Shopping
By Sharon Pandana for pendulumswing.wordpress.com
Many years ago, flipping through Polaroids and rhapsodizing about a line she’d discovered, stylist Patti Arrington hipped me to the work of a Brooklyn designer called Monty. Soon after, during Fashion Week, I watched as Montgomery Harris (”Monty”) took the runway in acceptance of her Vidal Sassoon Award for Style. The win provided the super-talented designer seed capital to launch her line, Montgomery New York for Jolinda, Inc. Her designs have been lauded by press from Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley to Essence and worn by celebrities such as Oprah, Diana Ross, Erykah Badu and Sting.
