CREW CHIC: Fashion Correspondent at Large

WAYNE HARRIS:

Wayne Har­ris is a celebrity styl­ist and lifestyle guru liv­ing in fab­u­lous New York City.  He is clas­si­cally trained in Fash­ion Styling, Interior Design and Flo­ral Design. For over ten years Wayne Har­ris Inc. has been ser­vic­ing celebri­ties and clients nation­wide. Wayne is a firm believer in pow­er­ful aes­thetic that incor­po­rates color, tex­ture and style that is unique to each client.

Wayne is often seen at Fash­ion Shows, Pho­to­shoots and Music Video film­ings– styling, pro­fil­ing and over­see­ing the cre­ative direc­tion of the projects. His com­pany offers a full range of ser­vices includ­ing but not lim­ited to: Fash­ion Styling for look­books, pho­to­shoots and spe­cial occa­sions.  Inte­rior Design/​ Dec­o­rat­ing for homes, busi­nesses and small events.

“Wayne is one of the most cre­ative and tal­ented peo­ple I know,” said Richard Lowe, Pres­i­dent of RHL Fash­ion Ser­vices, “he does things I’ve never seen before with fash­ion and mate­ri­als that I never expected.” Wayne prides him­self on his abil­ity to use non-​​traditional items in his styling and home inte­ri­ors. The beau­ti­ful result from such items are one of his core trade­marks. Wayne will be launch­ing his new web­site very soon, so please stay tuned for updates.

PATRICK HAZLEWOOD:

Meet Patrick Hazle­wood, who is our fab­u­lous and (not to mention, gorgeous) fash­ion cor­re­spon­dent who will be bring­ing us the lat­est info on fash­ion shows, events, designers, travel and just about any­thing chic from here to across the globe!

He is the dynamic founder of B1 Group, a full ser­vice event plan­ning, pro­duc­tion, and pro­mo­tions, com­pany based in New York City, with offices in West Palm Beach Florida. He is a born and bred New Yorker who has lived in Mid­dle­bury, Ver­mont (where he received his B.A. in French), Milan, Italy and Lon­don, Eng­land, where he received his law degree.

As a model with rep­re­sen­ta­tion inter­na­tion­ally, he has made an impres­sion around the world in such coun­tries as France, Italy, and Aus­tralia, to name but a few. His com­bi­na­tion of pro­fes­sion­al­ism, mag­netic per­son­al­ity, and sin­gu­lar physique leaves a last­ing impres­sion with all of the clients who have worked with him. He has worked with top pho­tog­ra­phers in each of these cities and his list of clients includes the likes of Dolce and Gab­bana, Byb­los, The Prada Group, and Chris­t­ian Dior. His numer­ous inter­ests have led to affil­i­a­tions with an exotic and wide­spread ros­ter of friends. Patrick is proud to be a com­mit­tee mem­ber for Oper­a­tion Smile and a reg­u­lar fundraiser for Toys for Tots. It is this multi-​​dimensionality that seems to draw peo­ple into his aura.

Being a native New Yorker, Patrick’s true sense of New York and its vital­ity has allowed him to run a suc­cess­ful pro­mo­tions com­pany for the bet­ter part of two years with a vari­ety of clients and venues in New York and South Beach, Miami includ­ing actress Joely Fisher, Go night­club, Stu­dio 54, Guas­tavi­nos, Plaid, Rehab, The Sag­amore Hotel in South Beach Miami, Resort Palm Beach and East Hamp­ton, and Sony Pic­tures, to name but a few.

While his pro­mot­ing con­tin­ued to grow and pros­per, Patrick felt there was more that he wanted to do in this area. Fast for­ward to the sum­mer of 2003. With an eye towards advance­ment and growth, Bac­chus One was con­ceived. Bac­chus was the Greek God of wine and rev­elry and when con­sid­er­ing names, Patrick thought this to be an appro­pri­ate moniker for a com­pany that was occu­pied equally with event plan­ning and pro­duc­tion, as with pro­mo­tions. Out of Bac­chus One grew B1 Group which is the umbrella com­pany incor­po­rat­ing all of the var­i­ous ser­vices avail­able. B1 Group takes as its goal the cre­ation of superb and sexy events for clients, regard­less of size and/​or scale of the bud­get. It is a full-​​service com­pany which is in the process of expand­ing its client base nation­ally, and soon there­after, inter­na­tion­ally (espe­cially in Eng­land and Aus­tralia). Mod­el­ing has and con­tin­ues to take Patrick around the world and the expo­sure to var­i­ous cul­tures and loca­tions is reflected in his events, which incor­po­rate these expe­ri­ences and flavour. His events never fail to sur­prise and impress.

