About Us-W2WW

Karen Klopp | Founder
With a backdrop of Manhattan and a background as a writer, documentary film producer, life-long conservationist, traveler, board member for various organizations, chair of countless events and wife and mother of three, Karen has participated in almost every kind of event that a woman experiences in her life. It's with all this fabulous practice that she founded What2Wearwhere to save today's busy women their precious time by eliminating the stress of dressing for life's events and travel!

Georgiana Bland | Managing Director
After completing a degree in Italian Studies and Art History, Georgiana moved to Florence and then Rome, working for a private company that offered a rarefied and sometimes amusing glimpse into European old-world aristocracy. Upon her return to Manhattan, these experiences combined with a love of travel and style brought her to What2WearWhere.

Lara Glaister | Creative Director
Post History of Art BA, and a job at a major contemporary art gallery in Manhattan, Lara went on to Parson’s School of Design to study Fashion Illustration and Costume History. A passionate traveler, she then moved on to Rue de Seine in Paris where life became la vie en rose. Nothing is more chic than throwing on a trench coat, grabbing a Herald Tribune and sipping on a café crème. The effortless sense of style and Parisian life has never left Lara, which is what quite literally drew her to What2WearWhere. Her brilliant sketches created the look of the site.

Hilary Dick | W2WW Fashion Editor
A native New Yorker, Hilary Dick grew up surrounded by the fast paced fashionable influences of the city. She studied and lived in Paris breathing in the styles of French women. With a brief stop in San Francisco, Hilary returned to New York to become a television producer. A mother of two teenage daughters, Hilary's style varies from casual by day and glamorous by night. She loves to mix high end with low end and enjoys the trendy but tends towards the classic. And high heels are a must. She attributes her sense of style to her Grandmother, Bunny du Pont.

Vanessa Diserio | W2WW Ski Editor
Vanessa Diserio, our high style ski specialist, scopes the slopes to keep you looking haute. Daughter of famed furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and celebrated author & needlework artist Erica Wilson Kagan, Vanessa has been exposed to high style since birth. As a buyer for Erica Wilson Needleworks, a fashionable boutique on Main Street in Nantucket, she not only spots the trends, but creates them. Vanessa welcomes the to chance to share instinct for what’s double diamond hot (and what’s bunny hill not!) for What2WearWhere.com.

Leslie Johnson | W2WW Fashion Editor
Leslie Johnson, our chic fashion consultant, uses her innate style and background to keep the What2WearWhere collection in vogue. Leslie designs her ever so cool line Josephine & Laurentina with Cristina Cenci which keeps her wandering the globe looking for new color combinations, patterns and styles. Leslie’s experience keeps us all classically trendy.

Kalliope Karella | W2WW Fashion Editor
Kalliope Karella is one of our fashion correspondents. She is Greek and spent her childhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Switzerland and California where she graduated from UCLA and her Masters from NYU in business and politics. She is a free-lance lifestyle correspondent for Greek magazines: Life and Style and Vogue. Kalliope worked for the Dior haute couture in Paris and returns often, especially for the couture and ready to wear shows. She lives in New York with her husband and two boys.

Simone Mailman | Outdoor Sports Editor
Simone Mailman, the avid huntress, stalks the stores and sites for our Shooting and Fishing sections. Simone loves the adventure and natural splendor of being outdoors. Whether trailing the flats for bonefish in West Andros, bow hunting for whitetail deer, taking aim at partridge over her trained pointer, or raising her two fearless boys! She believes that a sportswoman should always be, shall we say, dressed to kill. At What2WearWhere, Simone will help you hunt down everything you need to look and perform your best no matter which game you're after.

Mary Darling | W2WW Sports Editor
Our fabulous and fit Running Editor, Mary Darling, runs competitively in New York City, and contributes to What2WearWhere regularly with stylish tips on how to look like a pro!

Nicole Hanley | W2WW Fashion Editor
Nicole has her own chic blog, HANLEY MELLON and each week she will be posting her outfits on our site. Her brilliant sense of style adds another dimension as we continue to answer life's eternal question: What should I wear?! Her travel between New York, London and LA will bring all coasts closer and hipper by far! Nicole is currently working on the future of HANLEY MELLON with her husband, Matthew Mellon.

Kick Kennedy | W2WW Eco Editor
As a daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Kick grew up with a love and understanding of nature and has since forged her own way as a dynamic environmentalist. She is a Legacy Ambassador for the Waterkeeper Alliance, the global organization connecting and supporting Waterkeeper programs on six continents to provide a voice for waterways and their communities. More specifically to her area, Kick is an active advocate for Riverkeeper, the organization dedicated to the protection and the ecological integrity of the Hudson River and its tributaries, and to the safeguarding of the drinking water supply of New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.