This week’s style diary is the very glamorous Joy Marks. The entrepreneur whose family owns an international mail order company is mostly known in the city for wearing the most amazing outfits on the social and philanthropic scene. From dramatic headpieces to magnificent gowns, she is very unique in her way of dressing. A real femme fatale that turns the heads of many.
Sibylle Eschapasse: Describe your style?
Joy Marks: My style would definitely be defined as Old Hollywood Glamour in the ‘40s and ’50s and very feminine.
Ms. Eschapasse: If a close friend were to describe your personality in three words, what would they be?
Ms. Marks: A passionate, kindhearted, Barbie Doll.
Ms. Eschapasse: How did your style evolve since you were a teenager?
Ms. Marks: While it was already glamorous as my mother was a professional dancer and singer and was also on Broadway, and very taken with the movie star look, it evolved into an even more glam look, but I also loved wearing jeans, which my mother would never wear, but with a bit more flair and fashion. I was voted best-dressed in high school but still in keeping with the look of the time.
I, too, studied professional dance and our costumes were very ornate for professional performances. In college and graduate school I was in uniform a good deal of the time with my course of study being in psychology, nursing, public health, and business. Many times the lab coat would go over a beautiful dress and I did get to wear some couture while I did internships for Restaurant Associates and Bank Leumi.
When I married in college and soon began a family, my everyday look changed to accommodate my growing family, but at night I would emerge in something beautiful and feminine. My favorite at the time was North Beach Leather anything!
