Meet Gwen Mazer, Author and Consultant to the Stars
By Michael Craig
Gwen Mazer is Michael Craig’s guest on Logical Soul Talk tomorrow (October 5th) at 6 pm ET (3 pm PT), and helps to kick off the show’s “Powerful Women Month” theme.
Ms. Mazer is quite a phenomenon. She is an author, personal style consultant, speaker and workshop leader, and will share with Michael’s listeners some of the decisions and life forces that brought her to this level of success.
Her recent book, Wise Talk Wild Women, is a collection of intimate conversations with women of substance about life, love and lessons learned. They include philosopher Jean Houston, activist Dolores Huerta, journalist, Belva Davis philanthropist, Glady Thacher and poet Nikki Giovanni. The book brings a new dimension to growing in age in the 21st century.
Her Wild Women Community Workshops and Sunday Salon events provide an intimate setting for deeper exploration of the themes of the book. Her many lectures and presentations to organizations including The Junior League, The San Francisco Jewish Community Center, and the National Charity League help to confront stereotypes that society holds of women at midlife and beyond.
She has been featured in a wide variety of media including The New Yorker, Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, ABC- Affiliate KGO, View From the Bay, The San Francisco Chronicle and the Tavis Smiley Show.
Recently, she was honored as a Literary Laureate by the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library.
Gwen was for many years a fashion editor and journalist for Harper’s Bazaar, where she created the original column, “Lifestyle†chronicling the lives of icons in the arts. She has written for a number of publications and was a fashion executive for major retail companies in the United States and Europe and Creative Director for Esprit. She founded her company called Total Image Management and has owned signature boutiques in New York and San Francisco. Her clients have ranged from Wells Fargo Bank to Oprah Winfrey.
Ms. Mazer has served as chapter president of AICI the international professional image organization and was awarded the industry’s highest honor, and is currently working on a new book, All the Things You Know and Forgot.