Florintina West, the founder of Fort Lauderdale Fashion Week, personally invited Lily Marotto of Lily Marotto Courture to showcase her collection and initiate Fort Lauderdale Fashionweek 2022 as the Opening Event Designer. Lily’s intelligent and emotional styles indelibly created the memory of the entire event, transforming the coastal seaside and streamlined essence of luxury tropical coastal couture. In pure fashion form, Lily’s introduced the next wave of her collection with new styles and fashions inspired by the richness of the culture of Miami, West Palm Beach, and Fort Lauderdale.