Kamali and Milly dresses Norma Kamali and Michelle Smith ( the designer behind the Milly label ) are two designers at the top of the fashion world, but they couldn't have more different backgrounds. Where a Norma Kamali dress is all about bold, striking colors and patterns, a dress from Milly is all about being a girl. Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Cameron Diaz are huge fans of young designer Michelle Smith. Smith, who blasted onto the fashion radar in 2000 with the launch of her Milly label, has garnered attention from around the world for her sexy, feminine, easy to wear line of Milly dresses and tops. Smith has an enviable resume. She studied fashion illustration on an art school scholarship before attending the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Smith began her design career working for haute couture designer Hermes where she became the first American employee of the designer to be sent to work in the Paris house (a real coupe!). In Paris, she studied French fashion design and interned at the houses of Louis Vuitton, Torrente, and Christian Dior. Smith's designs typically incorporate fun printed fabrics with brilliant colors. They are light hearted, yet elegantly feminine. Both syles will make a fine addition to your wardrobe. Norma Kamali dress is stylish and bold Like Michelle Smith, designer Norma Kamali attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, only it was thirty years earlier than Smith attendance. For more than forty years, Kamali has enjoyed rocking and bucking the fashion scene with a combination of forward thinking inventiveness and classic, bold lines. She was among the first to import the London Mod look to New York in the mid 1960s, and a mod Norma Kamali dress was a must-have among New York's fashion elite at the time. Kamali's label helped establish fashion direction in the decades which followed, and today, Norma Kamali is as in demand for her bold, inventive designs as ever. At chickdowntown.com, you'll find fabulous Milly dresses and contemporary womens clothing from Norma Kamali to flatter your every move. Check them out under our designer tabs. Please let us know if you have any questions or need assistance.