--- title: Gloria Steinem Makes NYFW Debut Sitting with Huma Abedin description: Gloria Steinem went to her first New York Fashion Week show ever at Prabal Gurung, sitting alongside Huma Abedin. canonical: https://time.com/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-11T18:57:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:03.442Z og:title: Gloria Steinem Went to Her First Fashion Show With Huma Abedin og:description: At the Prabal Gurung runway show og:url: https://time.com/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/ 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: Gloria Steinem Went to Her First Fashion Show With Huma Abedin twitter:description: At the Prabal Gurung runway show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Gloria Steinem Attended Her First Fashion Show Ever With Huma Abedin > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 11, 2017 6:57 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 11, 2017 6:57 PM UTC It appears that [Gloria Steinem](http://time.com/4648800/gloria-steinem-pop-culture-1965/) is still open to trying new things. The 83-year-old feminist icon made her [New York Fashion Week](http://time.com/4935748/rihanna-nyfw-motorbike/) debut by sitting front row at the [Prabal Gurung](http://time.com/4303919/nepal-earthquake-recovery/) runway show, where she was flanked by not just the typical fashion insiders but figures known more for their work in politics and activism, like [Huma Abedin](http://time.com/4470997/huma-abedin-anthony-weiner-cheating/) and [DeRay Mckesson](http://time.com/4208730/deray-mckesson-black-lives-matter-baltimore-mayor-elections/). Gurung’s decision to invite political power players like Steinem and Abedin shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, however; the designer, [a favorite of former First Lady Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4632217/michelle-obama-influential-fashion/), has been outspoken about [supporting women and immigrants’ rights in the past with his designs](http://time.com/4666337/political-statements-nyfw/) and took his final bow this season sporting a shirt that encouraged everyone to “Resist With Love.” As per [_The Cut_](https://www.thecut.com/2017/09/gloria-steinem-went-to-her-first-fashion-show-prabal-gurung.html), he also handed out t-shirts with the slogan “I Am a Michelle” as favors to his guests. As for Steinem’s take on her first NYFW fashion experience, it appears that the activist only had gracious things to say about her time at the show, going so far as to praise Gurung for his “great work in fashion and beyond.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/"},"headline":"Gloria Steinem Attended Her First Fashion Show Ever With Huma Abedin","datePublished":"2017-09-11T18:57:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:03.442Z","description":"At the Prabal Gurung runway show","url":"https://time.com/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","fashion","Gloria Steinem"],"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/4930562/gloria-steinem-huma-abedin-nyfw-prabal-gurung/","name":"Gloria Steinem Attended Her First Fashion Show Ever With Huma Abedin"}}]}] ```