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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff:
"Sophia Loren is the ultimate at looking stylish and appropriate."
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NATIONAL | SCENE STEALERS | 02.08.2011 | Lindsey Canant.
Depending who you talk to, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff -- Lincoln Center's fashion director (i.e. the woman who makes Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week happen) -- is either the most feared or the most revered force in the industry. On the eve of her second season at the helm of MBFW at Lincoln Center, Winston Wolkoff spoke to PinkMemo about her journey to the top. (Oh, and our official stance is "revered.")
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1. What's the best part about your new role? The most unexpected?
I'm not just the director of fashion at Lincoln Center - I'm a veritable Switzerland! CFDA, IMG, designers, retailers, even publishing houses have trusted me with keeping their best interests in mind, and as their ambassador, I've realized that I'm responsible for pleasing, but never compromising.
2. How has the move to Lincoln Center changed Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week?
There is a grace and culture about Lincoln Center that, [even] if simply by osmosis, lends elegance to the event. IMG didn't strive to create some reinvented wonderland when they approached the relocation of the shows to
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