Kathleen Noone, best know for her Emmy-award winning portrayal as ‘Ellen Dalton’ on ALL MY CHILDREN and as conniving ‘Claudia Whittaker’ on KNOTS LANDING, SUNSET BEACH audiences fell in love with eccentric ‘Aunt Bette’, a wild and personable socialite who managed to get into more mischief than a lovesick teenager, and Kathleen received her third Emmy nomination for her portrayal.

Kathleen Noone plays Mrs. Edna Wallace, the invalid, yet scheming and manipulative mother of Beth, whose caretaker is Precious, the orangutan on the NBC Daytime Soap, Passions.

Noone, a classically trained actress, is well remembered by fans of the soap opera genre as ‘Ellen Dalton’ on “All My Children,” ‘Claudia Whittaker’ on “Knots Landing” and as ‘Bette’ on Aaron Spelling’s “Sunset Beach.” Noone has also had numerous recurring roles on hits such as “Ellen,” “Frasier,” “Love and War,” “Ned and Stacy” and “Murphy Brown.” Noone also currently recurs as ‘Maggie’ on “According To Jim.”

Her other credits include the movies of the week, “What Love Sees” with Richard Thomas and Annabelle Gish, “Hearts Adrift” with Don Murray, and feature films “Citizen Ruth” with Laura Dern, “Skeletons” with James Coburn and Ron Silver and “Serpants Liar.” Prior to her television career, Noone spent 13 years in repertory companies, off-Broadway, was a co-founding member of the Scott Repertory Theatre, the Globe Theatre (both in Texas), and the acclaimed Colonnaides Theatre in New York City, where she co-produced and developed plays with founder/director Michael Lessac. She is currently a member of the Playwrights Kitchen Ensemble at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, which helps introduce playwrights to the Hollywood community through play readings in which she performs and directs.

Noone earned a BFA degree from Ithaca College and West Virginia University as well as a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Southern Methodist University. Recently, she went back to school and received a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology, studying with Dr. Jean Huston, a renowned scholar and best selling author in the field of human potential. Upon receiving this degree, Noone started her own company called “Kathleen Noone’s Emotional Fitness” under which she conducts “The Vent Room” where she helps students develop skills to deal with the challenges of the industry, and the weekend “Emotional Fitness” and “Creating and Sustaining a Successful Career in Theatre and the Entertainment Industry” seminars.

Noone has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, two for her portrayal of Ellen Dalton on “All My Children” and one for her portrayal of Bette on “Sunset Beach.” Kathleen won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama in 1987.

www.kathleennoone.com

As an Intimate Apparel expert and a bra “maven,” Maureen knows and has seen first firsthand, in the Bare Necessities stores, how important the right fitting bra is to woman’s health and overall appearance.

“I am always amazed and excited to see a new customer who we have expertly fit for the right bra. They not only look better physically, but have a new look emotionally and in the way they present themselves. A lot of our first time customers hug the sales associate who has helped them. They are so happy to have finally solved the mystery of finding the right bra. It is a great feeling to know that we are helping women, even if it is in a small but important way.”

Visit Bare Necessities at www.bareneccessities.com

Lifestyle Expert/ Stylist, Allison Dickson has over 12 years of experience and expertise in the compatible fields of fashion, accessories, style, design, still and television production. Her experience as a fashion stylist as well as in art direction, business, brand marketing, modeling, writing and editing also serve to enhance her knowledge and proficiency

An insatiable appetite for fashion began after college at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas where Allison and her twin sister both attended on full athletic scholarships. She then moved to Los Angeles and enjoyed (along with her sister) a very successful career in modeling. Her experience ranged from the runway, to print, to television appearances and commercials as well as featured profiles on ‘Extra’ and ‘American Journal’. The twins also had a very successful line of posters.

