Sheree Whitfield held a fashion show last night for her new line She By Sheree at the W Hotel. Bravo made everyone sign some sort of blanket confidentiality statement so I'm not even sure what I'm allowed to write about. But I didn't visually see any drama so I think I'm fairly safe.
The housewives arrived late but they did arrive. Dwight Eubanks, the "sixth" housewife, was there first. Then in order, I saw Lisa Wu Hartwell, Kandi Burress, Nene Leakes and coming up the rear, Kim Zolciak.
I figure I’d take a few pictures and get out of there relatively unscathed. The show started about 45 minutes late, not too horrible considering the circumstances. Sheree showed off about 25 outfits, mostly black, gray and blue. There were not a lot of prints. The pop came from the accessories, including very large baubles and enormous hoop earrings. There were also plenty of fur stoles.
Whitfield said she’s going to try to sell pieces to boutiques. Her publicity material she provided for the attendees described her collection as “the classy chic of the fifties with the power and sophistication of the twenty first century.” The writing is shamelessly breathless:
The results of SHE look effortless, but it is clear that the designer is a master of detail and nothing is overlooked. Sheree Whitfield is a modernist and declares, "This line is geared towards women who are identifying with their inner beauty and are empowered to express their freedom of style. This is a new day and a new dawn for the expression of feminity."
During the first season, she was working on her She by Sheree line but didn’t have any clothing ready in time for her intro party. This time, she said she was literally working until today on the outfits to get them ready for the Bravo cameras. “I’m relieved. I’m tired. I’m excited,” she said afterwards.
Among the celebrities R&B singer Bobby Valentino, singer Angie Stone, retired NFL player Dorsey Levens, WSB-TV anchor Jovita Moore, producer Jazzy Phe and designer Mychael Knight.
I asked her about how she’s doing financially. She always takes the tact with reporters that nothing is ever wrong and looked at me faux blankly. “What do you mean?” she said. She also kept to Bravo’s dictate of saying nothing about the second season, simply parroting the network’s tagline, “Watch what happens!”
The event publicist Cherry Banez apologized because some guy named Jonathan Clardy (who dubs himself the "publicity prince" online) got into our photographer Hyosub Shin's face so Hyosub left without photos. Clardy also said that I wrote "disparaging things" about his client but he couldn't stop me from talking to Sheree. Clardy claimed to be Sheree's publicist to me but Sheree denied it later. Very very strange.
UPDATE: at 3:32 p.m. EST, I received this email from Clardy himself:
I would like to extend my apologies for our exchange on last nite at the SheBySheree clothing line launch.
I recently moved to Atlanta from Los Angeles and when I initially started working with Sheree Whitfield, as a publicist, I read all media and press concerning her as to acclimate myself.
In the execution of being a publicist, I did mention to you that I was aware of some of the articles that you had written about her, hoping that you would write something positive with regard to this event, it was not my intent to offend you or your photographer.
I would like to personally thank you and Cherry Banez for aprising me that I am not her publicist via your blog and article. I only wish that Ms. Whitfield had been forthright with me personally vs a media outlet.
Thanks for your understanding and consideration in this matter.
Sincerely, Jonathan
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