Mary J. Blige unveiled a 25 piece, ready-to-wear collection with Catherine Malandrino and ELLE Magazine benefiting FFAWN, Blige’s charity, at New York City’s Museum Of Modern Art on June 15th. The event came with a $1,000 a person ticket price, which will help cover college tuition costs for thirty graduates at the Women’s Academy of Excellence in the Bronx, not too far from where Blige grew up. Stars and industry insiders, including Estelle, Jill Hennessy, Phillip Bloch, June Ambrose and Patti Wilson, came out to show support for the “Mary J. Blige Honors of Women Week” celebration.
FFAWN is an acronym for The Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, Inc. and is dedicated to helping women overcome their personal difficulties to reach their full life potential. FFAWN believes that education is empowerment and through a range of programs encourages women to realize their dreams and pursue their individual goals. Mary J. Blige is a trendsetter in her own right, and through FFAWN, she and many women in entertainment will follow her outstanding humanitarian efforts.After working together earlier this year on a custom line of charitable t-shirts, both Blige and Malandrino decided to launch fashion show to benefit the organization. When asked why she decided to collaborate with Malandrino of all designers, Mary said, “Catherine is real and she makes clothing for women of all shapes and sizes”.
The highly fashionable Mary J. Blige has put her years of experience in fashion to good use for her first ever fashion show by collaborating with one of her favorite designers, and to show sportsmanship, she sported a black tuxedo romper which was paired with a cropped leather short-sleeved jacket –by Catherine Malandrino, of course.The excitement and success just doesn’t quit with Blige. Aside from music and fashion, Blige is set to launch a fragrance line called, My Life with Carol’s Daughter, for whom she is an investor and spokesmodel. While the My Life scent may be meant to represent everyday life, Blige and Carol’s Daughter are breaking the traditional retail fragrance method by choosing to launch My Life solely on HSN on July 31, 2010.
To top it all off, she is currently working on a line of sunglasses set to launch this September during Fashion Night Out, just before New York Fashion Week. She has partnered with Interscope Records Chairman, Jimmy Iovine, along with premium eye wear company, Orange 21. The line, Melodies by MJB, will be sold exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman and will be available in four styles and 20 different colors that represent the one-of-a-kind singer.
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