{"id":257467,"date":"2025-09-27T01:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257467\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T01:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:11:16","slug":"grandma-takes-on-new-york-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257467\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma takes on New York Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/201620120B6366ABE9305B0C4483413E.jpg\" alt=\"Grandma takes on New York Fashion Week\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/1714750\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grandma takes on New York Fashion Week<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\">Grandmother, mother of five, jazz singer and talented seamstress \u2013 Juliette Chriss was able to attend New York Fashion Week this year. FOX 5 NY&#8217;s Tashanea Whitlow speaks with Chriss about both her past and her future.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> &#8211; Grandmother, mother of five, jazz singer and seamstress \u2013 Juliette Chriss was able to attend New York Fashion Week this year.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2018You should always have a sewing machine\u2019 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Juliette Chriss&#8217; lifelong dream came true when she watched models strut down the runway at this year&#8217;s Fashion Week.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grandma.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Chriss, who was born in Jamaica and raised in New York, grew up watching her mother work in the city&#8217;s fashion district. Daisy Robinson, a talented seamstress in her own right, was &#8220;a woman of principle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;I was my mom&#8217;s first model,&#8221; Chriss told <strong>FOX 5 NY&#8217;s<\/strong> Tashanea Whitlow. &#8220;She taught me that you should always have a sewing machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mom.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Chriss, 74, was able to attend Fashion Week due to <a href=\"https:\/\/wishofalifetime.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wish of a Lifetime<\/a>, an AARP affiliate that grants life-changing experiences to older adults. For Chriss, this wasn&#8217;t merely a dream come true, but a legacy realized.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;I\u2019m sitting there watching these beautiful models come down. I\u2019m a part of it. I\u2019m not on the side or behind the door. I\u2019m in the picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">And Chriss continues to carry her mother&#8217;s lessons with her.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to overdress, but you must carry yourself with dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The next step in Chriss path is taking the stage herself \u2013 Chriss is preparing to walk the runway next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> This article includes reporting from FOX 5 NY&#8217;s Tashanea Whitlow.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/health\/coronavirus\/good-news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grandma takes on New York Fashion Week Grandmother, mother of five, jazz singer and talented seamstress \u2013 Juliette&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7824,11361,210,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-257467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-good-news","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115273602798147187","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}