Can Zac Posen, known for his glamorous designs, reinvent a mall fashion brand?

In February, Zac Posen was hired to be chief creative officer of Old Navy and executive vice president and creative director of Gap Inc. Photo: The New York Times

On Friday morning (Sept 6), just at the start of New York Fashion Week, more than 1,000 designers, models, factory workers, editors, retailers and influencers marched to Bryant Park to get out the vote.

Most of them wore the same thing: a white T-shirt (or T-shirt dress) with black letters that spell out the doodled slogan “fashion for our future”. The designer: Zac Posen, for Old Navy.