Grays Back in the St. John Fold

Posted by Lesley Scott Mar 19, 2007

The Grays return to St. John has insiders wondering for how long. Marie is consulting on the more technically-based issues of fit ("We already have a great design team. I'm just fine-tuning and adding some 45 years of 'Done that' and 'Tried that.'"), Kelly is doling out styling advice. Kelly is probably best known – and much missed! – as the willowy blonde star of the company’s delightfully cheesy print ad campaign that ran for years, featuring her living the good life, lounging on speed boats in exotic locales surrounded by a bevy of buff shirtless beefcake, walking a jaguar-type exotic big cat, or lounging languorously (again, with beefcake).

According to the senior Gray, her return to St. John will end once they find a CEO. "The search still continues, but I'm not ready to talk a lot about that. I can say that I am consulting in a lot of areas and spending a significant amount of time doing that — hopefully, less time in the future, as my golf game is suffering," she recently told WWD. "I want to continue to do that as well because I enjoy it, as much as the creative work at St. John and the technical parts of the creative work that are involved in the product. I also have a home life and a charity life, so it's definitely a challenge, but it keeps me out of trouble."