BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:152245@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260803T090446Z DTSTART:20260806T183000Z DTEND:20260806T193000Z SUMMARY:Care in Creative Industries: Fashion &\\; Design Respond to AI DS DESCRIPTION:During the 1980s and ’90s\\, cultural organizations’ robu st response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic shaped how it was represented to the wider public\\, bringing grassroots activism to the mainstream. With a r ange of social and cultural events—advertised via provocative posters the fashion\\, design\\, and arts industries leveraged celebrity and gla mour to inform a broader audience about AIDS and to raise funds for resea rch and critical care.\\nJoin Poster House for an evening of discussion a nd reflection on these fundraising and community-building efforts. Curato r Ian Bradley-Perrin and Natalie Nudell\\, author of In American Fashion\ \, will be in conversation with Stan Herman\\, fashion designer and forme r board member of the East End Gay Organization (EEGO)\\, and Steven Kolb \\, CEO and president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFD A) and a former director of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (D IFFA).\\nPosters featured in Love and Fury: New York’s Fight Against AI DS will guide this conversation about how posters represented the communi ty-driven culture of the era.\\nDoors open at 6:10pm. A cash bar will be available. \\nStan Herman is a three-time Coty Award-winning designer. H e was the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for 16 years and founded the 7th on Sixth fashion show in New York City. He is a leading uniform designer and has been selling his line of lounge wear on QVC for more than 31 years. His past community work in response t o the AIDS crisis has included organizing “7th on Sale” with the fash ion community\\, “A Gala Night for Singing\\,” and Take Off\\, an eve nt held at the East Hampton Airport for four years. He has been honored w ith a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CFDA and continues to be active on its board.\\nSteven Kolb is the CEO and president of the Council of F ashion Designers of America (CFDA) and oversees all operations and activi ties for the American fashion industry’s renowned group of more than 45 0 American women’s wear\\, menswear\\, jewelry\\, and accessory designe rs. He has played a leadership role in cultivating emerging American fash ion talent through such programs as the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and the C FDA Fashion Incubator. Before taking the helm at the CFDA\\, Kolb was foc used on AIDS research: he began his fundraising career at Design Industri es Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA)\\, and was involved in Susanne Bartsc h’s Love Balls and DIFFA’s “Safer Sex” campaigns.\\n \\;\\npl ease rsvp here : https://posterhouse.org/event/care-in-creative-industrie s-fashion-and-design-respond-to-aids/\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada /united-states/new-york/events/care-in-creative-industries-fashion-amp-de sign-respond-to-aids-2026-08-06 LOCATION:New York URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/care-in-creative-industries-fashion-amp-design-respond-to-aids-2026-08-06 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR