Jan Strimple Productions

08/05/2024

Long term friendships are to be celebrated! I was delighted to connect Kent State School of Fashion with Dame Zandra Rhodes for her induction into their Hall of Fame. I walked for Zandra in the 80's and we've been able to share several projects since the days of her press shows. She's about to release her 4th book: Iconic. Extra fun was this museum excursion and dinner with this great quad of women involved in this article: designer Anna Sui .. (a previous inductee into said Hall of Fame), Angela Chan (the author) and Pauline St. Denis (photographer who snapped these shots). What a week we enjoyed!

During the interview in the car, we discussed the evolving landscape of the fashion industry and their aspirations for a lasting legacy, and we even touched on the int...

13/01/2024

Mid October 2023 I received a text from a friends' daughter who was visiting Britain's Q***r Museum. It read: Look who I spotted at the Levi's exhibit at Q***r Britain!! They had a whole DIFFA section. Very fun to see this!

With a bit of online research, I learned that Levi Strauss & Co sponsored a pop up exhibit titled "Icons in Denim - A Q***r Perspective" at this museum. From Levi's archives, they highlighted some of their iconic denim jackets worn or created by q***r artists, rock legends, film stars and designers. I was honored to see they included pieces from DIFFA/Dallas's The Dallas Collection (now called House of DIFFA). Why? Because I was the Creative Director of that program for a total of about twenty+ years.

Levi Strauss & Co was our denim provider for about a decade of this program. They were amazing partners who functioned from the heart. Did you know they were the first Fortune 500 Company to offer full medical benefits to the unmarried partners of their employees? That was 1992 when same s*x marriage was not legal. They were leaders in thoughtful change and in the simple concept that human rights should apply to us all, not just those who think, worship and look like you. I applaud them and always think of those years of partnership with them with pride.

The latter part of my working with DIFFA, I invited my tech director, Brian Brothers of Planet Productions, to step up as Co-Creative Director. Together, along with an army of friends, volunteers and vendors, we had grown the program into a massive production. My modeling and production schedule had become too demanding and I needed a true partner to share the lead. Brian and I had both been in the trenches with this from it's inception and his work, vision and relationships brought to the table were a huge part of the WOW that we created together over the years. Brian is an excellent Creative Director, with expertise in the design of exciting videos/creative audio/set and staging.

I shared this with my friends and designers Stephen Dunn and Beau Black because their DIFFA jacket was on display in this exhibit. Wanted to also share with some of you whose names were also visible in this shot from the exhibit or who were backstage helping to make the magic:

Bill Edwards Jon MorehouseWendy KrispinJoe G. Pacetti@JayOppenheimer Barbara Buzzell and a few more friends who I know were hugely in these same trenches over the early years: Tony Fielding Johnny Johnson MathewsJohn Ahrens Judith Anderson LB RosserGary Parson@BillPeck Jimmie Henslee Duane Kenton Jeffers Kelly McCallYvonne Coan Al James Carol Yeates Quist Evans Caglage Tracy Achor Hayes Tammy Theis Kate Wagner@lisaDawson Lana Adams Cheryll Smith Hair Makeup Lifestyle Dog Lover Gi Gi Coker
Scott Pharr

For all of the early Dallas Collection Crew: please share with others you may think of, as we all contributed to this along the way. Makes me curious as to which jackets Levi's has in it's archival collection!!

And if you have a minute, take the time to watch the 7 minute video posted on Q***r Britain's museum's website. I'm not a fan of the 'what pronoun are you"... but I'm able to put that aside and hear the message loud and clear. Museums of all types are capable of transforming lives. This particular museum is also capable of saving lives.

https://www.levistrauss.com/2023/10/01/icons-in-denim-a-q***r-perspective/

27/12/2023

40 years and more than $15 million dollars raised, this St. Valentines Day Luncheon is a formidable force in saving lives as the medical community gains better understanding of and strides closer to a cure for blood cancers. I look forward to producing it again with Highland Park Village as our Fashion Sponsor. The women who lead this are some of our foremost philanthropic community fundraisers and it's quite an honor to work with them each year. Thank you .com for your WishList coverage!

