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词条 Wendell Rodricks
释义

  1. Career

  2. Personal

  3. Activism

  4. Awards

  5. References

  6. External links

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}}Wendell Rodricks is an Indian fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. He has been listed among one America's top ten designers.[1][2] He is also an activist for social causes, the environment, and gay rights, being a gay person himself.[3] In 2014, Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.[4]

Career

Rodricks was born into a Goan catholic family. He grew up in Mumbai and attended St. Michael's High School in Mahim. After completing school, he took a graduate diploma in catering. However, he did not pursue that profession but moved to fashion designing.[4]

Rodricks was the first India designer to be invited to IGEDO (the world's largest garment fair);and the first Indian designer to open the Dubai Fashion Week.He is a fellow design member of the Fashion Design Council of India.[5]He converted his 450 year old home to a museum as an homage to Evolution of Goan fashion.[6]

Books
Year of PublicationNameNotesReference
2012The Green BookBiography[8]
2012Moda GoaGoan Fashion[6][7]
2017Poskem : Goans in the Shadows[8][9]

Personal

Wendell Rodricks is openly gay in a country where same-sex activity was illegal. He is married to Jerome Marrel in a civil ceremony in Paris. He met Marrel in Oman, in 1988, thanks to a friend, who set them up. Rodricks credits Marrel for his success as a fashion designer, in his biography, The Green Room. [10]

Activism

Rodricks has written a column in the Goa-based monthly Goa Today, where he has often raised issues of social concerns and the environment. [11] He has also spoken out against the IRFW (India Resort Fashion Week) as it "damages the environment". [12] He also recently started a helpline for the LGBTQ community, along with Ruby Almeida, the co-chair of Global Network of Rainbow Catholics.[13] He also petitioned against the demolition of a church in Colvale, Goa.

Awards

  • Padma Shri in 2014[14][15]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Who are the Top 10 Fashion Designers of India?|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/fashion/who-are-the-top-10-fashion-designers-of-india|website=MapsofIndia|accessdate=28 April 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=10 Best Fashion Designers of India|url=http://pahaldesign.com/10-best-fashion-designers-of-india/|website=Pahal Design}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/hes-quite-an-activist-jerome-marrel-on-his-husband-wendell-rodricks-521417.html|title=He's quite an activist: Jerome Marrel on his partner, Wendell Rodricks|last=Saran|first=Sathya|date=15 November 2012|website=Firstpost|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-26}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Fashion is not important: Wendell Rodricks |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/18wendell.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=18 July 2003 |accessdate=2008-12-13 |author=Sita Menon }}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.fdci.org/Member.aspx?mid=2120588265|title=Fashion Design Council of India ( FDCI )|website=www.fdci.org|access-date=2019-03-26}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/06/01/wendell-rodricks-goan-fas_n_10232914.html|title=PHOTOS: Designer Wendell Rodricks Converts 450-Year-Old Home Into Museum For Goan Fashion|last=Nayar|first=Aashmita|date=1 June 2016|website=HuffPost India|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-26}}
7. ^{{Cite book|title=Moda Goa-History And Style|last=Rodricks|first=Wendell|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|year=2012|isbn=9789350292112|location=India|pages=}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/848475/wendell-rodrickss-book-on-a-dark-secret-of-goa-stops-short-of-telling-the-entire-truth|title=Wendell Rodricks’s book on a dark secret of Goa stops short of telling the entire truth|last=Sudarshan|first=Aditya|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-26}}
9. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=a5oyDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Poskem: Goans in the Shadows|last=Rodricks|first=Wendell|date=30 June 2017|publisher=Om Books International|year=|isbn=9789352761234|location=|pages=|language=en}}
10. ^{{cite news|last1=Sathya|first1=Saran|title=He's quite an activist: Jerome Marrel on his partner, Wendell Rodricks|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/hes-quite-an-activist-jerome-marrel-on-his-husband-wendell-rodricks-521417.html|accessdate=19 July 2014|publisher=Firstpost|date=13 November 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/wendell-rodricks-turns-into-environmental-activist/776987|title=Wendell Rodricks Turns Into Environmental Activist}}
12. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/fashion/article1289403.ece|title=I'm against IRFW, it damages environment: Wendell Rodricks}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/wendell-rodricks-lgbtq-helpline-has-churchs-blessing/19942198|title=Wendell Rodricks LGBTQ helpline has Church s blessing|date=2018-11-02|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2019-03-26}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Padma Shri to Wendell Rodricks would help LGBT Community in India|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/padma-shri-to-wendell-rodricks-would-help-lgbt-community-in-india/|work=IANS|publisher=Biharprabha News|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
15. ^{{cite web | title =Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs| url = http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364 |date=25 January 2014|accessdate = 2014-01-26}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=1228756}}
  • Wendell Rodricks, official site
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