The day we met Posen was dressed in a simple sweater and trousers, and sported a jaunty workman’s cap. And being able to self-create is the message I want to share to the generation of young people being born now.” It’s a message about creativity and process. It’s important that I support the amazing women that I’m able to work with. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing. “You can’t market or commercialize feminism as an entity. Posen also believes the fashion industry should be “cautious” in how it advocates for issues. And I don’t dictate who buys my clothing in a store.” “I’m very upset with the state of affairs right now,” Posen said. I think that every brand and person has a right to be vocal. I think it’s important to use your voice. These are just issues that are very close to my heart, and I use my own private voice and funds to fight for them and in support of them.

There are issues that are being questioned that are fundamentally upsetting to me-deeply: LGBT rights, immigration, funding for the arts, Planned Parenthood, and women’s rights. Right now, I’m staying away from bringing my brand into politics. Having dressed both Ivanka and Melania Trump in the past, Posen told The Daily Beast he has “no current plans to dress members of the first family. Today, Posen joins other big-name designers like Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Sophie Theallet, and Phillip Lim in declining to dress members of the Trump family in protest of the policies being pursued by President Trump. The handsome, charismatic Posen-designer not only of his own high-end and mass-market collections but Brooks Brothers’ womenswear line, and a judge since 2012 on Project Runway-may be a master of diplomacy, but he also speaks directly. “Everybody has a voice, whether in fashion or any field.” “I think everybody has a political responsibility,” the 36-year-old multi-award-winning designer said in his sleekly designed, white-walled office in Midtown Manhattan. Brace yourself for some un-smooth moves, then watch Trump’s video below.Zac Posen was pondering politics and fashion at the end of a New York Fashion Week at which anti-Donald Trump sentiment ran high. It’s not shock that the super-nerdy, philanthropically inclined runway model would handle an awkward family situation with more grace than someone being investigated by the FBI for, among other things, shady business deals. I don’t think the same happens in conversations with men.” It’s frustrating, to be honest, that the spotlight is always shifted away from my career toward my relationship. When asked about her decision to marry into the Kushner family, she said, “At the end of the day, I’ve had to make decisions based on my own moral compass-forget what the public says, forget social media… I’ve chosen to be with the man I love despite the complications. “Josh and I share a lot of the same liberal values that guide our lives and the things we stand for,” she told Vogue in an October interview. Kloss, who supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, created a STEM summer camp for teen girls called Kode with Klossy that is now in 25 cities. Joshua is a lifelong Democrat who has raised money to support Obamacare and has even been to a March for Our Lives demonstration to support gun control. Louis native who got her start in fashion at 15, married Joshua, the brother of Ivanka’s hubby Jared Kushner, last October at an intimate wedding. While Trump has commented publicly about Kloss in the past, calling her “sister,” the model has not made efforts to publicly discuss their relationship.

“Karlie, it’s happening!” Trump gives a thumbs up and says, “Amazing!” She wraps it up with a weird laugh that one might imagine she thinks makes her more likable. While Kloss was out living her life and hosting the Season 17 premiere of Project Runway, Trump made what some feel was a cringe-worthy “proud mom”–style selfie video with the show playing in the background. This morning, First Daughter Ivanka Trump went out of her way to announce on Twitter that she is the uncool yet supportive sister-in-law of model Karlie Kloss.

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