Perry Ellis - Unlikely Fashion Designer to American Icon

Perry Ellis Unlikely Fashion Designer to American Icon

Perry Ellis was an American Designer who was born in 1940 to an average middle class family. He went to college for business administration and later earned his Master's degree in retailing from New York University in 1963. He started his career working in retail as a buyer and merchandiser. Although he could not even sketch a fashion drawing, his ability to understand market demand for fashion and deep understanding of how the whole industry operated led his employer at the time, the Vera Companies, to ask him to design a collection for them. Perry Ellis released his original Portfolio collection of women's sportswear in 1976. His clean cut, casual style earned him acclaim from many women as he created the new classics they wanted for their wardrobes.

Ellis Breaks into the World of Fragrance

Perry Ellis first introduced a fragrance to his repertoire with Perry Ellis for Women and Perry Ellis for men in 1985. These scents were light spicy florals that embodied the heart of the Perry Ellis fashion designs. The Perry Ellis for men is still on the market today and is a great inexpensive choice for an evening on the town. Ellis died in 1986, but his name brand continues to flourish even today.

The Perry Ellis Tradition Continues

Later fragrance introductions from the Perry Ellis collection include 360. Perry Ellis 360 for women which was introduced in 1993 and contains top notes of melon, tangerine, lily, osmathus and cool blue rose. Middle notes consist of lily of the valley, lavender, water lily, and sage. Bottom notes include sandalwood, vanilla, vetiver, and amber. It is a musky floral fragrance and comes in a cylinder shaped white box. Other variations include 360 Red, 360 White and 360 Blue (are you noticing the connection, here?) each with their own unique notes, but enough of a thread that holds them together and a reminder that Perry Ellis was one of the great fashion designers of America. 360 for Men was introduced three years after the women's version and contains notes of bergamot, freesia, lavender, citrus, vetiver and musk.

Other notable Perry Ellis fragrances that are still available today include Perry Ellis Reserve which is a delightful daytime floral fragrance that contains a blend of yellow freesia, marigold, lotus blossom, white violet and lily. The Perry Ellis Reserve for Men, on the other hand is a somewhat simple musky fragrance consisting of amber, musk and wood.

Conclusion

From humble and perhaps somewhat unexpected beginnings America finds one of her best fashion designers of the 20th century. Perry Ellis designed clothes that could actually be worn by real women (and later men) and not just for runway models. He later transferred this no-nonsense approach to his fragrances. The Perry Ellis tradition has continued despite the designers' death in 1986. Popular Perry Ellis fragrances of today include Perry Ellis 360 for Women (plus the Red, White and Blue versions) and 360 for Men, Perry Ellis Reserve for Men and Women.

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Time Management Tips - Stop Working So Hard!

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the "80/20 Rule":

We wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time.
80% or our revenues come from 20% or our clients/customers.

The same is true of working. 80% of our results come from 20% of our effort. Let me repeat that: 80% of our results come from 20% of our work. Which is good news...and bad.

The bad news is that most of us are overworking by a substantial margin. Matter of fact overworking impedes our results. Why? Because we are so busy running around we are not stopping to consider whether this work is getting us the results we want. Because we produce poor quality work that needs to be redone, or make errors that require additional time to correct. In other words, we are working hard but not necessarily productively. Which causes us to work much longer than if we slowed down and focused on our work and used our energy efficiently.

The good news is that we can work less and still see the same results. Actually, we may produce even BETTER results. Two studies on athletic performance illustrate that working hard does not generate the best results. In both studies athletes were divided into several groups. The members of each group were instructed to allocate their time in a particular way. For example, some groups were instructed to spend all their time practicing their sport. Other groups were instructed to divide their time between practicing the sport and visualizing the movements and outcomes they wanted from their performance. In one of the studies the group that improved the least was the one whose members spent all of their time training. In both studies the groups that spent more time visualizing outperformed the groups that spent more time working. So, why ARE we working so hard?!

The challenge for us is to adopt a new belief system and change long standing habits. The puritan work ethic is deeply embedded in our culture and psyche. "You have to work hard to get ahead" and "hard work pays off" are just two of the many work related "truisms" that have been drilled into us since childhood. In contrast it is interesting to note that the Chinese symbol for the word "busy" is composed of two symbols: heart and killing. That's a rather sobering image.

In the course of coaching, my clients improve their work-life balance. The more we slow down the more we can see and assess the virtue of our efforts, hear our hearts, tap our intuition and tune in to what really matters.

Women's Success Coach, Minna Keller, empowers successful professional women with demanding schedules, to achieve better business results faster, AND have more time more fun and less stress. Learn more about Minna and how to achieve "Better Results, Less Effort" on her website http://www.findmomentum.com

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