ABOUT MICHELLE
FROM AN EARLY AGE, MICHELLE SMITH KNEW FASHION DESIGN WAS HER CALLING. IN HER EARLY 20’S, HER TALENT AND DRIVE LED HER TO PARIS, WHERE SHE HONED HER SKILLS AT SOME OF THE MOST ESTEEMED LUXURY FASHION HOUSES, INCLUDING HERMÈS, LOUIS-VUITTON AND CHRISTIAN DIOR HAUTE-COUTURE.
IN 2001, AT THE AGE OF 27, MICHELLE LAUNCHED HER OWN CONTEMPORARY BRAND, MILLY, WHICH QUICKLY BECAME A POWER HOUSE. HER DESIGNS HAVE GENERATED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALES WORLDWIDE, AND HAVE BEEN WORN BY CELEBRITIES INCLUDING BEYONCÉ, JENNIFER LOPEZ, LADY GAGA, HAILEY BALDWIN, KRISTEN STEWART, SELENA GOMEZ, LAVERNE COX, KENDALL JENNER, FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN AND FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.
IN 2017, MICHELLE WAS COMMISSIONED BY MRS. OBAMA TO DESIGN THE ICONIC DRESS FOR HER OFFICIAL PORTRAIT BY AMY SHERALD, HOUSED IN THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
AFTER YEARS OF DESIGNING OVER 28 COLLECTIONS ANNUALLY AND RUNNING A BUSINESS AT A FRENETIC PACE, SMITH BROKE FREE AND IN 2020 LAUNCHED HER EPONYMOUS LABEL. HER COLLECTIONS ARE LIMITED EDITION, AND FEATURE HER CUSTOM-MADE, LUXURIOUS, BOLD FABRICS IN CHIC, MINIMAL SILHOUETTES. HER SIGNATURE STYLE STRIKES A SENSUAL, ALLURING TENSION BETWEEN MINIMAL AND MAXIMAL.
"I BELIEVE IN QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. I AM HONORED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE FINEST EUROPEAN MILLS AND ARTISANS AROUND THE WORLD TO BRING YOU COLLECTIONS CREATED WITH PASSION, WIT, INTENTION AND LOVE."
-MICHELLE SMITH, FOUNDER AND DESIGNER