According to the 2024 Saint Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show Co-Chairs Brooke Shelby and Samantha Wortley: “Since its inception 40 years ago, by founders Rusty Duvall and Janet Evans, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Saint Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show has raised more...

17/11/2023

Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum President Karen Sargent and 2024 Mad Hatter’s Luncheon Chair Allison Brodnax just announced many details for the 36th annual fundraiser at a private reception tonight. In addition to having Arboretum supporter Barbara Bigham serve as honorary chair, Alliso...

17/11/2023

Hard to explain the many levels of exhaustion mixed with joy that were a part of producing this event for FGIDallas. Endless magic behind the scenes moments that supported the magic on stage moments. We had a stellar evening on every level!

21/10/2023

Ticket links below for both Invisible Beauty Private Screening and for FGI Dallas NightOfStars!

21/10/2023

This handsome fellow is joining us to introduce his dear friend Bethann Hardison
as FGI Dallas honors her work with The Lifetime Legacy Award. If you saw her documentary you’ll appreciate how much her work changed the landscape of the fashion industry. If you haven’t seen it, grab a ticket to FGI’s showing with Bethann and Co-Director Frederic Tcheng in attendance for a Q+A afterwards… Wed Nov 8th!

may we have your ATTENTION!! It’s official ❤️ Tyson Beckford will present the Lifetime Legacy Award to Bethann Hardison at our 2023 Night of Stars! ⁠
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is the most recognized male supermodel in the world. At the dawn of the new phrase supermodel, Beckford’s face gracing Ralph Lauren’s Polo and Polo Sport lines immediately vaulted him into icon status. Having worked with leading international fashion brands, he has been the face of Pirelli, an ambassador for Ducati,and spokesman for Mercedes-Benz during Fashion Week. He has endured, now timeless, distinguished and celebrated for trailblazing a path for all that have come – and will come – behind him. His name is still synonymous with the height of men’s fashion because he smashed barriers across entertainment industries as his popularity ushered in the recognition of Black male beauty in all shades. Vogue magazine named Beckford the greatest male model of all time, before being named one of the top 10 most successful male models of all time by the outlet’s UK counterpart in 2019.

Grab your ticket (or table) for Night of Stars here: https://muradbid.com/tickets/purchase_tickets.php?slug=fgidallas&form_name=tickets

21/10/2023

What’s on your calendar for November 10th? Grab a ticket … dress to thrill … and join us at this fun and glam evening raising funds for students in our area studying fashion design, marketing and merchandising!

Fashion Group International of Dallas is holding its annual black-tie “Night of Stars” on Friday, November 10, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Dallas). Presented by Mary Kay, this year’s award recipients will include the following: Achievement in Fashion Award “Project Runway” — Christian Sir...

11/10/2023

This is a moving documentary. Bethann carries a message of inclusion without omission. A simple point of view that everyone deserves a seat at the table. And her actions speak volumes. Join FGI as we honor this extraordinary woman who merely followed her calling. Without agenda. This will stir your soul.

Y O U A R E I N V I T E D 🖤⁠
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Join us for a private viewing of Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng's Invisible Beauty at the Violet Crown Cinema!⁠
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Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.⁠
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Wednesday, November 8th 2023⁠
5:00PM at ⁠
Tickets found via the link below ↓
https://muradbid.com/tickets/invisiblebeauty/tix

Thank you to our sponsors and hosts:
Adwoa Beauty
Indigo 1745
Colored Noise by Marion Marshall
Jan Strimple Productions + Jan Strimple\

28/09/2023

The Master.

If you’re in London you’ll want to catch this DIVA exhibit at the V&A!

