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As part-owner of The Vanguard PR, a fashion.beauty.lifestyle collective, as well as our resident ex-patriot (she resides in Montreal), Kristin Ann Janishefski highlights PR strategies, tactics and industry news geared toward the independent fashion designer, while keeping an eye on international Fashion PR news.

Kristin got her start in the fashion world as print model. A graduate with President’s Honors from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), Kristin launched a full-scale career as an account manager and publicist with a notable fashion, beauty, and lifestyle boutique PR firm in Los Angeles while still in school. During her last semester, she accepted an internship with a prominent stylist in Chicago. Working with her mentor, Kristin built upon her industry experience and continued to develop her repertoire as a seasoned fashion professional.

After graduating, Kristin opted to take the road less traveled and move to Montreal, a city rich in culture, arts and emerging fashion and designers. With established relationships within the magazine, TV, and new media realm, Kristin collaborated with business partner Jennifer Smith Tapp to form The Vanguard PR, an innovating fashion PR agency who’s Bright Eyes Designer Outreach Program empowers emerging designers to navigate the world of fashion promotion.

She is a supporter of The Chicago Fashion Foundation, Gen Art, and Toronto Fashion Incubator. When she isn’t trying to take over the fashion and PR worlds, she devotes her time to volunteering with disabled children and other global outreach programs.