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After
six years as a business writer at The Denver Post, Parker opted
to cross Colfax and join the Rocky Mountain News as the On the Town
columnist. Parker's background includes seven years as a feature
writer at The (Everett) Herald, a Washington Post-owned newspaper
in Washington state, and a short stint as managing editor for two
weeklies near Bellevue, Wa. As a feature writer, she won numerous
awards, as well as a Society of Business Editors and Writers award
for business writing. Parker is a California native and graduate
of San Francisco State University.
Despite
growing up in a town that didn't even have a Gap until she had graduated
from college, Lesley Kennedy has covered fashion for the Rocky Mountain
News since 2000. As the newspaper's Style Editor, she writes, edits
and designs a weekly fashion section. In 2007, she also was named
the Creative Director for Features, a new position that combines
concepts, content and design for the Spotlight section. Before coming
to the Rocky, she was a features page designer at the Palm Beach
Post in West Palm Beach, Fla. Kennedy is a 1996 graduate of the
University of Iowa. She lives in Denver with her husband, Ian Olson,
and daughters Grace, 2, and Anna, four months.
Lauren
Chlebowski began her career in fashion by selling custom designs
to boutiques in late 1998. However a few years later, when the corporate
world called, Lauren became the Executive Vice President and Director
of Product Development for a Colorado baby clothing company where
she developed a strong line of infant and children’s clothing.
Never one to ignore her entrepreneurial spirit, she took what she
learned from this experience and followed her dreams; to design
her own line of fabulously unique and contemporary women’s
clothing and accessories. And thus 
Gloria
has been a major personality in the Denver market for many years.
She had a news and sports talk show on KOA for eight years, as well
as a morning show on Jammin’ 92.5. Gloria’s ability
to connect with her audience and her talent for a variety of topics
make her an excellent personality for the Sassy morning show. In
addition, she has had great success with business sponsorships,
including Cricket, Olay Beauty products, and Daimler Chrysler to
name just a few. 
Dianne
Denholm has inspired creativity in many during her career in fashion.
She is a buyer of couture fabrics and buttons, offers sewing classes
and brings national sewing experts to Denver as owner of
Denver
native, Lisa Figlino is owner of Pine Creek Clothing Co. at Tamarac
Square and has recently opened a new store located off of Old South
Gaylord St. The young entrepreneur began as General Manager and
Buyer for the company, which she continued in for 7 years until
buying the store in 1993. Her roots in small business begin with
her grandpa who was a door-to-door fruit salesman, which is why
Lisa always keeps a basket of green apples in her store as a tribute
to him. Lisa is also an active member of Fashion Group International,
where she has shared her experience working in small business in
the fashion/retail industry. 
Amy
Haimerl is the associate editor of Westword newspaper, where she
writes the fashion blog, The Cat’s Pajamas. While Amy isn’t
always fashionable, she’s always been in love with fashion.
As a kid, she spent her summer days in the Western Slope heat, flipping
through Vogue pattern books and watching her mother sew for Aspen’s
high-end boutiques. Today she dreams of finding time to execute
her own designs, but makes do with trolling 
Rachael
is the owner of 
Rosey
Shaw began working in retail at the age of 15 and now owns the successful
boutique Rosey’s Apparel and Accessories at Tamarac Square.
Rosey prides herself as an expert in outrageous accessories and
one-of-a kind fashions, carrying lines such as Canadian designer
Linda Lundstrom, Mary Francis Handbags, and many unique fashions
from Paris, France, her favorite buying/vacationing spot. Shaw had
no idea how successful she would be when she began working at Up
Your Alley, a chain of jeans stores, as a teenager, but when the
company folded, Rosey took fashion merchandising by the reigns and
began her own business. Shaw believes that every woman should feel
like a Queen when they leave her store and that her life’s
calling is her talent in traveling the world in search of current
and beautiful fashions and jewelry for all women. It is a source
of deep satisfaction to know she is making a difference in her customers’
self-image. 
Matthew
Brown's interest in fashion started in 6th grade when he started
using safety pins to sculpt the fit of his pants. By the 7th grade,
he discovered that he could buy women's zipper ankle jeans to achieve
the same effect. 8th grade saw the arrival of pajama pants, women's
headbands, and cardigans. Matthew briefly lapsed into a fashion
void when he traded in his pioneering aesthetic for the social comfort
that comes with conventional dress. Today he's gotten back into
his fashion-forward roots with the opening of Fancy Tiger - a boutique
that supports small indie and local designers with an eye to a handcrafted
aesthetic. In 2006 he launched his own bag line available exclusively
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