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        <title><![CDATA[Kristen Doute supports Black Lives Matter with new clothing collection]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kristen Doute is using fashion to give back to the black community with a collection of peaceful protest-inspired T-shirts.</p><p>The former &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; star, 37, and her business partner, Magen Mattox, teamed up with 25-year-old artist <strong>Terren Rae Zinbi</strong> to create five new tees for their clothing line, <strong>James Mae</strong>. They are donating 25 percent of profits from the collection to two nonprofits, <strong>Watts Empowerment Center</strong> and <strong>Black Fashion World</strong>.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always wanted to incorporate donation and charity, but I think what we both really loved the most about this collection is that not only are we actually donating, but giving Terren, who is biracial, the work,&#8221; Doute said.</p><p>&#8220;Giving back to Black Fashion World, which helps out with fashion entrepreneurs in the black community, we just thought that was something really great. And then donating to Watts, it&#8217;s [about] donating locally and thinking globally. We wanted to split between the two of them so we were also doing something locally in Los Angeles.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_5349893"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae01.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae01.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae01.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Looks from James Mae&#8217;s Peaceful Protest Collection</span><span class="credit">Taylor DeBay</span></figcaption></figure><p>Mattox and Doute said that the collection, which is priced from $36 to $45, took about two weeks to create from start to finish.</p><p>&#8220;We work fast,&#8221; Doute laughed. &#8220;We just really wanted to get this out and we wanted to celebrate Terren, and it&#8217;s something that we look forward to continuing to do — just highlighting the graphic designers that we work with, if we choose to continue to go outside of our company.&#8221;</p><p>Doute and Mattox also tapped a more diverse cast for the collection&#8217;s campaign, including their first plus-size model.</p><figure id="attachment_5349946"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMaeo6.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMaeo6.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMaeo6.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>A look from James Mae&#8217;s Peaceful Protest Collection</span><span class="credit">Taylor DeBay</span></figcaption></figure><p>&#8220;We get the question all the time on Instagram, in our comments, like, &#8216;When are you going to be size-inclusive?&#8217; But people don&#8217;t realize with our T-shirts, we already are pretty size-inclusive,&#8221; Mattox said. &#8220;They&#8217;ve just never seen them on a plus-size model. So we&#8217;re excited about that.&#8221;</p><p>In line with social distancing guidelines, the campaign was shot in Doute&#8217;s own backyard, and models even did their own makeup.</p><p>&#8220;We had someone that works for our company doing the actual photography for those very few people on set. We spaced out the models so they were essentially [being photographed] one at a time. At one point, we had two of them together. Everyone was tested and very safe. So we just kept it very small and safe for everyone involved.&#8221;</p><p>Doute first tried to launch James Mae — named after her niece and nephew — in 2014. After some setbacks, she <strong>relaunched the company in 2018</strong> in front of &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; cameras.</p><p>Fans won&#8217;t see the Peaceful Protest Collection on TV, however, as <strong>Doute was let go from Bravo in June</strong> alongside Stassi Schroeder for calling the police on Faith Stowers — the only black cast member to appear on &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; — in 2018 for a crime Stowers allegedly did not commit.</p><figure id="attachment_5349890"  class="wp-caption alignleft"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae05.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae05.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae05.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>A look from James Mae&#8217;s Peaceful Protest Collection</span><span class="credit">Taylor DeBay</span></figcaption></figure><p>Doute revealed last month that she learned about the executive decision to let her go just <strong>minutes before the news broke</strong>, and said that Andy Cohen only direct-messaged her to say, &#8220;Hang in there,&#8221; while the show&#8217;s executive producer, Lisa Vanderpump, remained silent.</p><p>&#8220;I have not heard from Lisa since the reunion. Not at all,&#8221; she told us. &#8220;The cast, however, has been extremely supportive of both me and Stassi, and I think we&#8217;ve in fact grown so much closer. I feel like we&#8217;re just back to our family roots and why we all fell in love with each other as friends to begin with. We&#8217;ve been having family dinners.&#8221;</p><p>They&#8217;re being safe about it, of course. &#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re all tested all the time. We&#8217;re very cautious about who we&#8217;re around, especially with Stassi being pregnant and what not,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re all just going through a lot right now, and a lot of life changes. And they&#8217;ve been super supportive of everything that has happened.&#8221;</p><p>Added Doute, &#8220;It&#8217;s definitely a strange time we&#8217;re living in. And maybe something kind of crazy had to happen for all of us to realize that this world is just a lot bigger than we are, and that we all have to stand by each other and support each other and be there for each other. And I&#8217;m just extremely grateful to have all of those friends in my life. And plus, I love my boyfriend. So I think that&#8217;s super helpful.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_5349892"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae02.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae02.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/JamesMae02.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>A look from James Mae&#8217;s Peaceful Protest Collection</span><span class="credit">Taylor DeBay</span></figcaption></figure><p>Doute <strong>began dating Alex Menache</strong> earlier this year, and he&#8217;s stepped up to defend her amid the drama.</p><p>&#8220;Alex is the best,&#8221; she told us. &#8220;I&#8217;m so happy that my OG cast family has welcomed him with open arms. They may love him more than they love me at times. I don&#8217;t even know — they&#8217;re obsessed with him.&#8221;</p><p>For now, Doute is focusing on her fashion business and inviting her customers to join the conversation, too.</p><p>&#8220;We listen to everything everyone says. We listen to all the comments,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I hope that our customers and all of our followers understand that we&#8217;re listening, and if they ever have anything that they want to throw out to us, that we always listen and try to make them as happy as possible.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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