--- title: Watch W Fashion Celebrities I Am an Immigrant VIDEO description: 81 fashion celebrities joined forces to address the White House's anti-immigration policies during New York Fashion Week. canonical: https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-17T19:48:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:14.365Z og:title: Immigrant Fashion Celebrities Band Together in This Video og:description: From DVF to Waris Ahluwalia og:url: https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Immigrant Fashion Celebrities Band Together in This Video twitter:description: From DVF to Waris Ahluwalia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Adriana Lima, Diane von Furstenberg, and Waris Ahluwalia Declare 'I Am an Immigrant'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 17, 2017 7:48 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 17, 2017 7:48 PM UTC From [Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Oscar de la Renta Forever Stamp First-Day-Of-Issue Stamp Dedication Ceremony](http://motto.time.com/4673774/hillary-clinton-anna-wintour-nyfw/) and the [Women’s March leaders](http://time.com/4666337/political-statements-nyfw/) opening the Mara Hoffman fashion show, [New York Fashion Week](http://time.com/4669224/donald-trump-protesters-fashion/) has taken a turn for the political. Following a [Day Without Immigrants](http://time.com/4672858/day-without-immigrant-strike-jose-andres/), the fashion community is showing their support for immigrants with a powerful new video in collaboration with [_W Magazine_](http://www.wmagazine.com/story/new-york-fashion-week-2017-i-am-an-immigrant) amid [President Donald Trump controversial policies on immigration](http://time.com/4652966/donald-trump-refugee-ban-executive-order-republicans/). In the black-and-white video, no fewer than fashion people from Brazilian model Adriana Lima to [Belgian-born designer and fashion world veteran Diane von Furstenberg](http://motto.time.com/4268037/diane-von-furstenberg-strength/) declare “I am an immigrant,” highlighting the many artists and creators in the industry that hail from other countries. Furstenberg closed the video with an especially poignant message by highlighting the success that she’s been able to find through the opportunities available to her in America. “I am an immigrant and America’s been good to me,” she said. Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/"},"headline":"Watch Adriana Lima, Diane von Furstenberg, and Waris Ahluwalia Declare 'I Am an Immigrant'","datePublished":"2017-02-17T19:48:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:14.365Z","description":"From DVF to Waris Ahluwalia","url":"https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","fashion","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4674941/fashion-celebrity-immigrants/","name":"Watch Adriana Lima, Diane von Furstenberg, and Waris Ahluwalia Declare 'I Am an Immigrant'"}}]}] ```