With grit and social-butterfly skills, Smith rose to an executive position. Once she saw the corporate-world safety her parents never experienced, she was determined to stay.
After high school, Smith landed a temporary gig as a receptionist at an ad agency. When she was growing up, her dad worked at a copper refinery while her mom cleaned homes.
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“I grew up with 1950s and ’60s TV reruns where people got married and that person made you happy.” After a breakup, Smith was looking for love in all the wrong places: shopping and meaningless sex.“I was like, ‘OMG, I have to make myself happy,’ ” Smith, now 54, told The Post. ” Diane von Furstenberg “Kennedy” wool-cashmere wrap dress, $448 at Neiman Marcus. “I was unable to craft a strategy to solve my problem because I didn’t know what was wrong. It chronicles her rise from working-class Harlemite to high-flying fashion exec to a bold reinvention, in her 40s, as a TV and radio personality. “I was spiraling out of control and couldn’t see my way around that feeling,” Smith writes in her new memoir, “Bevelations: Lessons From a Mutha, Auntie, Bestie” (Andy Cohen Books). In 1999 Bevy Smith arrived in Milan, was chauffeured to her usual suite at the ritzy Principe di Savoia hotel and promptly collapsed into her Frette sheets, experiencing a breakdown - and an epiphany.Īs the fashion advertising director at Vibe magazine, she seemingly had it all: designer swag, regular travel to Europe and an obscene expense account. Chelsea Clinton helps Middle Collegiate Church rebuild after fire
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