15/09/2023

This year's KidneyTexas,Inc. luncheon is Chaired by the UBER-experienced Venise Stuart and it's shaping up to be a glorious day! Bravo to Venise and her leadership team
for leading this vital effort. I appreciate my friends at Betty Reiter Nardos Design NorthPark Preston Center for joining this fundraising effort..and for Stephen Dweck and GemVoyage for the glorious SPARKLE they're adding to this lovely day! Brook Hollow Golf Club

It’s official! 2023 Runway Report Chair Venise Stuart and Honorary Chair Cindy Feld have finalized all the plans for the KidneyTexas Inc. fundraiser. They confirmed tonight at the invitation-only patron party in NorthPark’s St. John salon that the fashion show and luncheon will take place at Bro...

11/09/2023

Marc Bohan was a wonderful man to walk for at . He treated his models with respect and appreciation and lead the house with grace and warmth. This article gives the reader a glimpse into his understanding of quiet luxury, his desire to design for his clients and not for the press. It also sheds some light on the fully commercial focus of these huge global brands like Dior.

As the creative force for Christian Dior longer than its founder, he maintained a reputation for playful elegance throughout fashion’s endless cycles.

17/08/2023

MySweetCharity is a trusted partner to dozens of amazing fundraisers in our city. When women like this group assemble with a focused effort, truly life changing results occur.
I thank this year's hard working Chair, Kimber Hartmann, for her exceedingly kind words. The truth is, I have learned so much from the nearly three decade long opportunity to work alongside these women in action ...
who, in this case, literally "take the reigns" to make magic happen for the many children, adults and veterans who benefit from the equine therapy offered at Equest. Women like Cara Gravely French and her fab Mom Prissy! Getting to know Beth Layton and her uber smart daughter was such a fun recent year for me. And, of course, it's all done under the watchful guidance of the one and only , who founded the Equest Women's Auxiliary. It's a joy to support these remarkable women in all they do! Highland Park Village

According to Equest Women’s Auxiliary Luncheon And Fashion Show Chair Kimber Hartmann, “Humans, Horses, and Hope! Equest provides hope and healing to children and adults with diverse needs through its equine therapy programs. Equest helps transform the lives of over 2,000 participants a year, in...

15/08/2023

This will be the 40th year of this amazing luncheon. The strides made during the last decade of treatment for LLS have been amazing. Mind boggling, in fact. This luncheon and your support of this luncheon literally saves lives. Join us in 2024!

According to the 2024 St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon Co-Chairs Brooke Shelby and Samantha Wortley, “The founders of the Leukemia And Lymphoma Society faced a great personal loss, but they didn’t let themselves sink into grief. They channeled it into transformative action that profoundly impacted...

14/07/2023

The fashion model turned entrepreneur is on a mission to promote well-being through her wildly popular global jewelry company.

19/05/2023

Swing by the after sale today/tomorrow and grab something fun!

You do not want to miss our WEARhouse sale!! Come early for the best finds. Tell your friends because this is open to the public and is always amazing.

06/05/2023

I love everything about this. Especially the paragraph about how adults teach prejudice and hate to children. Therein lies the problem.

My 5-year-old son takes his Frozen backpack to class and when we were on the way to school a girl came with her mother and the girl tells her look how beautiful her backpack is and the lady replies "but it's for a girl" and I thought o Whether my son likes the Frozen movie does being a girl make him?

In his living room they have told him what a nice backpack, because they are little children, they still have innocence, they still preserve their purity...

Children are born without complexes, without prejudice, they are not born macho or feminist, we adults make them like that, we parents make them like that, we contaminate them, we fill them with silly prejudices.

When we arrive at school many people look at us for good, others laugh and whisper but my son feels happy with his backpack and who has questioned why a girl's backpack? he replies "I'm not a girl but I really like Frozen" that doesn't make me a girl.

I love my children and they have great values. I am educating men, not males with a complex.”

24/04/2023

Should be great fun!

22/04/2023

This was such a well envisioned and well executed evening for BroadwayDallas! Truly was my pleasure to work with Hamilton A Sneed to bring to life some of his ideas for these two fab Chairs!
As always, MySweetCharity is appreciated for the lovely coverage. HAS Events .

Friday, April 1, may have been April Fool’s Day, but Broadway Dallas wasn’t fooling around. Well, maybe just a little. With “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” as the inspiration, 2023 Broadway Dallas Gala Co-Chairs Jolie Humphrey and Gayle Plummer glamorized Fair Park’s Music Hall with staging th...

25/03/2023

The ARMY needs you!

Actually .....the ARMY needs all those clothes you are no longer wearing that are sitting in the back corner of your closet ...or your guest bedroom closet. How 'bout doing something for YOU and for OTHERS this weekend? No need to conquer your closet. Just decide you're going to remove a dozen pieces. Or 2 dozen pieces. Set a small goal and Nike it: ! It's easier to start carving away at what you've held onto rather than do the entire closet in one overhaul.

This event takes designer level pieces from your closet, your Mothers, from estates and yes, from the resale shop where you dropped your pieces. You know: those pieces that didn't sell. SAWA will take them. Those pieces the resale store wouldn't take because they were not current enough? SAWA will take them! As long as they are any level of designer women's clothing.

Make a date to swing by 4400 Lovers Lane in Dallas next Wed morning between 9 and 10:30am and drop off your pieces .. meet some of the AMAZING women from SAWA (Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary) who give so much of their time to help others in our community in need. It's a beautiful . and fun .. thing to do with your clothing. Let it help others rather than just gathering dust in your closet!
Thank you to MySweetCharity for their wonderful support of this program! Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary - Dallas

While The Salvation Army of North Texas’s Doing the Most Good Luncheon team has just announced plans earlier this week about the November fundraiser, the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Dallas gals are nearing the final stage of their 2023 Fashion Show and Luncheon preparations. SAWA Dallas Pre...

22/03/2023

The mating ritual of geese is an interesting reprieve from today’s production work. The male let’s his intentions be known and the female duplicates his head dunking. Guess that means “yes” in geese language. 😂

03/03/2023

What's on your calendar for April 20th? How 'bout supporting A Woman's Garden at The Dallas Arboretum with a ticket
or two for Dallas's annual ? Think English .. think creatively .. and don your best chapeau tipped precisely so as to have a little Hattitude! The fun is guaranteed with long term friend Michael Faircloth's intelligent wit and dry humor at the mic for a program he has designed on the hats. If you've ever whiled away a day at The Arboretum and breathed in it's beauty .. this is a way you can say "thank you" for all that beauty in our midst!

(Featured photo: Kristina Wrenn, Mad Hatter’s co-chair; Jenni Thakker, Judges Reveal Party co-chair; Allison Brodnax, Judges Reveal Party co-chair;Anne Stodghill, Mad Hatter’s co-chair.)*Bene

01/03/2023

Excellence should be celebrated. Both the vision for and ex*****on of Delight: Selections From The Texas Fashion Collection are excellent. Fashion Collection Bravo to Annette Becker and her talented team. I am especially enamored with the illustrations by Professor Stephen Zhang and the exquisite layout and design, which I believe is attributed to Brandon Murphy of .

Am proud to be a contributor!

25/02/2023

Executing the most athletic feat ever attempted in a ginormous white ballgown, 26 debutantes took their "Texas Dip" into society at the 37th Annual Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Presentation Ball on February 11.

19/02/2023

Not a Creature Was Stirring ......

Unlike W.C.Fields, I ADORE working with children! Just sharing this image from a very fun job I did for Neiman Marcus creative team for their recent digital holiday campaign. Am still just a child at heart!

