Jack brings Living Positive by Design

Originally from the Seattle, Washington area, Jack Mackenroth is a fashion designer and model.

He is best known to TV audiences for competing in the 4th season of Project Runway. Jack withdrawed from the competition because of a staph infection.

In 1991, Jack studied Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design. After Parsons, Jack opened a menswear store called Jack, where he also showcased new designers. In 1997, he worked for Tommy Hilfiger in 2007 and was the Design Director at Weatherproof Active Wear starting in 2003.

In the brief 2009 interview with host Maaika Westen, taped at the Academy of Friends benefit in San Francisco, Jack, who is HIV-positive, talks about Living Positive By Design, a national HIV and AIDS education campaign that has partnerships with Merck and HIV and AIDS community organizations across the country. The Living Positive By Design campaign seeks to help combat the stigma associated with HIV by engaging people in thoughtful conversation about the condition.

Since starting Living Positive By Design, he has had events in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the 2008 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA); in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Atlanta AIDS Walk; in New York, New York, at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis’ (GMHC) annual Fashion Forward fundraiser; and in San Francisco, California at the Academy of Friends’ annual Academy Awards Night Gala.