The Carlisle Collection is an American fashion design company founded in 1981 by William Rondina to offer elegant classic clothing and accessories for women by private appointment. Based in New York City, the firm has over 1,000 consultants throughout the United States. Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ...

Rondina is a veteran retailer who understood what women in this niche market of affluent professionals and homemakers wanted: quality and value with the attention and guidance lacking in most stores. His twist is the relationship between his sales team and his customers. It is not an "Upstairs, Downstairs" approach, but one of peer to peer. The Carlisle representatives, called consultants, are well-connected socially, draw from their friends and acquaintances, and build a loyal following. The word-of-mouth network is so powerful that Carlisle advertises only in Town & Country magazine. Upstairs, Downstairs was a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning British drama set in a large Edwardian townhouse in London that depicted the lives of the servants downstairs and their masters upstairs. It ran on ITV for five series from 1971 to 1975. ... Town & Country is an American magazine focusing on high society and fashion. ...

Each piece of the wardrobe coordinates; and, the consultant reviews her records of everything that has been purchased in the past to guide future combinations or new looks that can be created by extending what is already in the client's wardrobe. Attention is also paid to limiting the sales of new items in each market so that customers will not be at a dinner with someone else with the same design.

The company's offices are located in mid-town Manhattan. They were designed by Robert Denning of Denning & Fourcade. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... Robert Denning (March 13, 1927 – August 26, 2005) was an American interior designer whose lush interpretations of French Victorian decor became an emblem of corporate raider tastes in the 1980s. ... Robert Denning (March 13, 1927 – August 26, 2005) was an interior decorator whose lush interpretations of French Victorian decor became an emblem of corporate-raider tastes in the 1980s. ...

Carlisle sells a designer scarf each season for which all of the money goes directly to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Since 1998, the program has raised over $1,300,000. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, is an organization supporting breast cancer research. ...

Posted sales in 2001 were $150-million.

External links

• Official site of the Carlisle Collection