"It's more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - then you can dream all the rest around it.
Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?" -Dries Van Noten
In November 2009, after spending over a decade at Vogue Magazine as the Director of Special Events (a role now held by another favorite of The Coveteur, Sylvana Ward Durrett). Stephanie Winston Wolkoff started her new tenure as the founding Director of Fashion at Lincoln Center. At the core of her responsibilities, she was in charge of overseeing the relocation of New York City's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week to its new home at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, a move she did with both grace and ease. But since Fashion Week only happens two times a year in New York City, it's Wolkoff's aim to create a yearlong fashion presence, and needless to say, it's been occupying plenty of her time. With her plate (and closet) more than full, she's the primary liaison between Lincoln Center and the entire fashion industry including IMG Fashion, the CFDA, retailers, and the design community. And as busy as she is, she certainly has the clothes, shoes, and accessories to make a lasting impression. With a jewelry collection that we dream about (a haven of Lanvin jewels) to her Hermès bags in every color, style, and shape under the sun, when we die, we can only hope we go to Wolkoff heaven. We've been good girls after all! During her time at Vogue, SWW was mentored by Anna Wintour, and was responsible for overseeing and producing the magazines famed events, including the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala and the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund for young emerging designers. But beyond the world of fashion, Wolkoff still manages to lend her hand to a slew of New York City-based charities including New Yorkers for Children and the Central Park Conservancy. With Blackberry in her right hand, a can of Coca Cola zero in her left and a Birkin paired with a fur-embellished custom overcoat, we couldn't be happier to have the one and only Stephanie Winston Wolkoff in the house!
