2008 Woodie Awards
Distinguished Alumna visits Plattsburgh State
Joanna Knight
Issue date: 10/5/07 Section: News
Originally published: 10/4/07 at 4:43 PM EST
Last update: 10/4/07 at 4:54 PM EST
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Diamond had known Aucoin professionally while working at Women's Wear Daily, before she was invited to Harper's Bazaar by editor Glenda Bailey. The makeup artist particularly appreciated a profile that she wrote of him. The article came out on a Friday. When Diamond returned to her office on Monday, she found five orchids - each of different variety - and a note which read, "If you didn't have a stalker yet, you have one now. -Kevyn"
When Aucoin died suddenly in 2002, Diamond was chosen by his family and the creative director of Kevyn Aucoin Beauty, Eric Sakas, to do a book. "A Beautiful Life," published in 2004, draws heavily from the diaries Aucoin kept throughout his professional career - including thousands of Polaroids documenting his work - and describes his early struggles growing up in a homophobia-steeped part of Louisiana.
Lancôme is the world's largest luxury brand, a position which, according to Diamond, carries with it certain responsibilities to "give back." For Diamond, the biggest challenge has been modernizing Lancôme's PR while "involving technology and incorporating a charitable component." To this end, Lancôme has launched an "Eco-Chic" program, and planted 10,000 trees through carbonfund.org.
The company has also produced videos for YouTube. Diamond said she has been able to work even more closely with designers, like Peter Som and Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, in her work for Lancôme than she was at Harper's Bazaar.
Diamond was interviewed Monday, in an event open to the public as well as PSUC students, by Lisa Lewis, wife of President John Ettling. Diamond credits a "new energy" she perceives on campus to Ettling and Lewis, and says she is a "great fan" of their work for the school.
English major Rebekah Rink, who attended the event, said it was structured as an interview, with Diamond's friend Lisa Lewis acting as the interviewer.
The talk was, said Rink, "very informative. [She] was down-to-earth and her presentation was funny and easy to listen to."
Journalism professor Ronald Davis, who invited Diamond to speak on behalf of the Distinguished Visiting Alumni Program, praised Diamond's "hard work, gifted writing ability and initiative," as well as her dedication to helping students find jobs and internships.
When Aucoin died suddenly in 2002, Diamond was chosen by his family and the creative director of Kevyn Aucoin Beauty, Eric Sakas, to do a book. "A Beautiful Life," published in 2004, draws heavily from the diaries Aucoin kept throughout his professional career - including thousands of Polaroids documenting his work - and describes his early struggles growing up in a homophobia-steeped part of Louisiana.
Lancôme is the world's largest luxury brand, a position which, according to Diamond, carries with it certain responsibilities to "give back." For Diamond, the biggest challenge has been modernizing Lancôme's PR while "involving technology and incorporating a charitable component." To this end, Lancôme has launched an "Eco-Chic" program, and planted 10,000 trees through carbonfund.org.
The company has also produced videos for YouTube. Diamond said she has been able to work even more closely with designers, like Peter Som and Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, in her work for Lancôme than she was at Harper's Bazaar.
Diamond was interviewed Monday, in an event open to the public as well as PSUC students, by Lisa Lewis, wife of President John Ettling. Diamond credits a "new energy" she perceives on campus to Ettling and Lewis, and says she is a "great fan" of their work for the school.
English major Rebekah Rink, who attended the event, said it was structured as an interview, with Diamond's friend Lisa Lewis acting as the interviewer.
The talk was, said Rink, "very informative. [She] was down-to-earth and her presentation was funny and easy to listen to."
Journalism professor Ronald Davis, who invited Diamond to speak on behalf of the Distinguished Visiting Alumni Program, praised Diamond's "hard work, gifted writing ability and initiative," as well as her dedication to helping students find jobs and internships.
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