Trisha Paravas
Trisha Paravas is an American fashion executive, entrepreneur, and CEO based in New York City, United States. She is best known as the founder of Fashion Week Inc.,[1][2][3]
As an adolescent, Ms. Paravas created her first entrepreneurial startup by developing a textile company, which she successfully exited by selling to a major competitor. Subsequently, Ms. Paravas, on full scholarship, acquired an MBA in business and marketing. After graduation, Ms. Paravas, worked in the financial industry on Wall Street in numerous management roles for over a decade specializing in various financial productswith emphasis inthe Dodd-Frank Act, and U. S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) violations.
Career
In 2013, Trisha Paravas founded Fashion Week Inc.[4] in New York to produce fashion shows after realizing the current state of fashion shows during fashion week in New York were invitation-only, and designed solely for industry professionals and media with no access to consumers. According to Ms. Paravas,Fashion Week Inc., is in the business of “extending the exclusive runway show access to the consumers, building connections between fashion designers and clientele.”
Fashion Week Inc., hosts bi-annual February & September consumer fashion shows with the first of these shows having launched in 2012. Initially, these shows were produced and marketed during December and in the Summer as part of market test. Following the success of the first slate of shows, Ms. Paravas realized she had a hit concept on her hands. Noting the increasing interest in them by consumers, fashion designers, and sponsors, the savvy business executive marketed the shows to notable fashion designers, sponsors, and created a niche market in the consumer fashion shows arena in New York. Among Fashion Week, Inc.’s notable sponsors are J.P. Morgan Chase, Ritz-Carlton, and Dr. Pepper.[5][6][7][8][9]
Fashion Week Inc., produces fashion shows where fashion designers display their latest collections for the season during fashion week in New York. Fashion Week Inc.,’s shows are consumer shows only, and offers tickets to runway fashion shows where fashion designers display ready-to-wear Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer collections. Consumers can readily purchase the new collections from fashion designers directly. In addition, Fashion Week Inc. provides an exclusive opportunity to meet the fashion designers. Each runway show features a new set of designers, ensuring all of its Runway Fashion Shows are one of a kind.
Paravas and Fashion Week Inc., have continued to produce and present shows bi-annually, serving an ever-increasing clientele and attracting growing media attention and corporate sponsorships.[10] The first of the New York Fashion Week shows was presented in 2013, the same year that Paravas registered the New York Fashion Week and NYFW trademarks.[11] Paravas and FWI have continued to produce and present shows bi-annually since, serving an ever-increasing clientele and attracting growing media attention and corporate sponsorships.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
References
- ↑ Yahoo
- ↑ The Behind-the-Scenes Battle for the “New York Fashion Week” Name. The Fashion Law.
- ↑ Scribd
- ↑ The Battle Over New York Fashion Week Continues, as IMG Files Suit Against Fashion Week, Inc.. The Fashion Law.
- ↑ Casetext
- ↑ Pacer Monitor
- ↑ Leagle
- ↑ USPTO
- ↑ IMG Sues Event Organizer Over Use of ‘New York Fashion Week’. Bloomberg Law.
- ↑ New York Fashion Week Company information
- ↑ Demandan por el uso indebido de la marca New York Fashion Week
- ↑ Cullins, A. (2016, July 6). WME-IMG and CFDA Facing $10M Lawsuit for "Usurping" New York Fashion Week Trademark. Retrieved August 03, 2016, from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/wme-img-cfda-facing-10m-908838
- ↑ Fashion Week Inc. v. Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. et al
- ↑ LA Times
- ↑ ABC News
- ↑ The New York Law Blog
- ↑ Fashion Network
- ↑ The Free Library
- ↑ Fashion Week Inc. Presents a Zang Toi Collection at Fashion Week New York.
- ↑ "Fashion Week, Inc. Responds to NYFW Lawsuit, Claims IMG is Looking to “Eliminate Any Competition”", thefashionlaw.com, January 21, 2020.
