Fashion is Inclusive by Design Union Square Pics!!
It was a typical mid-July Saturday in San Francisco: 62 degrees and mostly cloudy, but that didn’t stop our Fashion is Inclusive by Design event from being a huge success! After hauling in 10 heavy boxes full of previous season stock and samples, we were ready to channel Richard Pryor in the 80s movie Brewster’s Millions. At 11AM, the guys from Fred Finch Youth Center and Wardrobe for Success came by and had an absolute field day. After they cherry picked their favorite hoodies, jackets, Tshirts, and underwear, we opened up all the boxes to the general population and everyone went apickin’ with great aplomb. Man, you can’t beat free, especially in Union Square surrounded by the antithesis of pro bono: the ivory towers of Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus provided a powerful juxtaposition to our all-inclusive event that asked nothing in return from the people who were lucky enough to stumble upon a free clothing giveaway. By 1PM, there was nothing but a few scraps of random fabric left, which one woman even took to wash her car with!
Overall, people were very excited, grateful, and even perplexed as to why we were giving away our product for free. I don’t know if and when Artificial Flavor will ever be able to do this again, but it was truly an amazing feeling to give away so much joy. Thanks to everyone from Fred Finch Youth Center and Wardrobe for Opportunity for coming out, we hope you will enjoy your new Artificial Flavor duds! Special thanks go out to Y’Anad from Fashion on the Square for allowing Artificial Flavor to hitch our wagon on at the last minute. And last but certainly not least, an extra special thank you goes out to my girl Vanae at Rock Your Awareness, who was directly responsible for getting Fred Finch and Wardrobe for Opportunity hooked up with the event. We hope to partner with Vanae and Rock Your Awareness on more events in the future. And thanks to everyone else who shared in the amazing experience as well; this is what San Francisco is all about. Enjoy the pics!
Leonard from Wardrobe for Opportunity scopes out some track pants
The fellas from Fred Finch Youth Center
We open it up to the general public. H&M hasn’t seen this type of frenzy!
“What size is this? I need a medium”
“Hmm, can I rock this color? Hells yeah”
Grab it while it’s hot!
These two are all set with their new green shirt-jackets
Who says Artificial Flavor shirt-jackets are only for men?!
