Bethenny Frankel has put on a brave face as she promoted her Forever Young Wine just days after the tragic death of her interior designer.
On Wednesday, The Real Housewives Of New York alum posted a photo of herself rocking a monochromatic look with a yellow overcoat over a matching minidress that hugged her petite curves.
The lovely number, which has four buttons along the chest region, hugged her figure enough to showcase her cleavage along with her legs.
As the sun shined down on the reality star and entrepreneur, she carried a large bag, that was a prefect match for her ensemble, all while having her dark tresses styled long with an added doses of volume, curls and soft waves.
The bubbly new promotional push comes amid the tragic news that Frankel’s interior designer was found dead in her luxury New York City apartment about a week after she was last seen alive.
After making her way, to what appears to be for an interview with CNN, Frankel took her jacket off and struck a pose next to a Forever Young Wine bottle.
‘Loved this monochromatic look from last week in the city. Can’t wait to show you who I sat down with… dropping Friday,’ she wrote in the caption.
‘PS. Always have @foreveryoungwine on hand and now apparently need to stock up on the CNN brownies…,’ she wrote in a reference to the brownies she ate in the dressing room ahead of her interview.
She ended with some shout-outs: ‘Glam: @jasenkaplan + @vocitastyle #monochromatic #outfitoftheday #bakedgoods #nyc #foreveryoungwine #foreveryoungrosé’
Her Instagram post included a closeup photo of her purse and a bottle of rose from Forever Young Wine.
Rounding out the promotional push, Frankel would again gush over the brownies that were served during her visit to CNN last week.
‘Wow CNN brownies,’ she added in a video, while sitting in a chair getting her hair fixed and styled. ‘They should do a line, CNN Brownies.’
Forever Young Wine is the brainchild of Frankel and Valérie Rousselle. The duo came together with the vision to create a wine that embody their outlooks on life – quality, beauty, prestige, and fun,’ it reads on the company’s website.
The grapes used for their product come from ‘the storied Château Roubine property’ in Lorgues, France that Rousselle took over in 1994 that’s located in the heart of the Var between Verdon and the Mediterranean.
Tragically, Frankel’s interior designer was found dead in her home in Carnegie Hill near East 94th Street and Madison Avenue Sunday night.
The body of Brooke Gomez, 49, has been described as being in an advanced state of decomposition due to the time that elapsed until she was found.
A friend asked the building’s superintendent to check her $1.3million apartment, sources told Dailymail.com.
At this point, Gomez’s death has not been deemed suspicious by the New York City Police Department.
Frankel has not publicly commented on her designer’s tragic death, which is currently being investigated by The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office.
Along with Frankel, Gomez’s celebrity clientele as an interior designer also includes completing projects for Michael J. Fox and Sigourney Weaver, according to her company’s website.
Her final Instagram post, on October 23, was a mural on the side of a building that featured a poignant quote that read: ‘There’s a future version of you that is so proud you didn’t give up.’
Frankel has had her fair share of success as a businesswoman and entrepreneur, which includes introducing the SkinnyGirl brand when she released a couple of books starting in 2009.
Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl And Free Yourself From A Lifetime Of Dieting dropped first and was then followed by The SkinnyGirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life
Less than two years later Frankel published, A Place Of Yes: 10 Rules For Getting Everything You Want Out Of Life (2011) and Skinnydipping (2012).
But her big money idea came in the form a pre-packaged margarita line, named Skinnygirl Margarita, that led her to launch the company Skinnygirl and the cocktail line, Skinnygirl Cocktails.
A number of other products were added to the Skinnygirl brand, like candy, deli meat, salad dressings and jeans and apparel.
Ultimately she landed a huge payday when she sold the cocktail line to Beam Global for about $100 million, all while still retaining the rights to the Skinnygirl name, according to .
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