Welcome to 3 Turtle Doves. This is the homepage for style maven Heather Nicosia and her very merry minions.
press for 3 turtle doves
daily candy “high profile” silhouette story
daily candy “key club” story
nylon magazine voted store top favorite
lucky magazine “editors fixation”
lucky magazine “shops we love”
lucky magazine “new york shopping trip”
lucky magazine “lucky breaks”
lucky magazine “the best new designers”
new york magazine “the best of fall”
new york times magazine featured piece in “top couture designers”
harpers bazaar featured piece with store credit
california style magazine featured piece on cover page
california style magazine featured pieces with eva mendez (6 page spread)
time out new york multiple articles
zagats “50 of the best boutiques in new york city”
zagats 2005 featured
zagats nyc guide listed “where to shop in new york city”
zagats london guide listed “where to shop in new york city”
zagats paris guide listed “where to shop in new york city”
employment history
creative director commonwealth toy & novelty co. 2006 – 2008
• key products: nintendo toys, ubi soft petz, kooky, peeps, bee movie, jelly belly
owner, stylist, buyer 3 turtle doves boutique 2003 – 2006
creative director fun-4-all corporation 2000 – 2003
• key products: mattel games, hasbro games, kiss, the wiggles, south park, taco bell chihuahua, pets.com puppet, ozbornes
creative director toy biz corporation (marvel toys) 1993 – 1999
• key products: marvel comics action figures
mechanical artist remco toys 1988 – 1992
• key products: universal monsters, harley davidson, karate kid, steel tec
toy industry expertise
Heather’s creative direction was instrumental in fun 4 all generating 50 million dollars in sales.
From creating packaging line look to product concept all the way thru production heather creative direction was a key contributor in enabling the nintendogs line to win in many prestigous awards including girls toy of the year in the uk
Nintendogs has been so successfull that many toy companies around the world have not only purchased but invested heavily in tv advertising and to this day remains a number 1 seller.
Coordinate all trade shows, design and build out of booth.
Hire all art dept employees
Give direction to all outside design houses.
Developed and designed entire line of nintendogs…speak of sucess…..
List all licenses worked on.
Discuss Hong Kong experience with agents and factories.
Re designed CWT logo and tag line.
Licenses: mattel licenced games, hasbro games , furby, tech tech, tiger beat, arron carter, pink, shakira, the wiggles, crayola, south park, osbournes, iron maiden , kiss, Ubisoft petz, happy house, nintendogs, cfa, the bee movie, kooky, crayola, rudolph and friends.
