Encore DC

06/03/2025

🇺🇸 Meet Rudy Flores
Model – ENCORE 2nd Edition

After over 20 years of honorable service as a U.S. Army First Sergeant—including multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan—Rudy Flores continues to lead by example. 🙌

Today, Rudy shares his journey of resilience, recovery, and rediscovery as a wounded warrior. Through the ENCORE fashion show, he’s using his platform to inspire others and highlight the strength found in vulnerability.

💬 “Vulnerability is not a weakness, but a gateway to healing and growth. Through resilience and reconstruction, I’ve learned that purpose can be rebuilt even after life-altering setbacks.”

Thank you, Rudy, for your service, your strength, and your continued leadership. 🇺🇸✨️✨️✨️

We invite you — as a sponsor or partner — to join us.✨️✨️✨️

Help us amplify stories that turn vulnerability into strength. Let’s co-create a future where fashion is meaningful, inclusive, and transformative.

Thank you to our amazing supporters:
.coalition.intl Ed Solomon

Interested in becoming part of this journey?

DM us to partner or sponsor.

We can’t wait to connect with you.✨️✨️✨️

05/27/2025

✨ Fashion Fundraiser Estate Sale – Vintage & Curated Secondhand Pieces from the ENCORE DC Runway ✨

📍 Washington, DC
📅 Date: May 31 – 09 AM to 4 PM
📬 Exact address will be shared the day before the sale
💵 Payment accepted: Cash or Zelle only

Join us for a very special estate-style fashion sale featuring over 300 carefully curated secondhand and vintage clothing items, originally selected for the ENCORE DC fashion show — a unique event that celebrates resilience, sustainability, and creative reinvention.

🧥 What you’ll find:

Dozens of vintage and designer jackets

Beautiful evening dresses – both long and short

Statement coats, raincoats, and outerwear

Vintage shoes in various styles (mostly size 8 to 10)

Sizes ranging from 2 to 18

All handpicked from local thrift stores, Planet Aid, and other sustainable fashion partners

💫 Curated with a French touch:
Every piece was selected by our French stylist, whose eye for elegance and edge brings a distinctive Paris-meets-DC flair to this collection.

All proceeds will benefit ENCORE DC, a nonprofit that supports individuals rebuilding their lives after adversity, using art, fashion, and innovation as tools for healing and social change.

05/23/2025

🔗 Shop the curated sale: ://www.EstateSales.NET/MD/Bethesda/20817/4502418
🔗 Donate directly: https://gofund.me/6ab57c5a

📣 We are excited to kick off our fundraising campaign for , our nonprofit dedicated to celebrating human resilience through inclusive fashion, sustainability, and strong community support.

This is a two-part campaign:
🟡 A donation drive via GoFundMe
🟡 A curated second-hand and vintage clothing sale happening next week: around 300+ second-hand and vintage pieces curated for our runway show, from elegant evening dresses to tailored coats and statement shoes (sizes 2 to 18).

💯All proceeds support ENCORE DC’s mission to uplift individuals on their recovery journey and resilience capacity and expand our impact both in the U.S. and abroad.

Whether you shop, donate, or share: thank you for standing with us and supporting this bold, beautiful movement. 💛

Encore DC has applied to the IRS and is awaiting formal 501(c)(3) status. Any donation at this time is not tax-deductible.



Photographe:

05/21/2025

Hervé Pierre, the renowned French designer behind iconic fashions for four U.S. First Ladies — Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump — has generously offered prototypes of his creations for our upcoming show.

What an honor to collaborate with someone so talented, passionate, and visionary.

In 1995, Hervé moved to the U.S. and brought his artistry to fashion houses like Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, and Bill Blass. He currently serves as the Creative Director at Carolina Herrera.

His story — and the stories we tell through ENCORE — are about more than fashion. They’re about purpose.

Thanks to the powerful voices of our models — survivors, dreamers, and healers — we are stepping forward with renewed clarity and purpose.✨️✨️✨️

✨️ Let’s create beauty that leaves a lasting, positive impact. ✨️ is moving forward, stronger than ever.✨️✨️

We’re not just building a fashion event —
we’re building a movement. We’re building Resilience.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

We invite you — as a sponsor or partner — to join us.✨️✨️✨️

Help us amplify stories that turn vulnerability into strength. Let’s co-create a future where fashion is meaningful, inclusive, and transformative.

