PARK Magazine

SOCIAL SAFARI
Marcus Samuelsson,
Al Roker & Don
Lemon
The Event
BLUE JACKET
FASHION SHOW
Frederick
Anderson
& Anna
Wintour
The Story
Anna Wintour led the perfumed pack to the sixth
annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show, which honored
the memory of the late Vogue editor André Leon
Talley, who had been scheduled to host the event
before his untimely death. The event’s co-founder
Frederick Anderson said, “For a black man getting
into fashion, André Leon Talley was an icon and
inspiration. He showed me who I was and what could
be possible.” Hitting the runway in blue ensembles
were Al Roker, Mario Cantone, Don Lemon, Wilson
Cruz, Dale Moss, Marcus Samuelsson, Omar
Hernandez and others of that ilk and stripe. The
night benefited the nonprofit advocacy group Zero
-The End of Prostate Cancer. The show’s sponsor,
Janssen Oncology, matched donations up to $10k.
Among those leading the applause were Blue Jacket
co-founder Laura Miller, Deborah Roberts, Fern
Mallis, Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu, J. Alexander
and Orfeh. zerocancer.org
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMIE MCCARTHY - GETTY IMAGES
Left: Harnaaz Sadhu
Right: Omar
Hernandez