{"id":1633,"date":"2023-06-15T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:17:55","slug":"brilliantpride-mark-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/brilliantpride-mark-james\/","title":{"rendered":"#BrilliantPride: Mark &#038; James"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1633\" class=\"elementor elementor-1633\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03c4be5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03c4be5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72a93b0\" data-id=\"72a93b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c600c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c600c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mark_James\"><\/span>Mark & James<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f542064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f542064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Badgley and James Mischka are best known as the brilliantly, creative minds behind the renowned fashion brand, Badgley Mischka, whose glamour, elegance, and iconic style is no stranger to the red carpet or Hollywood elite. But when they are not ruling the runway, Mark and James rock the role of devoted couple, who embody what it means to love with honesty, authenticity, and gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-868372f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"868372f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1638\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L1220397-E-scaled-1-770x513.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e4668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6e4668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What was your first impression of each other?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>James:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s funny, we met each other on the first day of orientation of Parsons back in 1982, and I remember Mark had a tremendous amount of hair.<\/p><p><strong>Mark:<\/strong>\u00a0I remember James was very handsome, very elegant, a little quiet, a little aloof, but I found him mysterious.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>How do you celebrate Pride and what is a message you would like to share this Pride month?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>James:<\/strong>\u00a0I think we pretty much celebrate Pride all the time. We\u2019re very proud of who we are and we\u2019ve always been very open and very honest about who we are, and I think that\u2019s what Pride is about.<\/p><p><strong>Mark:<\/strong>\u00a0I think that we\u2019re lucky and privileged that we live in this country, and we\u2019ve always been welcomed with our families and our friends and we\u2019re on a career path that has always been extremely welcoming and open-armed to our lifestyle. So, we\u2019ve been very fortunate.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What\u2019s your date night go-to?<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>James:<\/strong> Given that fact that we have to be with people a lot, our date night go-to is to just be at home alone with our dogs. There\u2019s nothing more special or more romantic than that.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mark:<\/strong> I couldn\u2019t have answered that any better.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Who buys the better gifts?<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mark:<\/strong> He does!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>James:<\/strong> I come from a long line of notoriously bad gift givers, so I make a real special effort to make sure that my gifts are really considered and thought out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mark:<\/strong> Yes, he\u2019s extremely original! I, on the other hand, have never bought him a Christmas gift or a birthday gift. We buy things for each other just throughout the year. He just bought me this gorgeous wedding ring from Grown Brilliance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>James:<\/strong> And he bought me my Grown Brilliance anniversary ring, but I picked it out!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To Mark and James, Pride is more than just a celebration, it\u2019s a mindset, an attitude, and, a way of life.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark &amp; James Mark Badgley and James Mischka are best known as the brilliantly, creative minds behind the renowned fashion brand, Badgley Mischka, whose glamour, elegance, and iconic style is no stranger to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-lifestyle","tag-pride-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grownbrilliance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}