Thank you to our amazing supporters:
.coalition.intl Ed Solomon



Interested in becoming part of this journey?

DM us to partner or sponsor.

We can’t wait to connect with you.

05/13/2025

Sustainability is one of our fundamental values. Sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future.✨️✨️✨️

💡 Do you want to meet more inspiring people and read more wonderful life stories?

Our next show is temporarily postponed — our commitment is not! Thanks to the courage of our models, moves forward, stronger than ever.✨

Recently, we had to make the difficult decision to postpone our runway show.
Not because we lacked courage or determination — but because these times remind us that true resilience also means knowing when to adapt.

And thanks to the extraordinary testimonies of our models — true stories of survival, healing, and hope — we are able to step back with clarity.

They teach us, every day, that no change of plans, no obstacle, no hardship, can stop us from moving forward.

We are building more than a fashion show — we are building Resilience. Discover the mission of ENCORE and why your support matters now more than ever.✨

We are inviting sponsors and partners to join us in building a future where vulnerability becomes strength, and where every story of resilience inspires a new generation.✨

Let us create impact together!🔥

Thank you to all our partners for their unwavering support. .coalition.intl Ed Solomon



🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Do you want to be part of this transformative event (sponsor, partner)?
Please contact us via DM.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

04/30/2025

Mylee, model last year + 🌹

“The journey of redefining myself and finding my purpose, drive, and direction during my recovery has been challenging - honestly, it was, at times, downright terrifying. Yet, it is my most rewarding accomplishment to date. “✨️✨️✨️

.coalition.intl💃

Look how inspiring her story and her projects are.

💡 Do you want to meet more inspiring people and read more wonderful life stories?

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Do you want to be part of this transformative event (sponsor, partner)?
Please contact us via DM.✨️✨️✨️

We look forward to seeing you soon!❤️

04/27/2025

Meet Ariana! (Historial costume seamstress for theaters in DC,
+ Her work = essential to make the models feel empowered and comfortable during the show. + note that she is with Encore since last year)

Ariana creates upcycled looks for Encore. ♻️

This year, she is working on fabrics used by astronauts to go to space. .coalition.intl💃

💡 Do you want to meet more inspiring people and read more wonderful life stories?

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Do you want to be part of this transformative event (sponsor, partner)?
Please contact us via DM.

We look forward to seeing you soon !

04/26/2025

Our next show is postponed — our commitment is not! Thanks to the courage of our models, moves forward, stronger than ever.✨

Recently, we had to make the difficult decision to postpone our runway show.
Not because we lacked courage or determination — but because these times remind us that true resilience also means knowing when to adapt.
And thanks to the extraordinary testimonies of our models — true stories of survival, healing, and hope — we are able to step back with clarity.
They teach us, every day, that no change of plans, no obstacle, no hardship, can stop us from moving forward.

We are building more than a fashion show — we are building Resilience. Discover the mission of ENCORE and why your support matters now more than ever.✨

This video is a CALL TO ACTION.
We are inviting sponsors and partners to join us in building a future where vulnerability becomes strength, and where every story of resilience inspires a new generation.✨

Let us create impact together!🔥

Thank you to all our partners for their unwavering support. .coalition.intl Ed Solomon

Thank you to for this great video.

Our next show is postponed — our commitment is not! Thanks to the courage of our models, ENCORE DC moves forward, stronger than ever. Recently, we had to make the difficult decision to postpone our runway show. Not because we lacked courage or determination — but because these times remind us th...

04/22/2025

Spectator Chibesa ✨️✨️✨️ She felt inspired by the last show that had a positive effect on her own personal journey.✨️✨️✨️

Do you also want to hear inspiring stories?

🎉 Honoring military service members, veterans, and caregivers whose journeys of healing embody the spirit of unity and empowerment.✨️✨️

📣Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here for more details.✨️✨️

♥️ Proceeds from the event will support non-profit organizations supporting those who have served in the military and their families: Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, FONDATION RÉSILIENCE, United Help Ukraine, Veteran Coalition International

♻️ Military service member, veteran, and caregiver models will wear sustainable fashion from our partners Planet Aid, Inc Hervé Pierre Aerothreads Sabrina Thompson Girls in Space Club.

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