fabulous can flourish when the basics are covered

For 35 years, DOORWAYS has provided emergency housing and supportive services for individuals in our community living with HIV. Their programs serve clients at the complicated intersection of illness, homelessness and poverty—each with a number of basic needs required to regain stability in their lives: shelter, household goods, food, etc.

For clients, these basics represent refuge, safety and support amidst an incredibly difficult time. Along with the wraparound services DOORWAYS provides, they form a foundation upon which they can build; an opportunity to move from surviving to thriving.

‘Beauty From The Basics’ is a celebration of all that can flourish from this foundation. Simple necessities often overlooked. Small comforts—otherwise taken for granted—that can mean so much to someone seeking stability. Housewares, personal care items, objects that make a house a home. These can take on outsized importance to a life in transition. For many, they act as the building blocks to realizing their greater potential.

ALTBALL reimagines these supplies, turning them into dynamic and avant-garde fashions. Designers, artists, drag queens, ballroom legends and community volunteers will showcase creations on the runway while raising funds to meet the needs of DOORWAYS’ programs.

All proceeds benefit DOORWAYS' Housewarming Campaign, which provides household and personal care items for residents receiving emergency housing services.