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Olympus
A Class Act

Runway Chic Magazine wishes to extend a special thank you to Olympus and their fine associates for helping to make Fashion Week for Spring of 2004 Fashions an excellent experience. Much appreciation for the WONDERFUL service(s) that were provided by Olympus and the fine people from Olympus who helped make Fashion Week for Spring of 2004 the best Fashion Week ever!! We have photographed the NYC Fashion Shows for MANY years, and the September Shows of 2003 were THE BEST!! Much of the quality is the result of the presence of Olympus!!

A small and incomplete list of SUPER Olympus services that made our week great were the useful lockers for photographers, the Press Room with computers, Internet, phone, coffee, and the latest camera designs, the services to the photographer in the waiting area, coffee, sodas, Krispy Kremes, snacks and food, massage, shuttle bus, demo sessions of quality Olympus products. Most importantly the quality treatment from Olympus people like Martin Lee, Vice President, Marketing, Consumer Groups Products, Dino Thomas, Technical Market Representative, Ray Acevedo, Senior Technical Marketing Representative Professional Products and all of the other quality Olympus associates including Ann, Susie and many others like Chris who worked daily to make this Fashion Week first rate!!

Pictured here is Jodi Jones with her Olympus equipment. You will see Olympus quality throughout this edition of RunWay Chic Magazine. Thanks again to Olympus. RunWay Chic Magazine looks forward to many years of continued affiliation with Olympus, their quality equipment, and their quality staff members.

Victor Bennett
Citadel Security

Fashion in New York City and the world centers on NYC Fashion Week. Many contribute to the wonderful success of Fashion Week in New York City. Runway Chic Magazine would like to take the time to recognize some of the people who help make NYC Fashion Week the recognized success that it is.Runway Chic Magazine would like to give Special Recognition to the women and men of Citadel Security Agency. These "invisible" people are hard working, dedicated, and are well organized. The Director of Security Ty Yorio along with his excellent colleagues provide the needed structure to help Fashion Week run smoothly.

After the years we even know some of them by name, Karen, Pietra, Ian, Tom, Mike, Maurice, Claude, Joe, Jim, Carlos, Ansel, Rudy and many others. In the many years that Runway Chic Magazine has been covering 7th on Sixth New York City Fashion Week, we even remember Citadel members that we did not see this year such as Bill, Bernard, Ed, and Gene.
For this Fashion week of September 2003 for Spring of 2004 Fashions, we give Special Recognition to Victor. One of the few security members who introduces himself by his full name, at times Vic, other times Victor, and Victor Bennett, and even his formal title of Mark Victor Bennett.
One of the many outstanding contributions of Victor Bennett to our 7th of Sixth New York City Fashion Week was his work during the challenges of 911. Victor was literally "the front man"; his job was to talk to people at the front entrance of "the Tents" the day after 911. On September 12th, Victor was assigned to be the very first person that people would talk to as they tried to enter "The Tents". Victors ability to calm, console, and communicate is OUTSTANDING every day, but definitely on "the day after". His calm, friendly yet respectful manner helped many on the road to recovery from the pain of 911.

In the photo with this copy, you will see Victor ( Mark Victor Bennett) talking with Ron Michaels and Jodi Jones of RunWay Chic Magazine. His confidence, and powerful presence helped many of us cope on our road to recovery. We understand that Victor is now coping with his own personal "road to recovery", we understand that his health is not the best. Our prayers go out to God for a quick return to health for Victor and for his family as they cope with the challenges of a loved one like him who is suffering.

We must also recognize the strong positive leadership of the Security Director Ty Yorio. Ty really knows how to put the right women or the right men on each job and at each post. Ty brings a calm, and comfortable influence to the people around him. Ty Yorio definitely put "the right man" on "the right job" when he assigned Victor Bennett to the point man position in front of "the Tents" on September 12th, "the day after".

So for this season, the Special Recognition of Runway Chic Magazine goes to the women and men of Citadel Security Agency, and their special man Mark Victor Bennett.