About Gwen
Gwen Mazer is an author, style consultant, speaker, and workshop leader with over 25 years of professional experience. Her recent book, “Wise Talk Wild Women”, is a collection of intimate conversations, life stories of a diverse group of well-known women. Their stories express ideas, feelings and beliefs that reflect a vast shift in attitude about growing in age in the 21st Century. Gwen is in the forefront of a critical conversation that will shift the media perception of women at midlife and beyond. She is encouraging women to embrace the opportunity for reinvention and creative expression available to them at this time of life.
Gwen’s professional career spans the worlds of fashion, advertising, retail and journalism. She was a Fashion Editor for “Harper’s Bazaar”, Creative Director for Esprit, a fashion executive for major retail companies in the United States and Europe, and created her own signature boutiques in New York and San Francisco. As owner of Total Image Management, she has led seminars and advised numerous corporations, professional and individual clients about the power of personal presentation and inner spirit as aspects of communication. Those clients have ranged from Wells Fargo Bank to television personality Oprah Winfrey. In addition to her image consulting with individuals, she offers workshops, personal style intensives and salons designed especially for women in midlife.
Gwen has been featured in a wide range of publications, including “The New Yorker”, “Vogue”, “Woman’s Wear Daily”, “San Francisco Business Times”, and the “San Francisco Chronicle”. In addition, she has appeared on many broadcast programs, including the ABC-affiliate KGO series, “Profiles of Excellence”, ABC’s “View From the Bay”, Comcast CNN and The Tavis Smiley Show. She has addressed various organizations, including the National Charity League, the Commonwealth Club, the World Affairs Council, and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
She was awarded the highest honor in the image industry, receiving an IMMIE for outstanding professionalism and dedication. She is a certified professional member of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and served as president and program chair of the San Francisco chapter. Gwen is also listed in Who’s Who of American Women and has served on the board of several cultural and civic organizations.
