FashionSpeak Fridays: Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider

Join Jeffrey Banks, author of Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider for an evening celebrating his more than five decades shaping American fashion.

A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Banks earned Coty Awards for men’s furs with Alixandre, as well as for his signature menswear collection and an “Earnie” for his signature boyswear. In addition to designing his signature menswear line, he has had a long-standing menswear license in Japan. He conceived and developed the Johnnie Walker Collection of men’s sportswear as the first brand extension for this prestigious distiller. He has also recently designed Jeffrey Banks Womenswear and Jeffrey Banks Home Décor for HSN. Banks is a member of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and was a senior Board Member of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Additionally, he has authored numerous fashion titles including: Tartan: Romancing the Plaid, Preppy: Cultivating Ivy Style, Perry Ellis: An American Original, Patricia Underwood: The Way You Wear Your Hat, and Norell: Master of American Fashion.

Banks will be in conversation with Teri Agins, former Wall Street Journal fashion writer/ columnist and author of Hijacking the Runway and The End of Fashion.

Books will be available for purchase.