A Day In The Life Of Jenna Lyons & Tracy Gardner
Thanks to Jordan, a reader who sent me the following links on Friday afternoon!
ABC News interviewed both Jenna Lyons, Creative Director at J.Crew and Tracy Gardner, President of J.Crew. I could not embed the interviews here so I have included links below.

Click here for the video with Jenna Lyons. Here are some the highlights from the interview.
- Jenna’s reaction to seeing Michelle Obama wearing J.Crew
- The story behind J.Crew
- The evolution of jewelry and accessories at J.Crew
- A day-in-the-life of Jenna
- Lauren Hutton for J.Crew’s new catalog

Click here for the video with Tracy Gardner. Here are some the highlights from the interview. I love how the interviewer, Jayne Chase, is wearing the soiree jacket in grey.
- Evolution of J.Crew
- Mickey Drexler’s influence on J.Crew
- How J.Crew plans on weathering out the economic storm
- The story behind Madewell
















January 10th, 2009 - 1:45 am
Thanks to Jordan for sharing! Thanks, Leigh, for posting!
January 10th, 2009 - 12:57 pm
Great info and links, thank you Leigh! Did you see the NBC story with Ms., Lyons on Thursday? (The “Can Michelle Obama Save the Fashion Industry?” story done for TV.)
Hope the rest of your weekend is splendid!
tp
January 10th, 2009 - 1:06 pm
Hi The Princess! Thanks for sharing with me!
January 11th, 2009 - 4:26 am
i remember reading that you can get free shipping always via the code “JUSTASK”… haven’t tried it though so i can’t guarantee it’ll work.
another way to save is to stack coupon codes with purchasing through a cashback site like
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January 11th, 2009 - 2:39 pm
thanks for posting these! it was fun to watch. (is the lauren hutton shoot for a j.crew book, or a catalog/book? i wasn’t sure ….)
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