While a student, she had internships at the Paris ateliers of Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior Haute Couture, and enrolled at the French fashion school ESMOD.

[1][2] After returning to New York, Smith established Milly in 2000 with her business partner and then-boyfriend (later husband), Andrew Oshrin.

[6] Smith’s colorful, patterned designs were an immediate success and Milly met the sales goal in three months;.

Milly collections merge American sportswear influences with Parisian atelier techniques, incorporating custom-made fabrics and prints.

A Milly silk pleated skirt with yellow, brown and teal roses from the fall line retails for $260, while a black-and-white strapless cocktail dress costs $345.”[1]