A few weeks ago, I had the honor of photographing one of the coolest events to date. This was my second time photographing the event, and each year it just seems to get better and better.
What you may not know about me is that my full time job is as a marketing specialist at a financial broker-dealer. Depending on which website you check, women financial advisors are slim pickings... between 16% and 26% of the entire industry. My company has been working hard to promote women in finance and I have amazing role models to look up to within the industry. But, like women in finance- construction, engineering, design and building trades also lack female professionals (which ranges right around 9% per marketplace.org).
That is where The Build Initiative and Grit & Glamour come in. The Build Initiative an organization that was designed to facilitate success and exposure for women in the construction, engineering, design and building trades. The Grit & Glamour event helps with their cause. Each year, The Build Initiative puts on a fashion show fundraiser- and it does not disappoint.
This year's Grit & Glamour show started with a VIP cocktail hour at Crofoot in Pontiac. Crofoot is a beautiful venue with a bar in the front, a stage in the back, and gorgeous decor both upstairs and down. Supporters of the initiative mingled and enjoyed beverages until it was time for heavy appetizers and the show.
