Marilise Gavenas
New York, NY
USA
Professional Experience
A specialist in menswear, Marilise has worked across channels including websites, magalogs, blogs, e-commerce, display advertising, and traditional print in addition to creating and managing custom publishing projects for clients like Cadillac, Mercedes, and San Francisco Ballet.
She has worked in-house (Bergdorf Goodman); as a consultant (Supima Cotton); and as both a short- and long-term freelancer in menswear, textiles, accessories, and beauty. With a knowledge of performance fibers and treatments, she specializes in translating technical advances into consumer-friendly service copy.
Marilise came to copywriting after stints as a senior editor at Glamour, InStyle, Mirabella, and Fairchild Publications, and a two-time columnist ("First Look"; "Secret Addresses") at Elle.
She has taught at Mediabistro, has been editor-in-chief of fashion trades, and is the author of Color Stories (Simon & Schuster, 2002) and The Fairchild Encyclopedia of Menswear (Fairchild, 2008).
