Our Founder, Metri Holliday is one of the finalists for the Fashion Group International's "Rising Star" award. 

Fashion Group International is a worldwide membership organization of industry leaders in the fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and retail sectors with global headquarters in New York. Each year, they recognize up-and-coming designers in several categories by sector: Eveningwear, Ready-to-Wear, and Active/Casualwear, Accessories. 

This year’s most competitive field is for Accessories — Hard and Soft Goods Categories. The finalists Celia Torvisco, Chris Donovan of Chris Donovan Footwear, Jennifer Rose Smail of Cuddigan Leather, Megan Key Campos and Nick Lucio of Oncept, Rowell Concepcion of Binata Millinery, Metri Holliday, Lei Li and Yiren Zhou of Monsecret New York.

For Fine Jewelry, Hakan Orrling of Arild, Moulay Yacoubi of Burkindy, Ritika Ravi of Ivar Jewelry, and mother-daughter duo Maika Rivera Tanpoco and Melizza Jaune Tanpoco of Jaune Pearls are in the running.

Awards will be announced on May 8. 

More details can be found on @fginyc.