On Monday night, fashionable celebrities and celebrity designers walked the red carpet in front of Lincoln Center to celebrate the industrys best. Awards were handed out to myriad designers (Raf Simons of Dior, Joseph Altuzarra, the Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, whose fashion house The Row has become influential). One of the most significant was given to someone who is in and of the industry, but shes an activist and advocate, too. The Founders Award was given to Bethann Hardison, a former couture model, model agency owner and now, activist for diversity in an industry that is periodically criticized for having little or none.... For the past few years, Hardisons elegantly-shod foot has palpably been on the pedal, pushing firmly to get fashion to open up to all the colors of the world. One of her fondest wishes, she told Kebede, was to sit down with those key figures in the industry that are still reluctant, to let them know how important it is to embrace diversity, not for people of color, but for our entire, global society. It just feels better! If you try it, it looks better. It just gives things a life. Well spoken. ow.ly/xBdTw
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:00:48 +0000
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