The Digital Strategies of High Fashion and Portable Devices

Digital Strategy creates a level playing field in high fashion.  This strategy is in marketing, protection against knock-offs, and maintaining brand integrity while reaching far more customers and end users.

Tech is the new fashion.  Or better put: technology is in vogue at design houses and the fashion world.  Technology and fashion are now merging into one and the same product and entity.  How so?  By fashion houses that have...


"Just The Way You Are"

From Medford, New Jersey

by Cindy Weinstein

There’s an unusual component to the traditional high school yearbook. Typically, there exist tributes, highlight reels, teacher, staff and student profiles, clubs, organizations, and sports categories. Also contained is a competitively odd feature casting graduating classmates into “Best” or  ”Most” roles. Personally, I never ‘got‘ this. My...


Wellesley 1961, A Reflection

102 women stood in the dorm library, members of the class of 1961 who chose to attend their 55th reunion.  It’s a self-select group, those that felt they had done well enough and looked good enough to attend, and who didn’t have personal or family issues to keep them away. June is the month when colleges across America welcome back their alumni, an exercise in nostalgia for the attendees and an unparalleled opportunity to fund-...


“me:me:me” for you, you, you

by Milan Heger and Patricia Cameron

Take three design-conscious individuals: an art consultant, interior designer, and artist, each one with a rich history of bringing art and design to diverse audiences. Fashion conscious as they all are, an idea was ignited to launch a company that would create trend-setting and iconic accessories for casual or elegant wear. Targeting fashion-loving women of all ages, the team...


Viora Reaction!

Raihana Mahan on the latest in beauty!

Viora Reaction is a Radiofrequency (RF) energy based treatment. When applied to tissues, the skin’s underlying network of collagen and elastin fibers is gently heated. This action causes the fibers to shrink, restoring the skin’s elasticity and leaving it tighter and smoother looking.  It also stimulates natural lipolysis to shrink fat cell...


The "F" Word

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 1978 - It had started to snow and that winter we had already experienced two of the worst storms in New England history. I trundled myself into a white Volkswagen beetle with three women whom I did not know. I had signed up to travel in a carpool. We debated whether we should drive to Connecticut. The beetle was old, dented, had a throaty muffler and a tail pipe...


Vegan beauty: future, present, or passing fad?

You might say vegan/cruelty-free beauty is poised to have its moment. New Zealand and India have banned cosmetic testing on animals altogether, and on June 22, 2016, President Obama signed the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, which is expected to significantly reduce animal testing in the United States. The act drew wide support from several organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States and the Physicians Committee for...


Pacific ADR Panel of Neutrals Are Super Lawyers!

ADR panel members were elected to the list of 2016 Super Lawyers.

Gregg Bertram | Alternative Dispute Resolution

Gregg Bertram has resolved thousands of cases in 22 years as one of the Pacific Northwest’s most recognized mediators and arbitrators.

Kathy A. Cochran | Medical Malpractice

Kathy Cochran has been an active trial lawyer since 1975,...