STYLING, ART & CREATIVE DIRECTION:
After leaving the modeling world, Allison worked in fashion and still-photo production, art and creative direction. Allison continues to work behind the camera and has a vast portfolio of her wide range of work. She strongly feels that the diversity she has fostered in her career brings a unique, fresh and distinctive level of expertise to her work as a STYLE EXPERT.

DESIGN:
During her time behind the camera, she and her sister also worked on their burgeoning line of accessories. They are widely credited as the original creators/designers of ‘THE ROSE BOUQUET HANDBAG’. They enjoyed great success with a strong A-List celebrity following and showrooms on both coasts featuring their original designs.

Allison’s designs have been featured on NBC’s ‘Will and Grace’ and ‘In-Style Magazine’s Weddings Special’ and in numerous publications such as Brides, Victoria, US, Weddingbells and InStyle. Her creations have been carried at ‘The Emmy’s’ and ‘The Academy Awards’ where her company is credited as a contributing designer. It was also a real honor to outfit the entire ‘Millennium Rose Bowl’ Rose Queen and Royal Court with ‘Bouquet Bags’.

BUSINESS:
The success of the ‘Rose Bouquet Handbag’ inspired Allison to create a catalog featuring their designs as well as others. Allison served as buyer, creative/art director and publisher of the retail division of their company. The girls were able to access their knowledge of business and marketing to create the catalog, ‘ABSOLUTE NECESSITIES’.

This all lead to ‘Designer Profiles’ on both ‘Videofashion” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show” which remains one of their proudest moments.

STYLE EXPERT:
All of this background, history and experience serve to enhance Allison’s ability to speak not only on style, trend and craftsmanship, but with her vast design experience, Allison can explain what makes and item more valuable, or desirable, what trends are worth paying for and what trends are worth having – but at the right price – what makes a fabric or skin more appealing or durable and what companies need and look for in marketing their product to consumers and how to get the point across.

She is the perfect mix of industry professional and enthusiastic consumer…

Allison has appeared as a STYLE EXPERT/LIFESTYLE CORRESPONDENT for several networks such as NBC, CBS, FOX, FOX NEWS CHANNEL, ABC Family and the WB and on shows such as ‘FOX AND FRIENDS’, ‘GOOD DAY LA’, ‘LIVING THE LIFE’ and (Daytime Emmy Nominated) ‘SOAP TALK’ as well as a reoccurring trend segment on Daytime Emmy Nominated NBC’s ‘THE OTHER HALF’.

WRITER:
Allison is also a trained writer. She regularly contributes to style, lifestyle and trend stories, has an online column on fashion and style for a major catalog company, is a contributing writer to ‘The Woman’s Newspapers Group’ – and is in the process of writing a book while daily editing yet another online column www.TheA-List.com
Constant research is the key to her extensive knowledge. Allison reads an array of consumer and trade publications daily, covering a wide range of industries from fashion, design, business, lifestyle, current events, culture and entertainment.

PRODUCTION:
Her experience in television production – from audience coordinator to executive producing a mini-pilot for a new talk show – is also an asset. Allison not only knows what a producer is looking for but can produce her own spots when necessary.

PASSIONS:
Allison’s hobbies and interests include travel (several countries) and sports. She is an animal fanatic (!) with her family including 3 dogs and 1 cat (and working with the ‘Golden Retriever Rescue Society’). (Her sister Diane’s family consists of 3 rabbits (!) and she serves as a member of the House Rabbit Society).

Allison works on both coasts and hails from the third coast….of Texas!

www.allisondickson.com

David Wolfe is a Creative Director for Doneger Creative Services, The Doneger Group’s trend and color forecasting and analysis service for womenswear, menswear and youth apparel and accessories. Doneger Creative Services clients include an international roster of designers, manufacturers and retailers. As Creative Director, David analyzes trends influencing the men’s, women’s and youth apparel and accessories markets as well as big-picture developments in style, culture and society.