Keep an eye out for Patrick’s lat­est trav­els and posts from around the world!

CHRISTIAN LEWIS:

Chris­t­ian Lewis, our newest LA fash­ion cor­re­spon­dent and video pro­ducer has spent over twenty years suc­cess­fully cre­at­ing his art, from the con­ven­tional (paint­ing, sculpt­ing, etc.) to pro­duc­tions (film, con­cert, pho­tog­ra­phy), with a list of clien­tele includ­ing names such as Ken Rus­sell, Keanu Reeves, Steven Spiel­berg, Amada, Doork­ing, Oingo Boingo, Bar­bra Striesand and Wall of Voodoo among many oth­ers. His unique style in production/​stage design, light­ing and indus­trial design con­tin­ues to attract attention.

Fas­ci­nated by fresh endeav­ors, Chris­t­ian has uti­lized his expe­ri­ence in design and pro­duc­tion as a vehi­cle to cross over into the world of fash­ion; cur­rently team­ing up with East Coast fash­ion creator/​designer Elena Nazaroff to develop and mar­ket Nazaroff’s organic/​eco friendly women’s line Eter­nal Source. He has also recently col­lab­o­rated with Mario Moya on the set design and pro­duc­tion of Mario’s 2010 Fall Line pre­sen­ta­tion in New York, which is where both he and our Emer­ald Chic team first estab­lished a connection.

Chris­t­ian is presently pro­duc­ing for the award win­ning pro­duc­tion com­pany VRset, spe­cial­iz­ing in dig­i­tal back­grounds and effects as well as full pro­duc­tion and post pro­duc­tion ser­vice. He and his team have com­pleted their cov­er­age of Fash­ion Week LA and plan to con­tinue cov­er­age of design­ers, chic bou­tiques and fash­ion events for Emer​ald​Chic​.com.  Oh how we love our LA Pro­duc­tion Crew for EC!!

RICHARD H. LOWE:

Richard Lowe is one of our newest fash­ion cor­re­spon­dents.  Richard is an acclaimed designer of celebrity evening­wear. His pri­vate label Haute Cou­ture house, “Hamathan House,” oper­ates on mul­ti­ple con­ti­nents for celebri­ties and dig­ni­taries world-​​wide. Hamathan House is invi­ta­tion only, and Richard is proud of the clien­tele’ it ser­vices; includ­ing Acad­emy Award and Grammy Award win­ners. His renowned evening­wear and special-​​occasion pieces have won awards in numer­ous coun­tries, and been placed on dis­play in muse­ums and gal­leries in the USA and Canada. His mas­ter­ful cuts, beau­ti­ful fits, and dis­tinc­tive style make his work eas­ily rec­og­niz­able. Although many of his clients are pri­vate, you will likely see him with many of them on the red car­pet, or in print media. Richard is also the inven­tor of the, Patent Pend­ing, 1-​​Piece evening gown, and numer­ous fash­ion lines, includ­ing CARGO, his new men’s sports­wear line, and his new line of fab­u­lous “eco” fash­ions made from recy­cled water bottles.

“He is truly a cre­ative spirit,” said friend and for­mer Pro­fes­sor Steven Stipel­man. His wide range of skills has spanned glob­ally from Inter­na­tional Non-​​profit Man­age­ment to Inter­na­tional Trade and Mar­ket­ing in the Fash­ion Design indus­tries. Based in NYC his Fash­ion Ser­vices com­pany offers a wide range of indus­try skills and con­sult­ing ser­vices. Trained at the pres­ti­gious Fash­ion Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy, in New York City, Richard brings years of expe­ri­ence, clas­si­cal edu­ca­tion, train­ing and on the job knowl­edge to brands and clients glob­ally. We look for­ward to hear­ing more from Richard dur­ing his fash­ion adven­tures and can­not wait to see what he cre­ates next!

“May your pas­sion for fash­ion always be a guid­ing light in the dark­est of clos­ets!“
–Richard Lowe