Fashion Designer Jason Christopher Peters brought his passion and purpose to New York Fashion Week!
Jason’s unique and thought provoking fashion show included models dressed up in “paper doll” outfits that were colorful and had an important message. His passionate form of activism was displayed on the symbolic flat clothing that featured messages such as “black lives matter, “pray for world peace,” “vote,” “love me please” and more.
Jason incorporated doll-like lashes on the models, as well as face paint in the shape of bedazzled hearts. His models walked to the heart-tugging song “What Was I Made For” by Billie Ellish, which was fitting featured in the Barbie movie and made the messages all the more powerful and emotional for viewers. The fashion show was accessible to all who walked by the Tribeca park during NYFW, as many bystanders stopped to smell the roses and left feeling impacted by Jason’s moving show.
Jason’s creativity and concept is both symbolic and relatable and overall eye opening to everyone who experiences it. He thinks outside the box and uses fashion to help us reflect on the bigger picture, which draws us all in closer to one another. He’s on a mission to preach joy, peace and healing with his love of fashion.
J: I started in the industry in 2001 when I was a freshman attending Chico State University. Even with my first show I was always about impact. My first show was two months after the tragedy of September 11. I created a piece honoring the victims of 911 and the United States as a whole. You can say that using my platform to provoke thought and getting touchy or uncomfortable, but extremely necessary conversations to happen is what I hope people will get out of my shows.
