I-Jeffrey Fashion Cares ingenye yemicimbi ehamba phambili yendlela yokuphila yemfashini ephakelayo eNew York City. Yasungulwa ngo-2002 nguJeffrey Kalinsky, iphayona lezemfashini nezitolo, futhi iqoqe imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu zamaRandi ezinhlanganweni ezihlonishwayo ezisiza abampofu ezisekela amalungelo abantu be-LGBT, ukuvimbela i-HIV nocwaningo, kanye nemfundo yentsha ye-LGBT.
I-Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (NYC), edlalwe yaba ngosokhaya ngoLwesibili ebusuku kuJeffrey Fashion Cares 2018, umcimbi -manje isigubha iminyaka engu-15 -umcimbi waminyaka yonke wokupha osekela i-Elton John AIDS Foundation, Hetrick-Martin Institute, kanye neLambda Legal, ephethwe kulo nyaka ngumlingisi uJudith Light.
Abapheki banikeze irayisi nama-noodle ngokuqondile kusukela ku-wok futhi abathengisa utshwala bathele i-vodka ngokukhululekile njengoba ababekhona, okuhlanganisa u-Diane von Furstenberg, u-Sean O'Pry, no-Tan France kanye no-Antoni Porowski wase-Queer Eye for the Straight Guy bagaywe futhi babhida endalini ethule. . Njengenjwayelo, ubusuku bufinyelele umvuthwandaba ngombukiso wemfashini wamamodeli aphezulu angamashumi amane agqoke izingcezu zomklami zangomzuzu oqondile ukusuka kuma-rack we-Jeffrey amabhulokhi angamashumi amathathu eningizimu, anokukhanya okuningi, okucwebezelayo, kanye, nesikhumba.
"Bengiqala ngqa ukuza lapha," kunikeza uSerayah McNeill ongaphakathi kwendiza ethwala indiza i-USS Intrepid ngoLwesithathu ebusuku. “Ngiyazi ukuthi kuzoba nabadlali abaningi abashisayo. Kunjalo?”
Umlingisikazi wayefike emnyuziyamu wasolwandle, ephatha umbukiso waminyaka yonke we-Jeffrey Fashion Cares ehlomula ngemfashini kanye endalini, enobuhlakani obunembile. Ngaphambi kokuhlala phansi ukuze ubuke inqwaba yamamodeli wesilisa ebukisa ezinye zezimfashini zesizini, isixuku sibe nesikhathi esiningi sokubuka izinto zendali ezithule ezifafazwe phakathi kwamabha ambalwa.
“Ngilapha nabafana bami base ‘Queer Eye,’ futhi silapha ukuzomela. Isikhathi sami sokuqala, ”kusho uTan France, uchwepheshe wezemfashini wochungechunge lweNetflix. “Izimpahla zokubhukuda eziningi ngokusobala. Ama-Speedos amaningi, ngakho-ke yinto okufanele siyibheke leyo,” usho kanje ngesikhathi ebuzwa ukuthi hlobo luni lwezimpahla abelindele ukuthi luzophuma ebusuku. "Kodwa ngizwa ukuthi kuyimbangela enkulu, ngakho-ke ngilangazelela ukuba lapha."
“Umngane wami omkhulu, uScott Campbell, ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Elton John AIDS Foundation, futhi wangibuza ukuthi ngizoba yini edolobheni,” kusho umdidiyeli womcimbi uJudith Light, egqoke ngendlela ebukekayo ayeyicoshe ngaphambili. kusuka eJeffrey boutique. “Futhi ngathi, ‘Ngizokwenza ibhizinisi lami ukuba lapha.’” Ngalobo busuku futhi kwahlonipha umakadebona Wezempi u-Staff Sgt. Cathrine Schmid, omunye wabamangali ecaleni eliphikisa ukuvinjelwa kwakamuva kwabantu abashintsha ubulili abasebenza ebuthweni lezempi. "ULambda Legal ulethe icala ngokumelene nokuvinjelwa kwabaphathi bakaTrump ngokumelene nabantu abashintsha ubulili abasebenza ebuthweni lezempi. Lesi esikhuluma ngakho kulobubusuku izinhlangano ezeseka ngempela umphakathi we-LGBTQ,” kugcizelela uLight.
Izivakashi:
U-Andrew Werner
U-Antoni Porowski noJoey Krietemeyer
Brenner Thomas
UCarson Kressley
UChris Salgardo
Jeff Perla
UJudith Light noJeffrey Kalinsky
Sydney James Harcourt
I-Tan France
Imvelaphi yomcimbi isukela emuva kumthengisi uJeffrey Kalinsky, owaqala iFashion Cares e-Atlanta eminyakeni engu-26 edlule ngaphambi kokuyiletha eNew York eminyakeni engu-15 edlule.
"Kwaqala njengenzuzo yengculazi, futhi akekho owayenza okuningi kulowo mphakathi ngendlela enkulu yokuthola imali yengculazi," esho. "Ngesikhathi ngithuthela eNew York - ngizokhuluma iqiniso, cishe ngangesaba ngaphezu kwanoma yini, ngesaba - ungayenza kanjani into efana naleyo lapha. Nganginomthengisi owayefana nenja enethambo; wayefuna ngibe nombukiso wemfashini wabesilisa. Bengithi ngizokwenza uma kuzoba usizo,” kuqhuba uKalinsky. “Konke kumayelana nokuzama ukwenza i-mitzvah, wenze okuthile okuhle.
Ukusebenza kanzima kube nezithelo; kuleyo minyaka eyi-15, umcimbi waseNew York ukhulise isamba esingu-$6 million kuya ku-$7 million.
Ukuthwebula i-Backstage ku-model.com ngu-Kevin Tachman
Izingcaphuno zamagama ezivela ku-WWD.com / models.com / jeffreyfashioncares.org
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