Photographer: Tom Schirmacher
Art Director: Larry Oliver
Producer: Amanda Stephens
Models: Jan Dedrie Pfeffer Strimple Kim Dawson
Hair & Makeup: Lisa Williams + Romina Manenti
Fashion Styling: Tiffany Hicks
Prop Stylist: Jamie Oliver
Prop Styling Assistant: Morganne Stewart
Location: Independent Artists Agency + Jesse Neargarder + Eugenio RR Villaseñor
Photo Assistant: Joseph Lancerte

21/01/2023

Everything Frederic Tcheng touches turns to gold. He's a director with a sensitive eye and a keen story telling approach to film making. His stories unfold. Ego doesn't drive his work. Instead, his projects are wholly about the work at hand, the story to be told, the nuance behind all action and thought. He's an artist and we see/hear/feel his art through his film making. He directed, wrote and produced the excellent Dior and I, and Halston film documentaries. He co-produced and co-edited Valentino ThelastEmperor and co-directed Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel.

Can't wait to absorb his latest project: Invisible Beauty. This collab with the legendary Bethann Hardison grew organically into what premiers today Sundance Film Festival, co-produced by Frederic and Bethann.

Bethann was one of Halston's models who participated in fashion's legendary Battle of Versailles at a time that black models were seldom seen in American magazines, advertising campaigns, or on runways.

Bethann stepped off the runways and in 1984 opened her model agency, Bethann Management.
Her work, her standards, her activism and her roster of beauties ultimately forced a reluctant industry to be inclusive in their casting. She challenged the system and won. She also educated along the way.

This part bio-documentary and part social issue documentary will no doubt be well told. After all, it's in Frederic's hands.

Written and directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, Invisible Beauty is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.

21/01/2023

We're revving our creative engines into full-on production mode for the upcoming Saint Valentines Day Luncheon Fashion Show for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Models ... music .... looks .. scripts ... rehearsals .... we're busy gals and we love it!

Can't wait to share all the fun and beauty we're pulling together from our wonderful store partners from Fashion Sponsor Highland Park Village Grab a ticket and join this dynamic team of leaders as they help alter the landscape of the lives of people impacted by blood born cancers.

According to 2023 St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show Co-Chairs Katy Bock and Sunie Solomon, “As co-chairs of the 2023 St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show: Let Love Shine, our wish is that the community will join us on Monday, February 13, for the 39th annual luncheon, whic...

16/01/2023

Woa, What fun. 0 to 150mph in 10 seconds. MISSING takes you on a suspense-filled joy ride in what feels like a stolen car. And it's a wild ride. This take your FULL attention because it moves in nano-seconds ... buckle up!

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29/12/2022

A note of gratitude to the always-fun Cynthia Smoot for her caring coverage of the in . And, dear Lance Avery Morgan: your vision for SocietyTexas has been fully achieved and you should be immeasurably proud of what you've created. I enjoy reading about fundraisers across our state, as we learn from one another about new fun and FUND-raising ideas and what succeeds in the major cities that your team covers. However I must confess that my favorite part of your creation are the "thoughtful lessons" you weave throughout each issue (i.e.Grace and Gratitude) and the visually delicious vintage illustrations. Bravo, my friend! xo jan

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20/11/2022

Friday evening I enjoyed a full-circle life moment at the annual Fashion Group International Night of Stars Gala honoring the House of Pierre Cardin for it's global achievements.

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First photo is me In 1991 wearing this fabulous dress and hat on Pierre Cardin's runway during Haute Couture show week.

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2nd photo is my dress on display at The Brooklyn Museum for an exhibit mounted in 2019:
Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion

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3rd photo is my dress closing the vintage segment in Friday's Pierre Cardin presentation showcasing five of Cardin's most iconic looks, shot by Danny Campbell. I produced the show with PlanetProductions.

The delightful creative team at Cardin asked me if I would wear the dress again for the show. My answer was "while I am flattered, that dress begs for major hipbones as a part of it's sculptural shape and mine are not quite as MAJOR as they were when I walked for Pierre in the 80's and early 90's!"

To my delight, they selected Kim Dawson model Makayla Harmon to wear it. I trained Makayla at the beginning of her modeling career. Kind of a full circle moment for me!

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