Warriors in Pink, What's Next? | Leave A Comment »
@erwwpr excels at earned media, at ensuring that our clients aren’t just in the news but are the news. And now we’ve got four new awards that back up our claim (and highlight our cause work, too), from Bulldog Reporter for media relations. Our pro bono efforts for The French Will Never Forget’s 9/11 anniversary [...]
May 08, 2012 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Media, PR | Tags: awards, Bulldog Reporter, Donna Karan, earned media, Haiti, pro bono, The French Will Never Forget, Urban Zen Foundation | Leave A Comment »

Dear Pantone, I think you got it wrong. Although the Honeysuckle pink you chose as the color of the year is beautiful and happy, the real winner this year is GREEN! Love, Colleen For more than a decade, Pantone, “the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries,” as [...]
Feb 01, 2011 | Categories:Fashion, Features | Tags: Angelina Jolie, best-dressed list, Catherine Zeta-Jones, color, color of the year, Donna Karan, Elisabeth Moss, Elle, Fashion, Golden Globe Awards, green, Habitually Chic, Heather Clawson, Honeysuckle, Jennifer Lawrence, Mila Kunis, Monique Lhuillier, Oscars, Pantone, pink, SAG Awards, Town & Country, Vera Wang, Versace | Leave A Comment »