If people had ingredient labels like foods at the grocery store, Heather Wolff’s ingredients would be love, family, generosity, compassion and strength. Heather, a San Antonio native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, is no stranger to supporting her community. Whether it’s the Charity Ball Association, which helps fund over 200 children’s agencies in and around San Antonio, or the Battle of Flowers Association, which keeps the historic and patriotic traditions of Texas and San Antonio alive, Heather Wolff’s been there, front and center.
“At this stage of my life, I’m enjoying being a grandmother, so I don’t have as many big jobs as I did in the past. One year I was Mistress of the Robes for the Battle of Flowers Parade during Fiesta. Fiesta is kind of a Mardi Gras celebration that’s unique to San Antonio’s culture and Spanish heritage. Now I dress the Duchesses for the parade. Once they’re in their finery, they’re placed on top of their float with a cherry picker. It’s great fun.”
MY MOTHER DIED, SUDDENLY, SIX YEARS AGO. NOT A DAY GOES BY I DON’T THINK ABOUT HER AND WISHED I’D HAD ONE MORE CONVERSATION WITH HER.
Eighteen years ago, this Thanksgiving, Heather was diagnosed with breast cancer. After chemo, Heather became a member of the first board that brought the Susan G. Komen organization to San Antonio. “San Antonio was the first city to be granted a Race for the Cure® and a chapter at the same time. I was blessed with helping ladies see there was life after breast cancer. It’s still a very emotional thing. I look back at my early milestones: I hesitated to think much further than short goals like, I wanted to see my son go to college. Then I want to see him graduate. Then it was how lucky I am to see him in his first job and then get married.”
For the last eight years, Heather Wolff has transformed her spacious living room into a retail clothing showroom, complete with dressing rooms and mirrors. As a clothing consultant for Worth New York, a multi-million dollar New York-based company, built on providing value and luxury, Heather’s built her own in-home, one-on-one appointments into a thriving business.
“The women who sell Worth are an amazing group of dynamic women who want to have a business, sell a beautiful product and make money on the side. Worth goes to the best mills and leather suppliers in Italy and France. Worth gives us lots of helpful material and accessory reports to study. They have a great website and are on Pinterest and Facebook. Clients can look at the slideshow online and contact us and purchase that way. We can meet them at Starbucks with our iPad, or they can come to our homes.
“If you’re a first slot seller, which I am, we’re the first to get the clothes each season. When they come from the warehouse, they’re all individually wrapped in tissue paper. It’s like opening a Christmas present. My dad helps me sometimes. He’s been a lifesaver. He’s so cute. We have a lot of fun together.
“I’m probably now what you’d call completely addicted to clothes.”
