About Mary Garthe Associates

Photo by John Kane

Mary Garthe has been producing fashion show events in New England since 1988. An internationally recognized color specialist and prominent figure in the New England fashion and home furnishings industry, she is also the author of Fashion and Color, published in four languages.

Since that time Ms. Garthe has served as co-regional director of Fashion Group International in Boston, a global association of professionals representing the fashion and design industries.

She also won the Boston Vision Award for Leadership and the Boston Vision Award for Style Setter, sponsored by Fashion Week Boston, Banana Republic, Lasell College, and Maverick Media Group. Ms. Garthe’s reputation in planning and producing events has brought her such clients as the Copley Place stores, Keds, Laura Ashley, Sigrid Olsen, The Rockport Company, and the Boston Ballet.

Ms. Garthe’s recent production includes Boston Après Starck, a high-profile runway show with world-renowned designer Philippe Starck and student designers, for the French Library and Cultural Center, and a Canadian couture fashion-show event in the Boston Public Library courtyard featuring four Canadian designers.