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AuH2Obama Fashion Show This Friday

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AuH2Obama Show #3!, originally uploaded by kate auh2o.

And I’ll be in the show this time, so if you’re in New York you should most definitely come by. The details:

AuH2Obama Fashion Show
KABIN, 2nd Ave. btwn 5th and 6th
Friday Oct. 24, 10pm

$4 drinks
$20 Obama shirts
$1 cupcakes
Free buttons
50% of all proceeds go to the campaign

AuH2O is an environmentally-friendly, sweatshop-free, progressive and feminist clothing line created by my friend Kate Goldwater. Her stuff is awesome, and while she’s not selling clothes online quite yet, she’s in the process of building an online store — in the meantime, if you’re in NY, stop by her store on 7th street between 1st and 2nd avenues in the East Village (it’s also next to one of the best coffee bars in the city, in case you needed further inspiration). She sells her own stuff, plus great vintage wear and gorgeous jewelry (I just bought a necklace from her on Saturday that I wish I had a picture of — it’s a gold anchor with Jesus on it. Like this but on a big chain. It’s pretty rad, and it was under $20). Cityseach and the Village Voice have both voted Kate’s store one of the best in the city and her shows are always fun. Plus, Friday will feature cheap drinks, hot clothes and good tunes for an important cause.

Check out more of Kate’s clothes here, here and here.

And as long as Kate is on your mind, head over to CNN.com’s iReport Film Festival and vote for Fashion for Change — a mini-documentary about Kate’s store by Jesse Ash.

Hope to see some of you Friday!

4 thoughts on AuH2Obama Fashion Show This Friday

  1. Oh, and Jill “forgot” to mention that she’s making her AuH2O modeling comeback for this show, so you will finally be able to see her on the runway again!

  3. not to rain on the parade (cuz i do like the idea a whole lot and think the styles are cute)…but um, i don’t see any plus-sizes or any models that aren’t skinny or thin. not even a slightly pleasingly plump girl, let alone a big girl. which immediately makes me think “oh, well, this isn’t the place for me to shop. i’m not welcome here”. which doesn’t feel very feminist or progressive.

    correct me if i’m wrong and there are plus-size available (although there are still no models that are bigger).

  4. All of Kate’s models are volunteers, so I think at least some of them are aspiring to be “real” models, which explains why some are very tall and thin. But the super tall thin girls aren’t the norm — I mean, I model for her and I’m 5’3″ and not skinny by a long shot (I’m not “big” either, but I’m not going to be asked to model for any other clothing line anytime soon). There are a number of girls who regularly model who are bigger than me. I don’t know the models’ various clothing sizes so I don’t know if there’s anyone who qualifies as plus-sized, but I do know that Kate’s runway shows don’t look like any other fashion shows I’ve seen. Perfect in their representation of a variety of sizes? No. A lot better than anywhere else I’ve seen? Yeah.

    And models aside, all of her clothing is hand-made and one-of-a-kind and she makes stuff in a variety of sizes. She can also alter things in the store to fit your body type (for free). So she does have plus-sized stuff for sale.

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