We all look great in suits.
And so: We are currently gathering donations with the goal of providing a wide range of professional wardrobe options to protesters of the ongoing photo shoot / political theater action that is Occupy Wall Street. For one thing, businessmen seem to listen only to other people dressed like businessmen. Meanwhile the media has grasped the importance of the rapidly growing movement and is at Liberty Plaza Park waiting for good pictures.
Our goal is to assist in offering them images that cannot easily be written off, images that create the evocative confusion it takes to get people to read news articles. Photographs of peaceful anti-corruption protesters in business suits being kettled etc. could be quite effective. People in suits sleeping on the ground would have photographers there every morning.
On October 15, a day of united global protest, our team of wardrobe artists and designers will deliver racks of proper business attire for both men and women, free of charge, to anyone at Liberty Plaza Park who is interested. We’ll be joined by progressive tailors, radical barbers, and other folks who want to help them look great.
You can help us realize this vision with your donations. Twenty dollars will put a protester in a crisp thrift store suit. Or mail us a nice suit you’re not using anymore. If you got a job, mail us your interview suit; it’s free if you send it from work.
Extra suits and late deliveries will be donated to Threads for Success, an innovative New York City program that dresses young people in the justice system for court appearances and job interviews.
The whole world is watching, as they say.
Look sharp.
