Eric Villency
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Eric Villency is the CEO of Maurice Villency Inc., a contemporary furniture
company
. Eric and his wife Kimberly Guilfoyle
separated in June 2009. They have one son, Ronan.
and fashion
. In 2002, Eric oversaw the launch of the Maurice Villency flagship store, located on 57th street
in midtown Manhattan
, and launched the company’s first Home Accessories collection. In 2006, he launched “Villency Atelier”, a workshop dedicated to custom design and fabrication for design professionals. In 2007, Eric was named the recipient of the IFDA “Design Industry” award. 2008 saw the launch of Eric's newest business initiative: "Villency Pure Design," an environmentally responsible and domestically produced collection of furniture. http://villency.com/pure
With the 2008 launch of a business to business service , Villency Contract, http://www.villencycontract.com/index.php Eric has promoted a number of notable design projects including: The Rudy Giuliani Urgent Care Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital (New York); The Delta Air Lines Miami Crown Lounge http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/848843/delta_celebrates_cosmopolitan_cuisine_as_sponsor_of_6th_annual_south/index.html; The Club level lounge at Citifield (the new stadium for the New York Mets); Starwood brands including W hotels and Sheraton; The Bryant Park Hotel; the Plaza private residences http://www.villencycontract.com/delta-crown-room.php and office for Kathy Lee Gifford http://www.ericvillency.com/videos18.php.
Eric has been a recurrent guest on the Today Show discussing a wide range of topics from design trends to fashion to family issues. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, The Tyra Banks show, HGTV, Travel Channel, TBS and was the host of the Fine Living Channel's iDesign http://www.ericvillency.com/videos.php. Villency recently executive produced and hosted the documentary INSEAM that chronicles emerging fashion designers. http://www.cottoninc.com/PressReleases/?articleID=482
Eric is the contributing Style editor for Details Magazine. http://men.style.com/details/blogs/knowandtell/2009/02/home-items.html#more Previously, he contributed as the Style/Design editor for Best Life Magazine, a Rodale Publication.
Eric, a former model
, maintains a connection to the fashion world and has pioneered the Villency Emerging Fashion Fund. The fund has established partnerships with fashion designers including Proenza Schouler, Derek Lam, Imitation of Christ, Ruffian, and Erin Featherston. In February 2009, Eric designed the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge at New York's Fashion Week.http://blogs.fashionweekdaily.com/?p=9907
, is the face of the ad campaign, which ran exclusively in Purple Magazine. The ad campaign was art directed by Olivier Zham, Purple Magazine's Editor-in-Chief.
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
. Eric and his wife Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle is an American cable news personality and is currently one of the rotating co-hosts on The Five on Fox News Channel at 5 pm EST , as well as the host of an Internet-only crime-related program for Fox News...
separated in June 2009. They have one son, Ronan.
Career
Eric has led the company’s re-branding effort, repositioning the brand as a fashion forward contemporary design force. In 2001, he was awarded the FIT “All Star Salute” award, recognizing leaders in designDesign
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
and fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
. In 2002, Eric oversaw the launch of the Maurice Villency flagship store, located on 57th street
57th Street (Manhattan)
57th Street is one of New York City's major east-west thoroughfares, which runs east-west in the Midtown section of the borough of Manhattan, from the New York City Department of Sanitation's dock on the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to a small park overlooking the East River built on a...
in midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, and launched the company’s first Home Accessories collection. In 2006, he launched “Villency Atelier”, a workshop dedicated to custom design and fabrication for design professionals. In 2007, Eric was named the recipient of the IFDA “Design Industry” award. 2008 saw the launch of Eric's newest business initiative: "Villency Pure Design," an environmentally responsible and domestically produced collection of furniture. http://villency.com/pure
With the 2008 launch of a business to business service , Villency Contract, http://www.villencycontract.com/index.php Eric has promoted a number of notable design projects including: The Rudy Giuliani Urgent Care Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital (New York); The Delta Air Lines Miami Crown Lounge http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/848843/delta_celebrates_cosmopolitan_cuisine_as_sponsor_of_6th_annual_south/index.html; The Club level lounge at Citifield (the new stadium for the New York Mets); Starwood brands including W hotels and Sheraton; The Bryant Park Hotel; the Plaza private residences http://www.villencycontract.com/delta-crown-room.php and office for Kathy Lee Gifford http://www.ericvillency.com/videos18.php.
Eric has been a recurrent guest on the Today Show discussing a wide range of topics from design trends to fashion to family issues. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, The Tyra Banks show, HGTV, Travel Channel, TBS and was the host of the Fine Living Channel's iDesign http://www.ericvillency.com/videos.php. Villency recently executive produced and hosted the documentary INSEAM that chronicles emerging fashion designers. http://www.cottoninc.com/PressReleases/?articleID=482
Eric is the contributing Style editor for Details Magazine. http://men.style.com/details/blogs/knowandtell/2009/02/home-items.html#more Previously, he contributed as the Style/Design editor for Best Life Magazine, a Rodale Publication.
Eric, a former model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, maintains a connection to the fashion world and has pioneered the Villency Emerging Fashion Fund. The fund has established partnerships with fashion designers including Proenza Schouler, Derek Lam, Imitation of Christ, Ruffian, and Erin Featherston. In February 2009, Eric designed the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge at New York's Fashion Week.http://blogs.fashionweekdaily.com/?p=9907
Restoration of the Monarchy
Restoration of the Monarchy is a fashion brand created by Eric Villency in 2007. The name originated from the historical, British era referred to as: ‘The Restoration.’ In 1660 the English Parliament restored Charles II to the British throne, ending the British Commonwealth and resulting in the repeal of strict Puritan laws and censorship. The name of the fashion line is based on the belief in benevolent leadership and the freedom to choose and express oneself. The line launched in September 2007 with a men's and women's denim line. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of Carine RoitfeldCarine Roitfeld
Carine Roitfeld was the Editor-in-Chief of French Vogue from 2001 to January 21, 2011. A former fashion model and writer, she announced her resignation on December 17, 2010; she was succeeded by Emmanuelle Alt.- Family background :...
, is the face of the ad campaign, which ran exclusively in Purple Magazine. The ad campaign was art directed by Olivier Zham, Purple Magazine's Editor-in-Chief.
External links
- http://www.mauricevillency.com
- http://www.restorationofthemonarchy.com
- http://www.villencycontract.com
- http://www.ericvillency.com