
On Tuesday, November 15th Mattie McFadden-Lawson hosted a private book signing and cocktail reception in honor of Mikki Taylor and her book Commander In Chic: Every Women’s Guide to Managing Her Style Like a First Lady, Simon and Schuster at her beautiful Hancock Park estate.

Taylor most notably known, as ESSENCE Magazine’s groundbreaking Beauty & Cover Director for 30 years, and now the magazines Editor-at-Large has become the country’s leading authority on all matters regarding beauty and style.

“I want every woman to be her personal Commander In Chic.” Mikki Taylor

Guests included actors Garcelle Beauvais, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, fashion designers Angela Dean and Lloyd Klein, model Tamiko Fraser, stylist Timothy Snell, author and political analyst Keli Goff and Shaun Robinson from Access Hollywood.

Taylor is also the author of Self-Seduction: Your Ultimate Path to Inner and Outer Beauty, Ballantine Books/OneWorld.