Millard Drexler At The Parsons Table with Paul Goldberger | Parsons School of Design

Parsons The New School for Design (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons) is pleased to present a conversation between Millard Drexler, chairman and CEO of J.Crew group, and Paul Goldberger, Joseph Urban Professor of Design at Parsons The New School for Design, to celebrate the School of Fashion's move downtown. This event will be the inaugural public program at The New School's new University Center (http://www.newschool.edu/university-center), which opened in January 2014. It will also mark the relaunch of the "At the Parsons Table" lecture series, which invites renowned designers, artists, and architects from across the globe to participate in conversations with Goldberger. About the speakers: New York Magazine once wrote that Millard "Mickey" Drexler, "could be argued [to have] invented casual chic." As the CEO of the Gap in the 1990s, Drexler reinvented the brand's look and message and in the process democratized impeccable style. Since becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J.Crew Group, Inc. (J.Crew) in January 2003, he has revolutionized that brand, as well, turning it into one of America's most respected and reliable upscale style labels. Mr. Drexler has served on the board of Warby Parker since September 2013 and on the board of Teach for America, Inc. since October 2011. Paul Goldberger is the Joseph Urban Professor of Design at Parsons, a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair. From 1997-2011, he served as the ar