FASHION®

Glamour held the 21 st edition of its Women Of The Year
(WOTY) Awards on November 7 at Carnegie Hall in New
York City. Cindi Leive, Editor in Chief, stated that the
winners of this award all share a common approach to
achieving greatness. “Each woman visualizes her success,
expresses her emotions and knows that you don’t need to
be a president or a princess to make a difference in the
world.” The night was filled with tears, cheers and laughter
as this year’s honore es accepted their awards. The 2011
WOTY include: Jennifer Lopez, Esraa Abdel Fattah,
Chelsea Handler, Tory Burch, Gabrielle Giffords, Arianna
Huffington, Lea Michele, Withelma “T” Ortiz-Macy,
Gloria Steinem, Cindy Sherman and Laura Bush with her
daughters, Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager.
Pop Your Cork Adds An Element Of Sweetness
Richart USA’s Benjamin Auzimour, Takasago’s Patricia Choux and
Best Cellars’ Joshua Wesson with City Winery’s Andres Barrera, Mane’s
Vincent Kuczinski and Terry Molnar of The Fragrance Foundation
The Fragrance Foundation’s Associate Board hosted the
latest edition of its Pop Your Cork series at City Winery in
New York City on October 18. The evening featured a
four-course tasting menu prepared by the restaurant’s
Executive Chef, Andres Barrera, with the sweet addition
of chocolate into its customary pairing of fragrance, food
and wine. Fragrance accords were developed specially
for the evening by Patricia Choux of Takasago and
Vincent Kuczinski of Mane.
CEW’s Young Executives Decode Business
Relationships
On November 2, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted a
Young Executive Cocktails and Connections event at the
Union Square Ballroom in New York City. The evening
featured a conversation with Theresa McDonnell of
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Edelman’s
Theresa McDonnell,
Sephora’s Paige
Murray and Alexis
Rodriguez of Bobbi
Brown Cosmetics
join Teen Vogue’s
Judy Sage and Jody
Weiss of Cosmetics
Peacekeeper
Cause-Metics.
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Edelman, Paige Murray of Sephora, Alexis Rodriguez of
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Judy Sage of Teen Vogue and
Jody Weiss of Cosmetics Peacekeeper Cause-Metics that
focused on effectively maintaining business relationships.
Dr. Mehmet Oz and Shape’s
Tara Kraft
30 Years Of Shape
Shape magazine celebrated
its 30 th anniversary at the
IAC Building in New York
City on October 26 with a
night packed with cocktails,
hors d’oeuvres and a surprise
musical performance by
JoJo. The evening’s guest
of honor, Jane Fonda, was
presented with Shape’s
Lifetime Achievement Award
by the magazine’s November cover stars, Dr. Mehmet Oz
and his wife Lisa.
Natural Beauty
On October 19, Natural
Health held a cocktail
reception honoring the
recipients of the 7 th annual
Natural Health Beauty
Awards at the Gramercy Park
Hotel in New York City. This
year, 582 products were
submitted and voted on by
Natural Health’s Peg Moline and
Melissa Foss
1,300 Natural Health readers online for the final selection
of 25 winners.
Arcade Marketing’s Debra
Leipman-Yale with The
Fragrance Foundation’s
Rochelle Bloom
Leipman-Yale’s Career Path
Ms. Leipman-Yale (c.) with The
Fragrance Foundation’s Mary Ellen
Lapsansky and Terry Molnar
The Fragrance Foundation’s Insiders’ Breakfast was held
on November 3 at Manhattan’s Laboratory Institute of
Merchandising. It featured Arcade Marketing’s President
Debra Leipman-Yale who spoke to members about how
she developed her career and what led to her current
position.