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Sunday, February 15, 2015 • Christian Fashion Week
Today, we've launched Christian Fashion Week 2015 with the International Day of Prayer for Art and Fashion. We are joined on this informal day of prayer by churches, ministries, families, and individuals from all over the world to pray for the fashion industry and those most affected by excesses and abuses within the industry.
Thank you to everyone who is praying for the art and fashion industry today. We want to encourage you to lift this world's fashion designers, textile manufacturers, brands, celebrities, models, stylists, make up artists, event promoters, and marketing and PR firms in prayer, asking God to inspire and touch them in a special way for 2015.
But, more importantly, let's lift the people who work behind the scenes to make our clothing a reality. Pray for workers in the US and abroad who work long hours sewing and building garments, sometimes under less than favorable conditions. Pray for children, sometimes as young as 5 years old, forced to work 10-16 hour days just so that we can buy our children Nikes. Pray for people affected by pollution and the overall environmental impact of textile manufacturing. Pray for the men and women being trafficked under the guise of obtaining work or modeling jobs. Pray for the environmental resources that are exploited, including animals and wildlife.
Pray for the Church to remove the barriers and bondage girls and women are held under by teaching them that they are responsible for the way men view them. Pray for victims of sexual abuse those who would excuse themselves by citing the way a woman is dressed. Pray for our young boys and girls to understand that how they dress should be a reflection of their own self-expression, and that different situations call for different expressions.
Pray that God would lead Christian Fashion Week over the next year as we embark on a new journey and partner with those who share our passion for the issues that mattter within the fashion industry.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 •
We've waited all year and now we're finally here! Christian Fashion Week 2014 has officially kicked off with the International Day of Prayer for Art and Fashion. Join us in prayer for our fellow fashion industry professionals, the fashion and art industries as a whole, independent artists and designers, and the other fashion weeks of the year, starting with New York Fashion Week.
After receiving international attention for their first annual
event in 2013, Christian Fashion Week returns with a full week of festivities
and fashion shows, starting today with the International Day of Prayer for Art
and Fashion. Over 8,000 supporters from all around the world are encouraged to
pray for the fashion and art communities as a whole -that inspiration and
success would follow them into a new year. The day is also a day of prayer for
the continued success of the world's fashion weeks, starting with New York
Fashion Week, starting next week.
"We felt compelled to set
a day aside to bless the people from all over the world who are involved in creating
the beautiful, creative things we see all around us," said Christian
Fashion Week's Executive Director, Jose Gomez. "The industry is not as dark and sinful as some people believe. There
are people of faith in every aspect of it - from the designers to the retailers
to the consumers. Why not pray for the inspiration and success of an industry
that influences our everyday outward expression? What better what to kick off
Christian Fashion Week?"
On the Christian Fashion Week website, some of the most
recent prayers have been posted. Parallel to the prayers of the founders of
Christian Fashion Week, supporter Kalisa Maxwell writes, "I am praying for reform
in worldwide textile manufacturing practices that promote child and slave labor,
success of talented up-and-coming fashion designers and industry professionals;
Our local designers in Tampa Bay and in other major cities; For modest fashion
consumers to become a recognized market segment for the fashion industry; For
the success of the other fashion weeks of the world Continued innovation by the
world's major fashion brands"
Christian Fashion Week will continue with the full schedule
of events.
- February 3: The Launch of ChristianRunway.Com
- February 4: Righteous Fashionista Workshop
- February 5: Divine Shopping Date: An All-Day
Shopping Spree
- February 6: Christian Fashion Week VIP Party
- February 7: Christian Fashion Week 2014 Day One:
Designer Showcase
- February 8: Christian Fashion Week 2014 Night
Two: Designer Showcase
