He warns consumers to ‘always do your research’—and
that means not to buy from companies that may be abusing the environment
or fellow human beings.
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
benefits from Indashio’s début because it is an issue that
is genuinely close to Batory’s heart. ‘Many of my friends are teen
mothers, my grandmother was a teen mom, my cousin was a teen mom.
I’ve seen what they go through on a daily basis and they are the
strongest women I have ever met. I feel for them and wanted to do
something to show them that I understand their daily struggles,’
he explains.
‘Most teen mothers are under not-so-perfect circumstances
to begin with, [but teen-motherhood] is not a bad thing. Your life
is not over.’
He is quick to mention that he does not ‘look
down on teens who have kids’ and tells us that his support is borne
out of honouring ‘those strong young women who are mothers and give
it all that they have.’
Batory is not alone. Since creating his collection,
he has managed to find support for his cause from Candie’s and Maybelline,
and graciously thanks Lucire for our humble part. The Candies
Foundation will benefit from Batorys show, too.
But a single collection is easy if the stars are
right; the encore is the tougher part. Ask any filmmaker how the
sequel might top the first successful outing and (s)he would agree.
Batory is philosophical and adamant he will stay
with his vision for the next collection, likely to be presented
in the fall. ‘Indashio is going to be that label that is very controversial.
I want everyone to have something to say about it, good or bad—that’s
what I thrive off. I want to do things that other labels are lacking
and do what they are doing 10 times better.’ He will, he tells Lucire,
‘definitely evolve fashion.’ We can hardly wait.
Brad Batorys collection will be shown March
23, 2003 in South Beach, Miami, Fla. He is also participating in
the Funkshion show.
Jack Yan is founding publisher of Lucire.
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