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Article: STYLE CHANNELING.(background of fashion director for Neiman Marcus Co.)
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- Daily News Record
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- January 28, 2002
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Men's fashion director Colby McWilliams interprets trends for the Neiman Marcus customer
Ask Colby McWilliams to share the most important moment of his life as fashion director for Neiman Marcus and he can detail it down to the exact date, time and place: Nov. 19, 1985. Evening. An AIDS awareness benefit -- one of the nation's first -- for SHANTI Foundation in Los Angeles.
"I remember it like it was yesterday," says McWilliams, vice-president, men's fashion director for the legendary Dallas-based specialty retailer. "Jimmy Galanos was there. Donna Mills was the chairperson. A lot of celebrities participated. Neiman's was one of the first to draw ...