Updates

Hello!

This past month has been a busy one for me! I was in New York for over two weeks working on a few things for By Smith. While I was in New York I was able to attend The Gen Art Resurrection Benefit on November 4th at The Hudson Hotel. A little bit about the event:

The event was hosted by 20 of our successful alumni film and fashion talent including Edward Norton, Kate & Rooney Mara, a Benefit Committee of 40, with DJ Reach spinning, photography exhibition, with a live model fashion vignette.

Proceeds from the party went to filmmakers and designers who suffered monetary losses when Gen Art (for-profit production company) went into bankruptcy. Any donations are tax-deductible as permitted by law. Gen Art will be put up for sale later in November in what we hope will be an acquisition by an enlightened and visionary entity.

Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2010/10/18/arts-company-crafts-benefit-to-repay-creditors

The event was great and I really enjoyed seeing some people that I met through Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion in Miami. I hope the best for Gen Art as they helped my career tremendously through FASHIONmiami which was featured on MTV's show "The City."

Another exciting update from NYC- I had the chance of a lifetime and was able to go to lunch with Bud Konheim, who is CEO of Nicole Miller. If you do not know who he is or anything about his success stories behind Nicole Miller, google him right now.

He gave me a tour of the entire Nicole Miller wonderland and it was amazing! I was able to talk to him over lunch and it was an incredible experience.He is an expert in the fashion industry so it was quite the opportunity to pick his brain for two hours. Lunch with Bud....checking yes...to making my top 10 list.

When I returned from New York it was time to send out my holiday shipments to stores which kept me busy all week. By Smith is popping up in new stores this month: Scout & Molly's- Raleigh, NC, Scout & Molly's- Chapel Hill, NC, Monkees of Lake Norman- Davidson, NC, Olive- Jacksonville, FL, C.Orrico- Palm Beach, FL, Snappy Turtle- Del Ray Beach, FL, and Belle Femme Boutique- St.Croix, U.S.V.I.!

This weekend I am headed to Mobile for a trunk show at Holiday, Inc. The trunk show will be a two day trunk show, lasting Friday until Saturday afternoon. I will be bringing Fall 2010 pieces so if you are a reader in the area stop by to shop early for holiday gifts!

The pictures I included are from before and during The Gen Art Benefit. The solo shot of me shows how to wear By Smith Shorts with tights during Fall. Wow! Look at that you can wear them all year round...isn't that amazing?

This past weekend was my older sister Holland's 27th Birthday and our whole family went to Montgomery to celebrate. Happy Birthday Holland! Holland is a photographer and this weekend I was her assistant on one of her shoots which was really fun! She is really talented, check out her fanpage on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Holland-Williams-Photography/153619068004962?ref=ts

Alright that's all for now my friends...more to come later this week!