You may think that asking a staff full of fashion editors to wear matching T-shirts would spark a (peaceful!) office-wide protest at Vogue; We care so deeply about personal style that we’ve dedicated our careers to expounding it. But when news of the Fashion for Our Future March was shared at an all-hands meeting—along with the dress code of Zac Posen-designed Old Navy tees—we didn’t pretend to miss the memo and plan looks without the shirt. Instead, we thought of all the ways we could style it with the pieces in our wardrobe. The many friends who joined us this morning—as we took to the streets of Manhattan alongside the CFDA and fashion community to encourage everyone to vote this November—did too.
Photographed by Fujio Emura
“I did a high-waisted jean with my shirt tucked in—a kind of Western-y, fun, laid back moment,” designer Brandon Blackwood told us from Harold Square, his shoe of choice a sleek pair of square-toe boots. “And obviously, always a durag; Very Brooklyn, very Bed-Stuy.” One of several participating American designers, Blackwood was joined by Jennifer De La Cruz, who does PR for Blackwood’s eponymous label. “I tied my shirt in the back to make it a little more like a crop top, and styled it with a schoolgirl skirt and some tights for a twist,” she said.
This morning, as we marched alongside industry titans including Steven Kolb, Prabal Gurung and Tory Burch—and later heard remarks from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Thom Browne and Aurora James—we spotted model Amelia Gray in vintage Gucci shorts, designer Charles Harbison sporting a Dickies shirt, and British Vogue editor Julia Hobbs in boxy jeans, ballet pumps and a Vogue baseball cap. Scroll through for more objectively fantastic styling. (And please, please—vote.)