Fashion, textiles, fibers, and yarns have been the connecting threads throughout Elaine’s career. She has held staff or consulting positions as a fashion journalist, trend forecaster, promotion director, public relations consultant, and market researcher. A keen eye allowed her to quickly analyze and forecast cutting-edge trends for major fashion, marketing, and promotion publications produced for many well-known designers, retailers, and textile companies.

In the 1980s, Elaine was consulting fashion forecaster for

Celanese Fibers' menswear and childrenswear services. While there, she perceived a void in the menswear market, which led to the creation of

Phases,

the first consultancy to offer visual trend forecasting presentations from
Europe’s menswear designer runways.

Men’s Fashion Director

for the

International Wool Secretariat

(the
Woolmark Company), Elaine lived in

Paris

and traveled the globe searching
for and forecasting menswear trends for the nonprofit’s 34 member countries.
In that role, she became the first American to participate in the prestigious

Première Vision Color Committee

and

Intercolor

global color-forecasting group.



Back in the states, as

Promotion and Fashion Director

for the

American Wool
Council, she revamped the organization’s marketing materials, raised the

organization’s visibility to manufacturers and retailers, coordinated domestic
and overseas promotions, spearheaded and expanded its seasonal fashion
forecasting services, and represented the organization as a member of the

Color Association of the US

and

Fashion Group International.

Elaine’s fashion assignments have taken her to Japan, China, South Korea,
Africa, and many European Union countries.

             

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