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Ciara, Kuan Jackson, Russell WilsonMatt Borkowski\/BFA.com<\/p>\n
One thing felt certain at the Fashion Scholarship Fund\u2019s annual gala: the future of fashion is in good hands. On the first Monday of spring, guests gathered at The Glasshouse in West Chelsea against the backdrop of the Hudson River and a seemingly endless horizon. In keeping, the energy and creativity of the room full of college students from across the country felt just as boundless.<\/p>\n
The organization put together a run of show that kept the crowd fully captivated until the very end. Stylist and fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson served as the evening\u2019s host; a full-circle moment given that she is a former FSF Scholar herself. Opening remarks were delivered by FSF executive director Peter Arnold and Farai Simoyi, head of Virgil Abloh Post-Modern Scholarship and Equity. \u201cWhat our work continues to show is that when you open doors and say \u2018we see you\u2019\u2014those students don\u2019t just enter the industry; they stay, they lead, and they begin to change it,\u201d Simoyi said, referring to 90% of the Fund\u2019s alumni who continue to work in fashion.<\/p>\n
Wrapped in an espresso-hued corduroy trench, actor Jeremy Pope took the stage to introduce his longtime friend, collaborator, and the first honoree of the evening: Law Roach. Before speaking, the \u201cimage architect\u201d behind Zendaya, Ariana Grande, et al, flipped his famously sleek hair\u2014a callback to Pope\u2019s introduction\u2014in a move that sent the audience erupting into laughter. The mood quickly turned reflective as Roach addressed the students. \u201cI really think that fashion gave me my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI am who I am because I just believed that I could be, and I challenge you guys to have that same belief.\u201d<\/p>\n
Honorees Ciara and Russell Wilson arrived alongside their children, Sienna and Future, in coordinated head-to-toe Willy Chavarria outfits\u2014an apt choice for a night centered on legacy and the next generation. \u201cFashion is such a strong form of expression,\u201d Ciara told Vogue as she was walking off the red carpet, pointing to the ways that today\u2019s digital platforms have opened doors for emerging voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ciara, Kuan Jackson, Russell WilsonMatt Borkowski\/BFA.com One thing felt certain at the Fashion Scholarship Fund\u2019s annual gala: the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,10855],"class_list":["post-355858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-vogue-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}