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Actress Emmy Rossum
It was a perfectly crisp evening on Tuesday, April 2nd when several hundred well-coifed men, and a few well-coiffed women headed to the U.S.S. Intrepid at Pier 86, in New York City, for the 10th Anniversary of Jeffrey Fashion Cares. The evening complete with celebrities, socialites and VIPs was hosted by Actress Emmy Rossum of Showtime’s “Shameless” and featured an appearance by Singer and LGBT Activist Cyndi Lauper, who presented the Jeffrey Fashion Cares’ Community Leadership Award to Broadway legend Choreographer, Jerry Mitchell.
Jeffrey Kalinsky, President & CEO of Jeffrey New York/Atlanta & EVP Design & Merchandising, Nordstrom once again brought a diverse crowd out in support of his now ten year old Fashion Cares.*** 2013's noteworthy attendees included: Sean Avery, Scott Lipps, Miss USA 2013 Olivia Culpo, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Ireland Baldwin, Aaron Walton (Walton Isaacson), Cory Isaacson (Walton Isaacson), Allen Cohen (Hetrick Martin Institute), et al

2014 Lexus IS 350 F SPORT
The evening was made possible by the support of geneorus sponsors ranging from Ketel One Vodka to luxury car brand Lexus. Lexus consistently known for its LGBT outreach and support prominently displayed a blazing new 2014 Lexus IS 350 F SPORT, just past the grand red carpet.
During cocktails, amidst all of the VIP red carpet arrivals, delicious passed hors d'oeuvres, and silent auction bidding, we spoke with Community Leadership Award recipient Jerry Mitchell who shared thoughts on his impending award. "I feel like I'm really accepting it for all the dancers who are part of my show 'Broadway Bears'. Hundreds of dancers every year, come together and put on a burlesque show, and we raise a million dollars for Broadway Cares. It's sort of an amazing event. I started it 23 years ago, I was one of the strippers. I don't do that anymore. I was actually a go-go dancer. I did it to raise money for Broadway Cares."
Model on Runway
The runway show kicked off at a little past 9:00 pm featuring a brief live auction featuring big ticket items ranging from an all-inclusive package to the Aspen Food & Wine Festival to a 1982 Richard Corman print of Madonna; the presentation of Mr. Mitchell's award by Cyndi Lauper; followed by a bevy of male models sporting a number of daywear ensembles from various designers including Lacoste, Roger Vivier, Staff USA to name a few.
Attendees departed the event as late as 10:30 pm with Jeffrey's signature stuffed gift bags.
***Fashion Cares was established in 1992 in Atlanta, GA by Jeffrey Kalinsky,
fashion pioneer and community leader. He launched the first-ever Jeffery
Fashion Cares event to heighten awareness of the plight of people living with
HIV/AIDS and members of the LGBTQ community. When Jeffrey brought his fashion show and reception benefit to New York in 2003, he brought with it a legacy of community involvement and philanthropy. In just 10 years, the event has raised over $4 million for LGBT and LGBT youth charities here in New York City.
*photos courtesy of Derrick Salters for The Quest for "it"