The Real Housewives of New York City has added one other well-known face to its cast for season 15!Â
On Thursday, it was introduced that artwork curator Racquel Chevremont has joined the Bravo sequence for season 15, which is presently filming.Â
Chevremont has greater than 20 years of expertise working with establishments and advising companies, collectors and artists alike. She has curated artists equivalent to Dawoud Bey, Natia Lemay, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Gordon Parks, Deborah Roberts and extra into collections for award-nominated movies and tv sequence, together with Severance, Empire, Legislation & Order: Organized Crime, and And Simply Like That.Â
Chevremont has additionally modeled in advert campaigns for Benetton, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Fila, L’Oréal, Nivea in addition to Worldwide Elle journal covers since she was found by photographer and mannequin scout Steve Landis for Elite fashions in 1993.
“I actually did not assume they’d be keen on me ultimately as a result of they already had a queer girl,” Chevremont informed GLAAD in an exclusive interview announcing her casting. “I wasn’t certain in the event that they had been going to need two queer girls on a franchise that has traditionally been about married heterosexual girls. I feel it was a daring choice and actually a extra genuine illustration of NYC.”
“My whole grownup life has been about illustration and utilizing no matter platform I’ve to get the voices of queer people of the diaspora on the market. What higher method to take action if not as a member of this iconic franchise,” she added.
A proud Black queer girl, Chevremont has devoted her platform to getting the voices of queer people of the diaspora heard. She’s the co-founder of The Josie Club, a Black queer femme and woman-supported and operated social influence group that organizes neighborhood round collaborative occasion productions.
“I am hoping to convey all of it, present individuals a loving enjoyable household together with our chosen household. It is extraordinarily necessary to me, [because] this present reaches thousands and thousands of individuals,” Chevremont informed the outlet. “Within the present world local weather it is necessary for not solely our neighborhood to see themselves represented but in addition for the world to get to know a queer household in a extra intimate method and present that all of us have extra similarities than not; That queer girls will be profitable, stunning and in loving relationships elevating youngsters too; That this world exists,” she added.Â
As beforehand reported, season 15 of RHONY will embrace the total reboot solid: Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield.Â
In April, a supply near manufacturing confirmed to ET that clothier Rebecca Minkoff also joined season 15. In line with the supply, her position — full-time, “pal of” or in any other case — stays TBD.
Minkoff, who has been a visitor choose on Bravo’s Undertaking Runway all through the years, has been a strong determine within the vogue business since she co-founded the Rebecca Minkoff model along with her brother, Uri Minkoff. The worldwide model makes a speciality of luxurious purses, equipment and attire.
In September of 2018, she established the Feminine Founder Collective, a community of companies led by girls that invests in girls’s monetary energy throughout the socio-economic spectrum by enabling and empowering female-owned companies.
Minkoff has been married to her husband, industrial director Gavin Bellour, since June 2009. The couple shares 4 youngsters collectively: sons Nico, 5, Luca, 12, and Leonardo, 1, and daughter Bowie, 9.
RHONYÂ season 15 present guarantees followers a continuation of the drama, glamour and authenticity which have made it a beloved staple within the actuality TV panorama.
The choice to convey again the whole solid follows the success of season 14, which noticed a notable uptick in rankings, notably within the coveted 18-49 demographic. The July 2023 premiere episode marked a milestone because the most-watched RHONY installment in three years, reaffirming the enduring attraction of the Housewives franchise.
Season 14 was a groundbreaking chapter for RHONY, serving as Bravo’s first-ever reboot of a Housewives sequence. With an all-new solid injected into the combo, the community aimed to rejuvenate a present that had reached a plateau after 13 seasons with a comparatively constant ensemble.
Andy Cohen, the chief producer and host of Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen, emphasised the significance of authenticity and connection in choosing the solid members throughout a stay taping at BravoCon 2022.
“We had been searching for a gaggle of associates who had been truly related. Girls with attention-grabbing jobs — we have now Brooklyn, Tribeca, throughout city,” Cohen defined. “Actually cool jobs, vogue, PR, mannequin, influencer, all differing types. Their vitality and humor is nice.”
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