Keeping Ahead of the Economic Crunch: Strategies and Success Stories" - A Fashion and Apparel Program

On the evening of May 25, 2004, Phillips Nizer LLP in conjunction with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (MCC) and the Manhattan International Development Corporation (MIDC), hosted "Keeping Ahead of the Economic Crunch: Strategies and Success Stories", a program targeted to members of the fashion and apparel industries. Partner Peter A. Fields was the program's co-moderator along with Nancy Johnson of Optimyze, the event's co-organizer along with the MCC and the MIDC. The panelists provided lively presentations and discussions describing ways in which they have kept their businesses profitable, kept their designs on the cutting-edge and successful, all the while maintaining their purchasing client base and attracting new audiences through the turbulent economy.

The program's distinguished panelists were:

• Jessica Alpert-Goldman, Accessories/Handbag Designer - World According to Jess
• Emme, Model & Designer - Emme Associates
• Norma Kamali, Designer - OMO Norma Kamali Inc.
• Susan Posen, CEO - Outspoke, Inc.
• Zak Posen, Designer - Outspoke, Inc.

L - R: Donald Kreindler - Partner, Phillips Nizer LLP; Vicki Ross - Licensing Agent; Michael Fischman - Partner, Phillips Nizer LLP	Peter Fields and Rebecca Wolff - More Than Music, Inc.
L - R: Jessica Alpert-Goldman, Peter Fields and Christopher Yelcho - Financial Summit Ventures, Inc.	Emme and Norma Kamali
L - R: Monte Engler - Partner, Phillips Nizer LLP and Arthur Albert - Double A Enterprises	The Panelists: L - R: Susan Posen, Zac Posen, Emme, Norma Kamali and Jessica Alpert-Goldman
Peter Fields, Moderator	Emme
Norma Kamali, showing off one of Jessica Alpert-Goldman's handbags	Zac Posen
Zac Posen	Susan Posen
Emme and Jessica Alpert-Goldman	L - R: Zac Posen, Emme and Jessica Alpert-Goldman
Norma Kamali	The Panelists
Norma Kamali and Frederic Kantor - Frederic Kantor & Co., P.C.	Peter Fields and Norma Kamali
L - R: Susan Posen, Zac Posen and Ariel Devine, Associate - Phillips Nizer LLP	Nancy Johnson - Optimyze; Peter Fields, Norma Kamali, Vikki Grodner, Marketing & Client Services Director - Phillips Nizer LLP, Dennis Paget - Language American Style; Susan Posen; Emme; Zac Posen and Jessica Alpert-Goldman