Black Lives Matter Protests at New York Fashion Week | ELLE UK
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Yesterday, on the second day of New York Fashion Week: Men's shows, a Black Lives Matter protest took place. According to Refinery29, it was organized by Hannah Stoudemire, a stylist at Lanvin, who dubbed the event "Stop Talking and Do Something."

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"I picked this venue because none of the fashion designers or houses acknowledge that we're dying," Stoudemire says, "I've noticed fashion brands take great inspiration from Black culture; they use our Black models; our celebrities endorse them; we buy their clothes. Minorities almost run their markets. We're setting the trends, and fashion houses aren't acknowledging the very people they benefit from. It's not okay."

Stoudemire says she has been planning the protest for the year and originally planned to do it in September for the much more popular women's shows, "but then when Alton Sterling got shot, I decided to just go for it." 100 RSVPed, but reports say around 10 or 12 showed up. They all wore black T-shirts–one had the name of Walter Scott, another had the name of Sandra Bland. Stoudemire's shirt read "Stop. Killing. Us."

NYFW:M is organized by the CFDA, whose CEO Steven Kolb commented, "The CFDA supports the #BlackLivesMatter movement and believes that all lives matter...Fashion is about diversity, a notion we celebrate in our NYFW: Men's campaign this season."

From: ELLE US