About the Authors
Crosby Noricks, M.A. has had an interest in eco-fashion every since she made her prom dress out of vintage slips. A fashion theorist, Crosby loves the idea of recycled and re-appropriated fashion, as well as the cultural function of clothing as it relates to identity. Crosby is the founder and editor of PR Couture, an industry blog about Fashion PR, and Event Director for Grrrrl Power, a female artist collective. She holds a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication and Media Studies from San Diego State University. Her master’s thesis, “From Style to Strategy: An Exploratory Investigation of Public Relations Practice in the Fashion Industry” took her to Los Angeles and New York City to interview practitioners and was the first academic study of its kind.
Lauren Carroll earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and her MBA from Fordham University. She then worked in diverse industries such as advertising, entertainment, direct marketing and technology. After working for several software companies, she decided she wanted to escape from the high-tech industry and create her own business - one that incorporated a number of her interests and passions like fashion, entrepreneurship and deep concern for our earth’s environment. After hearing vegetarian friends lament the lack of designer-level non-leather shoes, Lauren developed the idea of creating a luxurious socially-conscious fashion label- beginning with shoes. She contacted another misplaced high-tech worker, Jodi Koskella, and the two created Charmoné.
