Gillian Hearst Simonds

This past week, bloggers from all over the U.S. and Canada traveled to a rainy New York city for 3 days of presentations, events and tours at Blogfest 2011 .  Echo's partner in fabrics, trims, rugs and wallpaper, Kravet , put together a whirlwind schedule for a select number of top home and lifestyle bloggers to view home and interior design collections, visit design studios and the offices of great publications like Architectural Digest and Elle Decor .   We attended the Sweet Endings party...Read Full Story

You can't help but be struck by the incredible architecture of the Hearst Tower in Manhattan, home of the Hearst publications, including Town & Country, Veranda , House Beautiful , and Elle Decor (a few of my favorite things)! Isn't it amazing? How'd you like to show up to work here every morning? It's a little hard for me to believe that this is where I showed up for work (well, sort of) on Monday, May 16th to participate in Blogfest 2011. To say it was a whirlwind experience is an...Read Full Story

Shawn Modell, Dee Dee Sides, Gillian Hearst Simonds, Jamie Korey NEW YORK, May 4, 2009 / FW/ — “Smile and the whole world smiles with you,” goes an old adage that “Operation Smile” a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, through its volunteers have treated more than 130,000 children born with cleft lips...Read Full Story

Last night at the Elie Tahari store in Soho, Mr. Tahari and his wife Rory kicked off the Annual Winter Antiques Show, which opens on Jan. 22 at the Armory, with a party for the Antiques Show Young Collectors.Among the committee members making an appearance were young socials Tatiana Boncompagni, Gillian Hearst Simonds and Kipton Cronkite, founder of the KiptonART organization dedicated to launching emerging artists. "I'm the new kid on the block," said Ms. Simonds, who is a first-time co...Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Gillian Hearst Simonds. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article...Read Full Story