Sitting With the Guild Team at NYFW F/W 2020: Backstage at the Blue Jacket Fashion Show – Raising Awareness for Men’s Health and Prostate Cancer Detection

New York City, NY. – During this New York Fashion Week, the Guild Magazine team was backstage during the fourth annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show, held on February 5th, at Pier59 Studios. Coinciding with February’s Cancer Prevention Month, the show continued on its mission to raise awareness for men’s health and prostate cancer detection and treatment. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. Janssen Oncology, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, returned as the official healthcare sponsor. 

The Blue Jacket Fashion Show was founded by Frederick Anderson and Laura Miller to create a platform to candidly discuss men’s health issues by bringing together the world of fashion, entertainment, the media, and healthcare. The Blue Jacket Fashion Show included designers such as Thom Browne, Brooks Brothers, Stephen-F, Nicholas Graham, Michael Kors, Bruno Magli, Hugo Boss, and John Varvatos. During the event, actors, TV personalities, models, patient advocates, actors, and athletes walked the runway wearing one-of-a-kind blue jackets. The evening was hosted by fashion industry icon André Leon Talley, and models included musician David Byrne, TV personalities Dr. Mehmet Oz and Jesse Palmer, educator Bill Nye, actors Lee Tergenson, Dominic Fumusa and Jeremy Carver, news anchor Mike Woods, professional football player Buster Skrine, TV personalities Nigel Barker and Carson Kressley, radio hosts Elvis Duran and DJ Envy, model Alex Lundqvist, fashion icon Simon Doonan and men’s health expert Dr. Mike Varshavski. – GM