Antonio Ferme editorThe sixth annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show combined the worlds of glamor and healthcare to raise awareness and funds for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.A wide array of celebrities and media icons showed up to support the charity event, including Anna Wintour, Don Lemon and Al Roker.“Just making awareness is the most important thing, Roker told Variety on Thursday night at Moonlight Studios in SoHo. “Knowledge is power.”Fashion designer Frederick Anderson co-founded the charity event in 2017 alongside producer Laura Miller.
Sponsored by Janssen Oncology, the charity event will donate proceeds to the nonprofit advocacy group Zero: The End of Prostate Cancer.Anderson paid tribute to fashion journalism icon André Leon Talley, who passed away last month.
He was 73. Talley, who served as the first and only Black creative director at U.S. Vogue, hosted the Blue Jacket Fashion Show twice.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, men have been checking in for fewer health care screenings. Research has revealed a 23% decline in prostate cancer diagnoses when compared to pre-pandemic numbers.“Last year, we were like, ‘Should we do it again?
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