CutCommunityHeroes: The women of Well Cloth’d, Inc., want to help you get dressed for change
Left to right: Marien Richardson, Jenne Richardson and, Leetah McGee. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Courtesy of Well Cloth’d Inc. Chances are, as you read this, your closet is full of clothes and accessories you haven’t worn in years. “People shop until they drop and switch out their wardrobe every season,” says Jenne Richardson.
It all started when they were hanging out in McGee’s home. Sitting on the floor of her living room, chatting together as McGee’s mother cleaned out her closet nearby, it made them think about how unfair it was that those who need the clothing the most probably won’t ever receive it. “We were Forever 21, H&M, Urban Outfitters stans,” Jenne Richardson says, “which meant each season we would buy trendy clothes that, though they were in great condition, weren’t trendy anymore, so we bought more.
The event was hosted at BKLYN Commons with over 150 attendees and 15 volunteers working the door. Transforming the event space into a boutique-style store, they hung up dresses and turned folding tables into displays for shorts, jeans, sweaters, and more. The founders invited the mothers at CHiPS, a Brooklyn women’s shelter they’d volunteered at in high school, and CHiPS referred them a few other organizations to invite as well.
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