Natalie Sillery is in her 25th year as owner of Saratoga Trunk in Saratoga Springs. \u00a92020 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBy Andrea Harwood Palmer
\nNatalie Sillery is in her 25th year as owner of Saratoga Trunk at 493 Broadway in Saratoga Springs and shows no signs of slowing down.
\n\u201cMy husband and I were in print publishing back in the 80s in New York City,\u201d said Sillery. \u201cI grew up in Rensselaer. My parents were getting older and infirmed. Our business ended after 12 years or so, and we moved from New York City to the town of Brunswick.\u201d
\n\u201cI was caring for my mom, who had slow progressive dementia moving into an Alzheimer\u2019s situation. I also had a great aunt I was caring for. I took my mom in with me, and my dad had 24 hour care. I knew I had to work for myself,\u201d said Sillery.
\nShe put together a couple business plans.
\n\u201cIt could have been a bookstore, it could have been a clothing store. I went with the clothing store,\u201d said Sillery. \u201cI opened Saratoga Trunk with clothes, hats, jewelry and accessories downstairs. Upstairs, I carried more upscale and by appointment items. I learned who the ladies of distinction were and started dressing them exclusively. I had a home service.\u201d
\nShe continued to get busier and busier with her clothing store, in addition to being an FM radio talk show host, doing voice-over work and appearing regularly on television.
\n\u201cI was blessed to have met all my best friends through owning my store,\u201d said Sillery. \u201cA group of women, all ages, we would do fashion shows. I started doing 20 fashion shows a year, all over the Capital Region. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a venue in Saratoga or the Capital Region that I haven\u2019t done a fashion show for. We were the first in town in the 90s to do the hat fashion shows for breakfast at the track.\u201d
\nAs time went on, Sillery would rush home an hour and ten minutes away and take care of her mom.
\nPrior to her mother passing, Sillery\u2019s dad passed away in 1999. In 2004, her husband began to get ill. They sold their home in Brunswick and moved to East Greenbush. Sillery moved Saratoga Trunk from 487 Broadway to 493 Broadway, where she is currently located.
\nSillery\u2019s husband passed away in 2009. They had been together 33 years.
\nSince the late 1990s, Sillery has been producing a yearly bridal fashion show for charity to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Last year was the final year of the show, with over $1.9 million raised since its inception.
\n\u201cI had the good fortune of having the Trunkettes, my friends and family, as part of these fashion shows,\u201d said Sillery. \u201cWe were a good team and we raised a lot of money for a good cause.\u201d
\n\u201cThe most exciting thing happening right now is that I\u2019ve resurrected my producing of a fashion show. It\u2019s my way of giving back to the nonprofits that I love,\u201d said Sillery.
\nOn Aug. 23, Sillery will produce the first annual AIM Services Fashion Show at the 1863 Club at the Saratoga Race Course.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s all about inclusion and diversity, and giving people a chance to have a great time modeling beautiful clothes,\u201d said Sillery.
\n\u201cWith the good fortune of good friends, family and the Trunkettes, my shop was never just about selling dresses. It was about making a difference. It was about connecting people to other people, which in turn gave them new opportunities, new jobs, new ventures. Just seeing the potential for so many things,\u201d said Sillery.
\n\u201cMy motto for the past 25 years has been, \u2018where your style is our pleasure\u2019,\u201d said Sillery. \u201cI\u2019ll be doing this until rigor mortis sets in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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