Tailoring Program Empowers Formerly Incarcerated at Fashion Week

MOHAMED FARGHALY

mfarghaly@queensledger.com

Witness to Mass Incarceration, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering formerly incarcerated, system-impacted, and LGBTQIA+ individuals, will be the featured partner for the 2025 edition of Style Across the Aisle, a fashion show during New York Fashion Week that showcases local designers dressing New York City elected officials. The event is scheduled for Sept. 10 at the New York County Surrogate’s Court in Lower Manhattan.

The nonprofit’s Art of Tailoring Program, developed in partnership with the Queens Economic Development Corporation, trains participants in designing and constructing clothing. Students in the program will take center stage at the show, designing outfits for thre

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