All posts by Roz Pactor

About Roz Pactor

I am a fashion and marketing consultant and blogger based in Houston, Texas. With more than three decades of experience in fashion retailing that has spanned Foley’s, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s NYC, I have earned a reputation for delivering expertise, energy and enthusiasm to my roster of clients. I have remained closely connected with designer women’s fashion as well as the misses, teens, men’s and children’s apparel and accessories markets from coast to coast.

Looking Back At 2019 One Last Time……and One More Happy New Year to All

Never too late to look back at special moments as we begin our move forward!

Looking Back at 2019

First of all, to those of you that I haven’t reached thru other media, I want to say Happy New Year and wish you all happiness, good health and much prosperity as you approach 2020. We laid back some for the holiday to recharge our batteries and unfortunately for me, as so many of you, adapting to […]

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Welcome 2020……The Clock Ticks On For a Bright New Year

A Year of Change Continue As We Are Moving Forward

Welcome 2020

First of all, to those of you that I have not reached through social media, I want to wish for you a New Year filled with happiness, prosperity and most importantly the best of health for you and for those you love.  At MRG, we stepped away for a few days to recharge our batteries, […]

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Hudson Yards…..My Recent Visit While in NYC

It may not be new news to most of the world......but I just got there and want to share my experience with those of you making a Big Apple trek any time soon!

Hudson Yards

When recently making my annual trip to New York City in December to see my brother, Steve Tyrell, performing at the Cafe Carlyle, I must say that I went with some definite Retail-destinations in mind to visit as I usually do in December. However, this time my itinerary featured a serious contrast that felt very […]

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From Our New Home to Yours…..

Our Wish for a Holiday Filled With Love and Peace In Your Home and in your Hearts

holiday message 2019

As we approach Christmas Eve Day, and all of the last minute errands that need to be done we hope you will take a moment for us, as we share this message with our loyal followers. You mean so much to us….. We feel there is nothing chic-er in this world than to let those […]

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RED…The Color That Says Happy Holidays Like No Other

Whether you like it head-to-toe, or as a pop or like I'm loving it these days with a little animal twist, now is the time to wear it!!!

RED

Nothing says Happy Holidays like my fave color RED…but this year, even though I love head-to-toe color this time of year, I’m featuring one of my fave newer ways to wear RED.….with animal prints and Dolce & Gabbana did it best for Fall/Winter 2019. As I sit here on this chill-filled morning in Houston, Texas, […]

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A Gift for Your Home That Promises To Keep On Giving…..

Media Systems Home Automation owners, Jaclyn and Donnie Boutwell educate me on how to make my home an even happier place.......just in time to plan for the new year.

Media Systems

Over the past several months I have had the pleasure of meeting a local Houston couple, Donnie and Jaclyn Boutwell, owners of Media Systems that are dedicated to doing amazing things with your home and how you live in it. As many of you know, for the last year I have been in the process […]

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Houston’s Newest Dining Hot Spot, Guard and Grace Opens…..

Acclaimed Denver Chef Troy Guard Opens Picks Houston as his first spot outside of Colorado

Guard & Grace

Before Thanksgiving prep took over my life, I had a great week of round-about dining and touring of the Western Gateway of Downtown Houston around Allen Center, where many new and innovative dining establishments have been happening……all adjacent or included in the newest hospitality entree into our city, the C.Baldwin Hotel. It should be noted […]

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C.Baldwin….My Special Visit to Houston’s Hottest New Hotel

I may have missed the big "party of the year" opening but loved my time there

CBaldwin open

For those of you that know that I have traveled to Italy quite a lot in recent months you know also that I have missed many happenings while I was away……one was the “party of the year” that we covered in absentia. However, thanks to many I was able to get my very own tour […]

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Rosalie’s Soulful Italian Restaurant Opens in New C.Baldwin Hotel

Is it Sauce or Gravy?? Eatery is a reflection of Master Chef Chris Cosentino's early dose of Italian cooking taught by his Great-Grandmother

Rosalie's Soulful Italian

When I first heard Chris Shepherd introduce his friend, Chris Cosentino, a Top Chef Master from San Francisco, months back at a an event for Southern Smoke I immediately liked him and what he had to say to us. He was an Italian-American guy opening an Italian restaurant here in Houston, whose dishes were inspired […]

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