Break Free NYFW: Recovery on the Runway

Break Free is leading the discussion on mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders within the fashion industry and beyond. Every runway season, we host a fashion showcase that puts mental health and recovery center stage during New York Fashion Week.

Activists and Influencers are invited to walk the runway and showcase their designs to spread the message that there is life beyond recovery. We define being in recovery as being in recovery for substance use, a co-occurring disorder, risky behaviors such as sex and love addiction, gambling addiction, or self harm, disordered eating, being a suicide attempt survivor, and being in recovery for your mental health.
At Break Free, we are all recovering from something. Our next runway show will be held on Saturday, February 8th, 2025.

• 6 pm: Doors open to the venue, enjoy virtual highlights from our virtual panels or walk the red carpet
• 7 pm: The fashion show begins

Break Free is leading the discussion on mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders within the fashion industry and beyond. Every runway season, we host a fashion showcase that has mental health and recovery take center stage.

Activists are invited to walk the runway and showcase their designs to spread the message that there is life beyond recovery. This season, we are changing things up in a big way. We are going beyond fashion week and expanding our definition of what it means to be in recovery.

We define being in recovery as being in recovery for substance use, a co-occurring disorder, risky behaviors such as sex and love addiction, gambling addiction, or self harm, disordered eating, being a suicide attempt survivor, and being in recovery for your mental health. At Break Free, we are all recovering from something.

If you are a person in recovery and cannot afford to attend the showcase, please email us at team@breakfreefoundation.org for information on gaining complimentary access to the showcase.

Designers

Sky Eagle Collection

At the heart of Dante Biss-Grayson’s success is his unwavering commitment to his family, his art, and his community. The Sky-Eagle Collection is more than just a fashion brand, it is a celebration of Native American culture and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. The brand was founded with Yanti, his wife, muse, premier of the Fashion House, and they named the brand after their daughter. Together, they are building a legacy that honors their heritage and inspires others to follow their dreams.

Rehab Studios

Rehab Studios is a brand born from REAL people and their REAL journeys of recovery from addiction and mental illness. Our aim is to create a collection that celebrates and inspires recovery in others.

Our brand is about shedding the anonymity and speaking out against the stigma. Recovery is something to celebrated, not kept secret. We’re here to commemorate everyone who has ever struggled and won against these diseases and to inspire and support those still sick, still suffering and STILL fighting. Whatever your journey may be, wherever you are in it, we hope you’ll share it with us.

Chablis Designs

Tyrone Chablis is one of the architects of the thriving New Jersey fashion scene. A major influence on the local fashion culture, for more than thirty years, Chablis has been a fixture of the tristate area fashion scene. He plays many roles – from commentator to show producer to master tailor to his most prominent and passionate pursuit – designing and making fabulous clothes.

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