New friends, old friends, neighbors, clients, celebrity stylists and TV personalities, all mingled together to celebrate our one year anniversary at our 17th Street boutique in Chelsea. - Photos by Robert Paul Tardio

TV personalities, long-term clients and friends gathered at our Chelsea Boutique on September 10th to celebrate our one-year anniversary. It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year since we opened our doors in New York! We were a new and different addition to the neighborhood then, but as I look through these photos, I see how much has happened in a year and how many of our New York friends and neighbors have become a part of the Patty Tobin family. There was little more we could have asked for then to have our biggest supporters, our partners, our clients, our friends and our family all together enjoying, what turned out to be, one hell of a party! Guests sipped champagne and karaoked their hearts out well past midnight! Visit our Facebook page for the best selection of photos from the party or you can check them out on Guest of a Guest.

Also, checkout out our press page for more on Karina Mahtani-Mitchell’s special Fashion’s Night Out report for CBS News’ Celebrity Circuit. Patty Tobin’s Spring 2010 Collection was unveiled on Fashion’s Night Out and is featured in the article. Read it here!

American Express OPENForum’s Shira Levine interviews life-long entrepreneur Patty Tobin for her recent article, “Secrets to Bootstrapping (From Bootstrappers),” in which she asked Tobin how she pursued her professional dreams on her own without totally breaking the bank. Tobin shares her expertise and pulls on her own success stories to offers tips for entrepreneurs who are looking to start or grow their own business in the current economic climate

Excerpt from the article:

Despite the naysayers, [Tobin] decided to open her store with a huge party that coincided with New York Fashion Week’s Fashion’s Night Out. “We were the only opening that night and people thought I was crazy economically to have a luxury line, but I guess I am a crazy lady – it worked!” says Tobin. Read the full article here…