Nicole Blanks Joins Accessory Brand, Room It Up on the Brand's Creative and Product Development Team
Designer will bring previous experiences and talents to new position at the gift and lifestyle accessory company

STUART, FL, December 25, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lifestyle accessory brand, Room It Up, has recently hired Nicole Blanks to serve on the company's creative and product development team. Blank's extensive background in both fashion and trend direction as well as illustration and graphic design will bring a fresh perspective to the brand as it continues to grow in the accessory and gift markets.

Blanks's previous accomplishments include assisting in new product development and design, juniors trend forecasting and creating trend and color direction presentations for leading industry retailers such as Target, Kohl's and JC Penney. Additionally, during the past 6 years at her previous employer, accessory industry leader Steve Madden, Blanks had the opportunity to cultivate design development for a variety of brands and retailers including: Steve Madden, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, OlsenBoye by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Fabulosity by Kimora Lee Simmons, Target, Kohl's and JC Penney.

"I am thrilled to have Nicole as part of the creative team. With over 6 years of experience with one of the leading accessory manufacturers in the country and a great eye for fashion we couldn't be happier. She is going to be a great asset to our team," says Room It Up vice-president Maureen Lorr Schmidt.

Blanks hopes to bring her knowledge of fashion forward and seasonal trend and color direction as well as an overall understanding of the consumer's need for trend right, quality fashion accessories to her new position at Room It Up.

Blanks received her Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts in Fashion Design from Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA.

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Alexandra Chauss
Room It Up
Media Relations
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Stuart, FL
USA 34997
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