Add to that teaching Fashion Marketing at Parsons The New School for Design and running a business helping burgeoning accessories designers get their handbag lines off the ground and into major retailers across the country.

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From business to working at some of the most world-renowned fashion houses in their marketing and event management departments, Gadsby led a life of full-tilt glamour that kept her moving throughout Europe before moving back to California and starting her own company, A Gadsby Affair, in 2009 and then the joining conference and events series specialists behind GAIIN.

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