Founder & President
Always(InStyle)®

You might say that fashion is in her blood.

DORIS POOSER, Founder and President of Always(InStyle)®, learned the finest details of style and image as a rite of passage. Her mother, Francis Wronski, a sought after 5th Avenue seamstress, created one-of-a- kind pieces befitting the finest ateliers of Paris, where quality construction and proper fit were paramount. Fran later managed 30 men in a 1930’s New York garment factory, a feat practically unheard of at the time. With this unimpeachable pedigree, Doris’ style standards became set.

Doris earned a degree in mathematics – but her love of fashion never faltered. She entered the image consulting field spawned in the 1980s by companies like Color Me Beautiful, improved and expanded the industry’s core services, then, using her 1960s General Dynamics computer programming, Doris devised the analysis algorithms and matrices that power the Personal Profile®, software that generates customized fashion, style, and beauty advice and product recommendations based on an individual’s unique physical characteristics and preferences.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but confidence is her most compelling accessory. Doris believes that developing one’s own unique personal style projects a polished image to the world, and ultimately develops self-esteem, the lynchpin of her 25-year international career as best-selling author, corporate spokesperson, corporate trainer, and Fortune 500 keynote speaker.

Doris is the author of multiple best-selling books on personal style, published in 9 countries with over 500,000 copies sold in the US. She has also personally trained thousands of corporate trainers, image and fashion consultants, personal shoppers and sales personnel internationally. Always(InStyle)® Concepts graduates include Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, and JC Penney to name a few.

As a style expert, Doris has been featured on all of the major television networks as well as Lifetime, CNN, Fox and QVC and has attracted media attention from a veritable who’s who of women’s publishers including Marie Claire, Woman’s World, O Magazine and Oprah.com.

Doris is a member of National Speakers Association, The Fashion Group, AICI and the Accessories Council.

When she’s not traversing the globe empowering women and men to look and feel their best, Doris enjoys a good round of golf and whipping up a batch of her famous beef stroganoff.

Contact her at Doris@alwaysinstyle.com

Color, Fashion Forecasting and Trends for Men and Women Expert

If you’ve ever been out shopping and noticed a plethora of plaid, bunches of bias-cut dresses, or skads of silky blouses, chances are, CAROLE D'ARCONTE, our resident color and trend forecaster par excellence, had something to do with it. Carole’s product development expertise in menswear, women’s wear, kid’s trend and design, as well as in accessories and beauty products is unparalleled in the industry.

As Founder and President of Color Portfolio, Inc., Carole provided directional color recommendations, lifestyle merchandising, and textile design guidance to the apparel, accessory, and home markets. After 25 successful years she sold her business and continues consulting to leading retailers and manufacturers about trend and style forecasting under her new company name, Carole D’Arconte LLC.

Carole studied at The Fashion Institute of Technology and received their Mortimer C. Ritter Award for Achievement and The Alumni Star Salute Award. She continues to maintain active roles in The Fashion Group, Round Table of Fashion Executives, The Fashion News Workshop, Color Marketing Group, The Retail Marketing Group, The Business Connection and The National Arts Club.

As a style forecasting expert, she is widely quoted and her numerous articles have been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Gannett Newspapers, Women's Wear Daily, Daily News Record, America’s Textile and Apparel Industry Magazine, to name a few. Carole's work is featured in Always In Style's runway collections, Seasonal Forecasts, Must Haves, and training materials.

Carole shares her life with her husband, two daughters and pet cat, Milo.

She lives primarily in New York City, where creative energy is a constant evolution. She views design as an interactive and diverse layering of colors, structures, and forms.
 

Senior Vice President Marketing

Have you ever experienced that bleary-eyed euphoria that comes from one of those middle-of-the-night shopping benders? Thank KAREN GIBERSON. Her creative wizardry –in a number of executive roles including a specialty in accessories for QVC was responsible for some of the shopping mecca’s most wildly successful programs and products.

A genuine style insider, she has nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, and public/media relations. She is currently President of The Accessories Council, a non-profit national advocacy group that represents over 100 of the biggest names in the industry. She is also a partner in a new skin care line with Tammy Ha and a television show featuring Eric Ripert.

Karen is our resident accessories guru, and, in her post as Always In(Style)’s Senior VP of Marketing, Karen is the innovative mastermind behind our forthcoming product launches and strategic partnerships – the details of which we aren’t allowed to divulge at this time – but trust us it’s going to be worth the wait!

Her professional affiliations include:
Founding Member/Accessories Council
Board of Directors/Gibson Foundation
Member/Divas Who Dine
Member/Fashion Group Advisory Board
Member/Laboratory Institute of Merchandising

She graduated with honors from Susquehanna University and holds a BA in Communications/Theatre Arts.

She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband Ken and children Katie, Kahli, Natalie and Luken.

With a hectic schedule that makes the Energizer Bunny look downright lazy she prefers comfort to couture. The constants in her wardrobe epitomize classic American casual chic, worn only with the most fabulous accessories, of course.

Senior Vice President of Training and Client Services

REENIE HENRY, our makeover diva extraordinaire, and Senior Vice President of Training and Client Services, boasts over 20 years of experience in Promotion, Management, Marketing and Sales in the fields of Retail, Utilities, and Consulting. Her public speaking engagements have addressed business and economic development and she has successfully created strategic business partnerships with several Fortune 500 companies.

Reenie brings passion and commitment to making the world a more beautiful place – one client at a time. As a certified Always(InStyle)® Trainer, she has comprehensive knowledge of the Personal Profile® Application and its use as a powerful tool to help both individuals and professional organizations. Her entertaining and informative training sessions cover such topics as:

Image & Personal Style
Presentation Skills, Personal Packaging & Body Language
Travel & Dining Etiquette Men & Women: Relationships in the Work Place, Wardrobe Essentials & Self Esteem

Interested in learning more about becoming an Image Coach? Contact her at reenie@alwaysinstyle.com Reenie defines being always in style as; “knowing and wearing the colors and styles that make you look your absolute best, confident, coordinated, and current.” She lives in Kansas City with her husband Dan and Shih-Tzu Sevie. Having elevated multi-tasking to an art form, her invaluable contributions to launching Always(InStyle)® in China have resulted in her dreaming in Mandarin.  

 

Style Editor

Style maven KIM POOSER scored her first pair of Manolos when Carrie-what’s-her-face was still in pig tails and horn-rimmed glasses – her 20 years of experience spans merchandising, publishing, retail, and e-commerce. No stranger to a POS system and price gun, Kim has dressed and accessorized LA and New York’s rich and famous. As a veteran retail professional, she won’t divulge her clientele, but assures us each and every one looked mahvelous dahling.

More a subway hopper than jetsetter, Kim is a rabid people watcher who scours thrift shops and flea markets – her unique treasure hunting invariably ends up in the Always(InStyle)® Trends Report Newsletter, New York Street Beat, and other online offerings.

Part of the Always In Style family since 2000, Kim has a BA in Art History, an MS in Nonprofit Management, and the good fortune to have toiled behind the scenes in some of the world’s most prestigious art institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Getty Museum, and The Guggenheim Museum.

Kim lives in New York City with her husband Todd and far too many shoes.

Committed more than your fair share of fashion faux pas? Suffering from a bad case of beauty blunders? Don’t fret, drop Kim a line at kim@alwaysinstyle.com