About Closet Couture
Closet Couture is a digital fashion media brand that reaches influential women who love to shop. Members create online closets filled with clothes from their real and fantasy wardrobes. Since its launch in Santa Monica, CA in October, 2008, Closet Couture has become women's go to for online shopping and wardrobe management paired with content about fashion trends.
The Closet Couture Management Team
Jim Davis, Executive Chairman of the Board
- Board of Directors: Mota, Artist Direct, ComCom Commerce, CircleUp
- Advisory Board: eBridge, Promax, Afordit.com, TweetUp
- eBay: VP New Business, VP Marketing & Strategic Alliances
- Chic Simple: Co-founder & SVP Marketing & New Business (women's merchandising & e-commerce)
- Internet pioneer since 1994
Christine Elia, Founder and CEO
- Senior Editor, fashion and beauty, at My Generation and mygeneration.com
- Consultant, launch of iVillage in the UK
- Managing Editor, launched Animal Fair and Animalfair.com magazine
- Time at ABC Entertainment, UPN Network and MFA from USC Cinema-TV
Elizabeth A. Osder, Strategy, Business and Market Development (Consulting)
- Founder, The Osder Group, Professional Services
- SVP Audience (Product, Editorial and Marketing), Buzz-Media
- Senior Director Yahoo Media Group
- Vice President, Media and Entertainment, Razorfish
- Director, The New York Times
Alyson Wilson, Product and Program Management
- ThisNext.com, Director, Media, Product Manager & Director, Community (a pioneer in social shopping)
- Launched two award-winning national magazines, Elevation and Women's Adventure
Sheldon Chang, CTO
- CRM Program Manager at Neoforma Inc.
- Founded Silicon Valley community networking site SocialWave.net
Aihui Ong, Tech Strategist
- More than 10 years of product development and consulting; specializing in Web 2.0 sites
- Web implementations for Fortune 500 companies like General Motors, 20th Century Fox and PeopleSoft.
Closet Couture Art & Style Direction
Ashley Roberts, Art Direction
- Art direction of Closet Couture's visual design
- Style and trend content for Closet Couture programming
Anne Ziegler, Style Director
- Retail and trend clients including The Limited and ESP Trend
- Trend consulting for media outlets such as Vogue, Vogue UK and Elle
Kate Schelter, Founding Creative Director
- Kate Schelter designed Closet Couture's original logo, style and site
