KENNETH COLE: A MAN WITH SOLE captures the deeply purposeful story of fashion icon Kenneth Cole to establish his social impact-driven ethos, while building a successful global fashion brand. Fusing cause and commerce early on, Kenneth created a new, inventive, and daring advertising style that became a global phenomenon. The pioneering ads were culturally relevant, deliberately cause-ridden, and less about the product than about the values of the people who wished to wear the Kenneth Cole brand. The ads were (and are) incredibly humorous, often audacious, frequently controversial, and always purpose-driven. They gave voice to urgent issues such as AIDS, human rights, homelessness, social justice, and gun control.
Interviews with fashion leaders, global scientists, collaborators, partners, and employees are fused with a treasure trove of current and archival social initiative footage to tell Kenneth’s purposeful story of maverick invention, monumental impact, and creative survival. Forty years in, Kenneth Cole is just getting started.
KENNETH COLE: A MAN WITH SOLE opens for a run #AtTheJBFC on Friday, July 18, but you can catch a preview screening—followed by a live Q&A with fashion designer/film subject Kenneth Cole and director/JBFC Board Member Dori Berinstein!—on Wednesday, July 16:
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