Get ready for the holidays with these Shimmering outfits

Dazzling Collection for the Holidays by Roni Wear.

When Evelyn Roni Williams lost her job in Health Care Systems, she never thought that a skill she learned as a child would become a lucrative designing career.  Her love for fashion, her eye for fabric and her imagination helped her create her line “Roni Wear” and “Threadz 4 the Throne.”

Williams works part-time at the Yeadon library where she processes books and does the

window designs. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving the library held their Black Saturday Extravaganza where she showed off her holiday collection at the fashion show.  The knitted and jersey shimmering pieces included dresses, hats, bags, wool and sweater coats.

“I am late to the game at 57 years old.  I do the designs for the windows and they saw my talent. I am so grateful,” I would bring in pieces at the library and the Library Director, Richard Ashby and Assistant Director; Darlene Walker encouraged me to put this collection together, “said Williams. 

Williams is not new to fashion. After graduating from Bartram, she left Philadelphia to pursue a career in modeling.  She modeled for Jet and Ebony Magazines. To supplement her income she worked in advertising and in the garment industry learning what she could.

She stayed for a while and then decided to come back to Philadelphia. She and her husband settled in Yeadon raising their daughter, CaeLa Lauren Williams.  CaeLa, a Penn Wood graduate is attending George Mason University on a full athletic scholarship for track but in her spare time she models for Model Management

 Agency (MMA).

“While my daughter was growing up I made children’s clothing. I made prom dresses for family and friends. I found it restrictive. There is a difference between a seamstress and a designer, but you do what you can do to pay the bills.  A few years ago I started Threadz 4 the Throne collection which are robes worn in praise dances at church,” said Williams.

 “I am a member of the Living Waters Church which meets at the Church of the Nazarene in Collingdale. There are lots of entrepreneurs in our congregation.  My Pastor Michael K. Heath really inspired me. He tells us not to sit on our gifts, be independent, stop being fearful and step out on faith,” said Williams.

Williams’ business is taking off.  She has had lots of orders for the Wool coat since the 

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show.

“I try to price things that I could afford. So it sells for 75 dollars. Other pieces like the hats and handbags go for 25 to 45 dollars. I like using jersey and knits because I want the clothes to be comfortable, “said Williams.

Stepping out on faith and being inspired by  what she sees, Williams is already working on her Spring Collection which she hopes to have together by Mother’s Day.

“When I started working on the holiday collection I found the fabric in storage in my basement. The material inspired me. In a month I had it all together.  Something clicks and I know what I want to create” said Williams.

To contact Roni, you can email her at threadzroni@yahoo.com or call 267-650-0275