Fashion Insiders Declare 'i Am An Immigrant' In New Video

NEW YORK (AP) — While some fashion designers have always been overtly political, the recently wrapped New York Fashion Week just a month after President Donald Trump's inauguration included a broader range of brands addressing these tumultuous times. On Friday, the day after shows concluded, W magazine took on one element, Trump's position on immigration, in a video featuring designers, models, photographers and industry activists and insiders who are, themselves, immigrants. The magazine's editor, Stefano Tonchi, said in an interview Thursday ahead of the video's release that the "I Am an Immigrant" video, running about a minute, is intended as a "united and defiant" statement against Trump's travel ban and other immigration policies from inside the fashion industry. "Fashion designers and models have every responsibility, now more than ever, because young people through social media are really influenced by their opinions," said Tonchi, who arrived in the United States from Florence, Italy, 25 years ago and became an American citizen about five years ago.

 

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