The famous Blue Jacket Fashion Show continues to raise awareness for prostate cancer with its first ever Los Angeles (LA) Fashion Week event.
Founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson, Blue Jacket Fashion Show has held eight fashion shows each year in New York City. This year will be the first West Coast show, with LA Fashion Week kicking off at W Hollywood on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Rodney Peete and Holly Robinson-Peete, Omar Sharif Jr., Carl Clemons, Eric West, Harold Perrineau, Michael Richards, John Hill, Joey Zaussig, Eric Stanton… Betts, Young Paris, Paul Telfer, Robert Starring Scott Wilson, Marshall Glaze, Marc Malkin, Kinyumbia Mutakibir, fashion designer and founder Frederick Anderson, and more.
Dressed by top designers including.
NN07, Aljano Collection, Bonnie Young, Bugacchi, El Valle, Epperson, Magpies & Peacock, Paisley & Gray, Perry Ellis, Potro, Ruben & Chappelle, The Salting, Stephen F., Terry Shinn, Urban Zen
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, brings together top celebrities and media for a national conversation about men’s health and prostate cancer awareness in communities of color. The event will benefit ZERO Prostate Cancer, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to prostate cancer advocacy, awareness, and patient support, and will raise awareness of Johnson & Johnson and support the prostate cancer community. Support fundraising efforts to help promote early detection and early treatment of prostate cancer. Reduce deaths.
Engaging the local Los Angeles community, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show provides a platform to highlight the impact of prostate cancer on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander men. Prostate cancer is their most commonly diagnosed cancer and the fifth leading cause of prostate cancer. It brought death while continuing to spread awareness among black and Latino men. Black men are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with and die from prostate cancer than white men.
Designers include NN07, Arjano Collection, Bonnie Young, Bugatchi, Elle Balleh, Epperson, Magpies & Peacocks, Paisley & Gray, Perry Ellis, Potro, Ruben & Chapelle, The Salting, Stephen-F, Terry Singh, Urban Zen and more. Masu. We reimagine the traditional “blue jacket” worn by models on the runway. Fashion Group International, a global membership organization of industry leaders in the fashion, beauty, lifestyle and retail sectors, honors Singh, the recipient of the FGI Chairman’s Award in 2024, The Salting and Eppperson in 2024 and 2021. , helped curate brands including one that won a Rising Star Award. .
“It’s time for men, especially men of color, to let go of the taboos and talk about their health and their prostates. These conversations with friends, family, and doctors can help us all live healthier, longer lives. ” said Frederick Anderson, fashion designer and founder of the Blue Jacket Fashion Show. “Since its inception eight years ago, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show is proud to have sparked these conversations and provided free prostate cancer screening opportunities, with the ultimate goal of saving lives.”
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. In 2024, approximately 300,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 35,000 men will die from prostate cancer. When it comes to prostate cancer, men of color are at higher risk.
The incidence of prostate cancer is approximately 70% higher in black men than in white men.
It is the most common cancer diagnosis among Latino men, with more than 22,900 cases diagnosed annually in the United States.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) men are more likely than white Americans to present with severe late-stage disease due to fewer screening and diagnostic opportunities.
For all men, having a father, brother, or family history increases the risk of prostate cancer.
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