Designer Michelle Smith of the brand Milly hosted a holiday charity at cocktail event at her Madison Avenue boutique to benefit Grace Outreach Tuesday November 15th.

That evening, 50% of all sales went go towards the charity. Grace Outreach is a local NYC charity dedicated to providing free educational and professional training to low-income young women in the South Bronx.

Smith is on the Grace Outreach board of directors and the host committee includes MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinksi, Barney’s Daniella Vitale, Coralie Charriol Paul, Nicole Hanley Mellon, Bettina Zilka, Ann Shoket and Gretchen Gunlocke-Fenton. They were were joined by New York notables such as Margaret Grace, Gillian Miniter, FOX’s Ainsley Earhardt, Kimberly Guilfoyleand Andrea Tantaros, Bloomberg’s Gigi Stone, Anisha Lakhani and Kipton Cronkite.

http://www.graceoutreachbronx.org/

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