4 January, 2013
Chicago, IL.
Edited by Lisa Ackerman
'Chicago's Own' chosen
Zappos.com Emerging Designer but needs
help to produce the collection.
Tonya Gross of Tonya Gross Millinery has been selected by Zappos.com for its 2013 Emerging Designer Program. In March of
2013, the Tonya Gross Millinery CAPSule Collection for the Zappos.com will be prominently featured and sold by Zappos.com through an online boutique, and
through social media and marketing campaigns.
The CAPSule Collection will be
produced exclusively in Chicago and will include ready to wear hats for men and
women, with couture bridal and special event headwear for Easter and the
Kentucky Derby.
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Regina Taylor, Chicago Magazine’s 2012
Chicagoan of the Year,
in Tonya Gross Millinery
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Tonya Gross has launched a Kickstarter project to raise funds to produce the hat collection for Zappos.com. The funds raised from the Kickstarter project will purchase the millinery materials, packaging, and the local talent needed to finish a collection for high volume retailer Zappos.com: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949121820/tonya-gross-millinery-hat-collection-for-zapposcom The Kickstarter project ends on January 11, 2013.
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Tonya Gross says, “I am thrilled for the
opportunity to partner with such a prominent online retailer like Zappos.com,
and so honored by this distinction. As a
fledgling designer, it is the “big break” for which I have worked so hard for
many years. The opportunity to present
my line of handmade hats to such an esteemed buying team, and for my product to
be seen by millions of Zappos.com’ customers, is a boon for my hat business and
welcomed attention for the US hat industry.
This is a unique venture in that I will produce handmade hats for a
large volume online retailer that are locally manufactured, and will employ a
talented pool of resources drawn from the Chicago fashion industry; I am really
proud of this.”
Tonya
Gross Millinery is an award-winning bespoke and couture milliner based
in Chicago, IL. After a decade in the
Chicago hedge fund industry, Tonya Gross
launched her hat business in 2007, producing seasonal couture collections for the
Kentucky Derby, special event and bridal, and ready to wear hats for men and
women. Tonya Gross Millinery was most
recently featured on Bravotv’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey and ‘Crowns’ at the Goodman Theatre Chicago, and
in collections for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for Pamella Roland and Plutocracy.
Link
to my Kickstarter project ends 11 January 2013: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949121820/tonya-gross-millinery-hat-collection-for-zapposcom
Websites
referenced:
http://www.zappos.com/emerging-designer
http://beplutocracy.com/
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