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Lucire Fashion 2003

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‘I hate the Tommy Hilfiger look. It reminds [me] of Communism where everyone dresses the same.’

 

 

Related links
Indashio
www.indashio.com

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
www.teenpregnancy.org

The Candie’s Foundation
www.candiesfoundation.org

Business for Social Responsibility
www.bsr.org

Candie’s
Maybelline

   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 Candie’s Foundation will benefit from Batory’s 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 Batory’s 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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