Maybelline Heir, Bill Williams Series 1,Clenet # 13, on his way to Alain Clenet's ranch!!

 Bill Williams, 1977 Clenet, Series 1, number 13, is on it's way up the Coast to Santa Barbara. 

Bill's Clenet is a guest of honor tomorrow night, at Alain Clenet's ranch in Santa Barbara, where a party given to celebrate the 35th anniversary reunion, of Clénet Coachworks, will take place. 

Bill is on his way for some TLC, before making an appearance with Alain Clenet, the man who designed and built him, almost 35 years ago. Click on the video to watch Bill leave the garage and head out on the street.

But first a little buffing.  Just like his owner, Bill Williams, he always wants to dress to impress. Click highlighted, to see Bill, when he first purchased his Clenet # 13.

Alain Clenet, signed Bill's Clenet, this year at the Desert Concous in La Quinta California.

Check back all weekend and follow Bill, at the Clenet party tomorrow night, and his showing at the Concours d' Elegance, this Sunday at the Santa Barbara Polo Grounds.

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An exhausted Tom Lyle Williams let's go of Maybelline in 1967.

Maybelline Company sells to Plough Inc. December 1967, after exhausting 11th hour negotiations seals deal, with cash-heavy pharmaceutical corporation.

This picture was taken soon after the sale of the Maybelline Company.  You can see a very weary, almost sad expression on Tom Lyle's face.  Notice the stacks of papers, perhaps reports on Plough's financial history as well as global magazines featuring Maybelline ads.   He and Tom Lyle Jr., worked 18 hour day's with Abe Plough, founder and owner of Plough Inc, making a deal that benefited 26 familes beyond their wildest imagination.   He was a truly great man with a passionate heart for those he loved.

One of Tom Lyle's first gorgeous Silent Film Star's Gloria Swanson, endorses Lash-Brow-Ine, the product that preceded Maybelline in 1915.  Tom Lyle will always be remembered in the cosmetic industry as the King of Advertising, a creative genius with an eye for what women want.

Read more about Tom Lyle and Emery's lunch with Gloria Swanson, at the Polo Club, in the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1928, in The Maybelline Story and get your signed copy today at maybellinebook.com.