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Andrea Ward's
35 years of experience working in the garment
industry
as a merchant, manufacturer, model and stylist. starting
in New Haven, Connecticut where she was employed by Ann
Taylor
when it was privately owned by Richard Leibeskind, Founder.
She moved on
to New York where she became a stylist for a Fashion
Couture House known as Richilene. Her position at Richilene was working
as a stylist for Elizabeth Arden
Salons and many glamorous specialty
stores such as Lilli
Rubin, Martha and Sara Fredericks. She would
represent
the company by featuring private showings for clients
and
guests in these locations. Some of the celebrities
that Andrea has
worked with are Jill St. John, Lucky
Roosevelt and the Supremes.
The Richilene Collection was
well known in social circles and was frequently written
up in Town and Country with the young Debutantes
and infamous parties such as the Cotton Ball in
Memphis and
the Kentucky Derby. The opportunity to work in a
capacity such as this one was a lifetime
experience seeing how the
rich and famous lived and dressed. Andrea
Ward worked with the finest fabrics and top
designers.
Andrea married her husband Russ in 1985 and landed back
in Connecticut and
started a specialty store called Andrea Renee' Limited,
in Southbury which she owned for 2 years.
her next
opportunity was to work with the largest manufacturer in
Western Europe
known as Steilmann. The goal was to open
retail stores in the US with European Ready
to Wear
clothing. The company was based in Germany and her
position was to develop
this multi store operation. She
spent 5 years achieving
this goal and when she
left the company there were 25 stores. She traveled
to
the German market 8 times a year. Andrea found it to be
very exciting to have
worked with Karl Lagerfeld’s ready
to wear collection.
Her
passion was to own her own business and so in 1995 she
opened
Andrea Ward Clothier in New Haven and was in
business for 12 years.
When she closed she was honored
with the Small Business Award
from the Chamber of
Commerce. Her concept was built on being very
civic
minded and philanthropic.
Presently Andrea Ward is the owner
of Andrea Wardrobe Consultant
of Essentials By Andi Kamel which offers "The Total Look in Dressing
for
the Modern Woman" and has a very loyal group of clients
and friends in the New Haven Community.
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