17 Oct Goodwill Fashion Show
{I’m making a weird face, but everyone else looks amazing!}
Earlier this month, Goodwill contacted me about participating in a fashion show for disabled workers. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. You guys know I love Goodwill {my favorite locations in NYC are the 23rd St. Gramercy store and the Goodwill Outlet}. But I also love that the secondhand chain employs individuals with disabilities. October is National Disability Awareness month so Goodwill teamed up with NYC’s Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities to put on a show.
Goodwill wanted myself and four other bloggers to create looks for disabled employees. We pulled clothes from local Goodwill stores so the workers could have career appropriate attire. I shopped at the three-story Goodwill in East Harlem {2231 Third Ave.} to dress my two models, Craig and Yesenia.
One of Craig’s favorite colors is blue so I wanted to put him in a bright top, dressy slacks and a patterned tie. And Yesenia preferred black pants, which are totally work appropriate, but I gave her a stand out top, some accessories and nude pointy toe pumps.
{Craig and Yesenia’s final looks}
After steaming the outfits for my models, the fashion show was underway. And this was a legit show. The models received hair and makeup and one of the Goodwill employees even instructed one of the women how to walk down the runway.
The runway was set in the lower level of East Harlem’s Goodwill, the audience was at full attention and our models hit the catwalk.
We mixed fashionable attire with work gear the models were proud to rock. And best of all, they were able to keep the pieces they modeled.
I’m an avid thrifter and a lot of you guys are also and secondhand shopping isn’t just about fashion, there’s a philanthropic aspect to it as well. Two of my favorite thrift stores, Goodwill and Housing Works, support individuals with disabilities and provide healthcare, housing and more for people with HIV/AIDS, respectively.
Fingers crossed Goodwill has a fashion show next year as well, I’ll definitely be on board.
Photos: courtesy of Goodwill and Kimberlee of I Have a Degree in This
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Yourlocalceleb
Posted at 12:45h, 17 OctoberSpectacular! What a great cause!
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Fabwtalk
Posted at 13:48h, 17 OctoberGreat looks and such an excellent cause. Love it!
Danielle Young
Posted at 14:53h, 17 OctoberI love it Patrice! So inspiring!
Economy of Style
Posted at 15:08h, 17 OctoberHow wonderful!!! Everyone looked amazing!!
Sherryblossombeauty
Posted at 15:15h, 17 OctoberWow! Love the final looks and the looks of accomplishment and happiness on everyone’s faces!!!
Shauna Miller
Posted at 18:52h, 17 OctoberSo touching and amazing! What an incredible thing you did!!!
Anonymous
Posted at 19:00h, 17 OctoberThey look beautiful!! You did a great job!
pntszdinFluence
Posted at 20:17h, 17 OctoberThis is awesome. I’m all about Fashion and Paying It Forward, so I love this. Great job!
Kimberlee VDW
Posted at 00:26h, 18 OctoberGreat post! I’m still behind 🙁
Anonymous
Posted at 02:38h, 18 Octobergreat job for a good cause.
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MotorCityMoxie
Posted at 22:59h, 18 OctoberThis was such a great cause! I love the GW too
Monique
Posted at 00:36h, 19 OctoberWhat an awesome idea for an event. This looks awesome – love the pics, thanks for sharing!
Urbanglamour
Posted at 06:02h, 19 OctoberWow, I wish I had known about this fashion show! Your models looked great!
I have been meaning to tell you that I went to the Housing Works Buy the
Bag event this weekend (using that Groupon before it expired!) and all of your advice on this blog and in the Youtube video was so helpful! Some of the people I spoke to had referred to other videos on Youtube before coming to the event, but they sounded excited to check out your blog and videos, so hopefully this will garner you some additional readers/viewers (though I’m sure you’ll have many more, once people see you on WPIX!) Is the Goodwill Outlet near the Housing Works warehouse? From the addresses, it seems like they might be quite close…also, do you know any good places to eat nearby? And can you use a Goodwill card at the outlet?
Thank you for all that you do!
Anonymous
Posted at 01:20h, 20 OctoberThanks. Yes, the Goodwill Outlet and Housing Works warehouse are a few blocks from one another and the GW Outlet definitely accepts the rewards card. There are a quite a few restaurants in the Long Island City area. It’s just a matter of walking around to find the right one. I tried Cafe Henri, it’s pretty good.
Urbanglamour
Posted at 07:16h, 23 OctoberThank you! Hope you had lots of fun (and of course, fruitful shopping!) at the Buy the Bag sale!
Anonymous
Posted at 02:14h, 20 OctoberSo proud of you, and all the models looked great! God has so many great things about to come your way. Keep doing what you do.
Anonymous
Posted at 00:21h, 21 OctoberThanks so much, I truly appreciate it!
stylebible
Posted at 04:59h, 04 NovemberI really impressive for having that fashion event for a
cause. You had helped disable persons to have guts to try fashion even though
that they do have disabilities.
Tori
Posted at 00:17h, 12 NovemberWhat a fantastic event!! Please call me if you ever want an extra hand for an event like this!! 🙂
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