Henry Nathaniel Jackson has been sketching since he was 5 years old and started sewing when he was 13. Apprenticed with Charles Suppon, Chester Weinburg, and Perry Ellis and attended Harvard University’s Pre-law and business school and then graduated from Parsons School of design.

Perry Ellis is a mentor for Henry and provided him with guidance during times in his career when it was most needed. Working for Oscar de la Renta and Valentino also hired Henry for his skill at designing high end women’s wear. At the age of 21 Henry ventured to NYC to start his own line. Naming it simply Henry N. Jackson for HNJ he designed primarily high end women’s designer lines primarily to Henry Bendel & Neimen Marcus among others. When he launched Henry Jackson Inc. he designed and managed design teams for companies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and Bally of Switzerland for women’s and men’s wear. After his stint as an executive for Legends and Heroes, and Stall & Dean Inc. in Boston, Henry again, went solo as a design and merchandising consultant in NYC.

I would like to pay tribute to five Washington State police officers, who were ambushed and killed on October 31st, 2009 and November 29th, 2009. Police officers everywhere risk their lives every day, and unfortunately sometimes they lose their lives in the line of duty. Although it is always sad when we lose one of these brave people, it is even more devastating when they are attacked with no provocation or warning by heartless individuals who think they are getting their revenge by destroying those that they feel have destroyed their lives. They don’t seem to realize or care that they destroy so many other lives as well. These officers had spouses and children, parents and siblings, who all miss their loved ones terribly. It is heartbreaking and also a bit frightening to know those that we feel are there to protect us can also be so vulnerable.