David Wolfe is a Creative Director for Doneger Creative Services, The Doneger Group’s trend and color forecasting and analysis service for womenswear, menswear and youth apparel and accessories. Doneger Creative Services clients include an international roster of designers, manufacturers and retailers. As Creative Director, David analyzes trends influencing the men’s, women’s and youth apparel and accessories markets as well as big-picture developments in style, culture and society.

A high-profile personality, David’s wit and wisdom have earned him a stellar reputation over his thirty-five years in the fashion industry. He is known as “America’s Foremost Fashion Forecaster” and is the most quoted authority in the industry, his views and quips appearing in such diverse publications as The Wall Street Journal, Women’s Wear Daily, Vogue, Glamour and Forbes. He has been on CNN, QVC, “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Today Show” as well as talk shows and news
programming. A regular guest lecturer at the Fashion Institute of Technology, David has also spoken at the International Fashion Fabric Exhibition, the New York Premier Show, the Kids‚ International Fashion Fair, the National Retail Federation, MAGIC and New York and regional fashion groups.

David also serves as International Fashion Editor of Men Mode and Couture magazines, glossy high fashion publications in the Far East.

David began his career in a small town department store where his responsibilities included that of fashion coordinator, buyer, copywriter, illustrator and advertising manager. In the 1960s he moved to London, where he quickly established himself as a leading fashion artist published in Vogue, Women‚s Wear Daily, and The London Times. In 1969 David joined the infant “fashion service” industry and as Creative Director of I.M. International became one of the world’s leading fashion forecasters
and authorities, among the first to discover talents such as Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace. Early in the 1980s, David helped to found TFS The Fashion Service and returned to the U.S. to head TFS as President for a decade. He joined The Doneger Group in 1990.

Today David devotes much of his time to public appearances. His informative and amusing lectures, slides shows and television appearances make him a popular personality on the fashion scene.

The Doneger Group

Lauren David Peden has been covering the style, travel and entertainment beat since 1990. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Glamour, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, GQ, More, Self, the New York Post, Buisness Traveler, CS, Coast and MTV Magazine among others.

Lauren is has been covering the style, travel and entertainment beat since 1990. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Glamour, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, GQ, More, Self, the New York Post, Buisness Traveler, CS, Coast and MTV Magazine among others. She has also been an editor at Mademoiselle magazine, wrote a music column ( “Listen Up!” ) for TV Guide, and edited the NY Women in Film & Television newsletter. Ms. Peden is the author of seven books and is currently at work on her eighth, a “sex and drugs and rock and roll” memoir.

After graduating from college in 1973, Caity Callison came to Washington to work at Eastern Market Pottery in Capitol Hill. She was a studio potter for thirteen years and augmented her living by working at Clothes Encounters, a consignment shop near Eastern Market.

After graduating from college in 1973, Caity Callison came to Washington to work at Eastern Market Pottery in Capitol Hill. She was a studio potter for thirteen years and augmented her living by working at Clothes Encounters, a consignment shop near Eastern Market.
She worked there for three years and enjoyed it so much that she decided to open her own shop in Dupont Circle. In 1986, her sister, Deirdre, loaned her $13,000 and she opened her first shop on Connecticut Avenue with thirty consignors. They were in a second floor rear space in what had once been the dining room of a mansion house.

After ten years, she moved the store to its present location at the corner of R St. and Connecticut˜a sunny space with windows on two sides. Caity Callison’s consignors now number over 15,000 and many mail to her from all over the country, including New York, Chicago, and California.

Shannon Chichester — Manager – Secondi, Inc.
A native Washingtonian, Shannon has been with Secondi for six years, working her way up to manager. Secondi customers know and love her˜they especially admire her ability to sense a woman’s best colors and her most flattering fit. Shannon encourages women to find that one timeless piece of clothing that will remain in their closet for years, instead of the latest style that will soon expire. While she stays up-to-date on all the latest designer shows, trends, and fashion news, she uses them as inspiration, not hard and fast rules

www.secondi.com