CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE + STYLE DIRECTOR ATHLEISURE MEDIA (ATHLEISURE MAG + ATHLEISURE STUDIO PODCAST NETWORK), FASHION EDITOR, CELEBRITY FASHION STYLIST & TV PERSONALITY
Kimmie Smith is Co-Founder and Style Director of Athleisure Media, publisher of Athleisure Mag™, a leading voice in Athleisure Culture, with celebrity, athlete and artist cover stories, editorial shoots and features. (30M+ Monthly Impressions, 72 Issues). Its short/micro features The 9List, 9Playlist, and 9Drip Stories are intimate stories and snapshots of the active lifestyles of an array of iconic personalities. She is also host and co-producer of Athleisure Studio podcast network featuring top chef judge/restaurateurs, athletes, artists, trainers, actors and entrepreneurs.
Kimmie is a Celebrity Fashion Stylist and Accessory Expert, former Fashion Editor of DJ Mag US, and contributor to Vogue Italia and Luxury Daily. She has appeared on a range of segments as a stylist-personality, including ABC, Arise 360, Better TV, CBS, Meredith Vieira Show, NBC, Amazon Style Code Live, and was regularly on HSN for her artisan collaboration line with Sebago footwear. Kimmie has also served as a spokesperson/ambassador for several leading brands across fashion, accessories, beauty and technology, including Crest 3D White, Diageo, Dryel, Intel, Microsoft, and Tweezerman.
Her background in style and fashion is longstanding, winning a web award as one of the first accessory style bloggers in 2006. She worked closely with the C-Suite of Abercrombie & Fitch in establishing their iconic noire store design as an acclaimed visual merchandiser, and later spent several years working at Lacoste managing and executing floor plans and style assortment of luxury/specialty department stores, travel retail and premiere golf/tennis accounts. Great-niece of the lat legendary jazz tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, Kimmie is an avid music, style, food, and sports fan.