b'Mikelle DrewDesigner and Adjunct Professor at theFashion Institute of Technology Mikelle has spent over 23 years working in the fashion industryas a Designer, CAD artist and Product Manager. She is currentlya digital fashion design specialist, training designers in digitalfashion design software including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop,CLO3d, Browzwear and PLM. She is also an Adjunct Professor atNew York\'s Fashion Institute of Technology and PhiladelphiasJefferson University. She is passionate about fashion andtechnology and now works full time helping fashion creativeslearn to use technology to build their businesses and theircareers.Byron LarsDesigner - History MakerByron Lars started designing under his own label in 1991 with a smallcollection of sportswear focusing on what Lars refers to as twistedAmerican classics. Transfixed with elevating pedestrian staples Byronconcocted a distorted version of his Grandfathers fishing jacket thattook on Dior New Look proportions, resulting in a Duchess of Windsormeets Field and Stream hybrid kind of aesthetic.This level of thoughtfulness has rendered Byrons clothes must-havesamong celebrity A-listers, Natalie Portman, Taylor Swift, Felicity Jones,Angela Bassett, Elle Fanning, Katherine Win-nick, Kim Kardashian, JillScott, Vanessa Williams, Anika Nonie Rose, Gabrielle Union, Regina Kingand Former FLOTUS Michelle Obama to name a few.The formation of a new partnership with longtime colleague Sheila Grayhas not only yielded a dynamic duo change in management but also thename change of "IN EARNEST" for this newly established iteration of thefirmly established clothing brand.Lna GNININVIRegional Retail Manager West &Central Africa chez Parfums Christian Dior'