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THE TEAM
Nicki Gondell
- Principal
Trend House was founded by Nicki Gondell in 1999 as a boutique marketing and design
consulting firm
specializing in the forecasting of lifestyle trends and their application to the
fashion, beauty, home interiors
and consumer products markets.
Nicki has ten years’ consulting experience, beginning
her career in 1991 as Marketing Director of Nigel
French International, the world’s first trend forecasting service, where
she was instrumental in developing
the subscriptions and special projects business in North America. In 1995, Nicki
joined ESP Inc. as Vice
President, Special Project Strategies where she created the Special Projects division,
as well as managing
a varied client base of subscription clients.
Nicki has been quoted in numerous consumer and trade publications
including Womenswear Daily, The New
York Times, Allure, Mirabella, Beauty Fashion, Cosmetic World and others, and
has appeared on the Oprah
Winfrey Show to discuss fashion trends.
Debbye Strickler
Debbye joined the Trend House team in 2001 as a specialist in the kids, juniors
and accessories markets.
In addition to her roster of subscription clients, she is in charge of all visual
research and art direction for the
Special Projects area.
Debbye graduated from Parsons with a degree in textile design
and has worked in the apparel industry for
more than thirteen years as a designer and consultant. As a former client of Trend
House, Debbye
understands how to translate concept into product. She brings a deep knowledge
of product design and
manufacturing to Trend House’s trend forecasting business, and can work
with our clients to apply the trends
directly to their businesses.
Prior to joining Trend House, she was Design Director for Tri-Coastal
Design overseeing their accessories
merchandising and product development. Before that she worked as a textile designer
for Anne Klein and
Echo Scarves and designed a line of hair accessories for Anne Vuille.
PUBLISHERS/PARTNERS
Carlin International
Carlin International is the only trend forecasting agency mixing DESIGN + MARKETING
+ COMMUNICATION
expertise. Edith Keller, CEO has managed the agency since 1991 with vision and
creativity. She has assembled a multi-talented, mulit-national team to produce
a reliable creative resource for our clients. Thirty designers anticipate trend
influences 18 to 24 months ahead and interpret them in specific trend books for
colors, fabrics, prints and patterns, shapes, interiors, sportswear, lingerie
(a total of 17 guides are published every season). The combined expertise of our
trend seekers and our Marketing and Communication experts enables Carlin International
to pinpoint new market opportunities and to better understand consumers’
desires. Besides a staff of 50 in the head-office in Paris, our international
network of 23 agents helps to develop sales of trend books and consulting services
on 5 continents. Carlin International energizes the product development and communication
strategies of leading international brands and trade shows. A partial list of
international clients includes :
H & M (Sweden) : apparel; TOKYO STYLE (Japan) : womenswear; AUBADE (France)
: lingerie;
SARA LEE (USA) : lingerie; WACOAL (Japan) : lingerie; L’OREAL (France) :
cosmetics;
LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT : (USA) interiors; BOOTS (UK) : cosmetics; KANEBO (Japan)
: cosmetics;
ESTEE LAUDER (USA) : cosmetics; TARGET (USA) : retail; ARC INTERNATIONAL (France)
: tableware;
SONY-ERICSSON (Sweden) : mobile phones; BMW, OPEL, HONDA (Germany) : automotive;
MITSUBISHI MOTORS (Japan) : automotive; SILMO (France) : International fair for
glasses and optical;
SIL (France) : International lingerie fair; DESSOUS CHINA (China) : Lingerie fair;
EQUIP HOTEL (France) : Fair for hotels and restaurants
InStore
The London Report was founded by Denise Stone and Sharon Fountain to offer current,
up-to-the-minute
fashion reportage. We offer ten issues per year of full-color photographs of the
hottest trends from London
and Paris for the contemporary womenswear/juniors market, and a separate set for
childrenswear.
It’s like traveling to Europe ten times a year, with no jet lag!
January/February: Spring Transition, Lingerie Focus
March: Spring Trend Overview
April: Fall/winter Catwalk Overview
May: Paris Report
June: Summer Trend Overview, Swimwear Focus
July/August: Fall Transition
September: Fall Trend Overview
October: Paris Report
November: Spring/summer catwalk overview
December: Winter trend overview
The information is grouped into key trends with succinct
editorial explanations and buzzwords to highlight
the most important key items, colors, prints, patterns, graphics, trims and silhouettes.
