Trans Fashion Week
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
As models and designers flock to New York Fashion Week, Imara takes a look at the world of trans fashion. First, she speaks with model and activist, Ady Del Valle, about how he went from posting on Instagram to walking in New York Fashion Week. Ady also opens up about her coming out experience and how she wants to open the door for more plus sized models in the industry. Next, Imara is joined by Sky Cubacub, the designer of the radically inclusive Rebirth Garments. They share their approach to making more accessible and expressive clothing for trans, fat, and disabled people, while discussing how the mainstream fashion world’s attempts at inclusivity are failing these communities.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 0:10.6 | Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:17.1 | Well, we're back after our August break. |
| 0:20.4 | Hopefully you had an enjoyable August 2, but now |
| 0:24.2 | it's back into the swing of things. And one of the things that marks every September is New York |
| 0:30.7 | Fashion Week. It's the start of New York Fashion Week, actually now, a time when the most |
| 0:37.3 | elite members of the fashion world flock to the |
| 0:39.7 | runways. Now, trans people have been working in the fashion industry for decades, including |
| 0:45.2 | April Ashley, the first known trans top model who was outed in 1961, and Tracy Norman, the first |
| 0:52.1 | black trans woman, top model. |
| 0:58.1 | And trans and gender non-conforming people through ballroom, for example, |
| 1:04.1 | have, of course, shaped the very idea of what fashion is and means. |
| 1:10.6 | But despite these contributions and the many trans people who will grace the runways this week, key questions remain about how |
| 1:12.9 | inclusive and open fashion is to our community in all of its aspects. So New York Fashion Week |
| 1:21.0 | seemed as good a time as any to have this conversation with two people who are helping to challenge |
| 1:26.7 | the entire industry. |
| 1:28.3 | First, I'll chat with the creator of Rebirth Garments, Sky Kubakub, |
| 1:32.5 | about how they center accessibility in their designs. |
| 1:35.6 | I started making chest binders and packing boxer briefs for myself. |
| 1:42.9 | Then was like, oh, if there's other folks who are non-binary or trans |
| 1:48.5 | and also have disabilities, then I should address that and make this like intersectional clothing |
| 1:55.9 | line. |
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