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Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?

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Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?


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L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff

The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.

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L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff

The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.


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Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap

"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."

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Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap

"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."


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Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives

"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."

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Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives

"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."


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Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion

"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."

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Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion

"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."


Luxury

Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.

Luxury

Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.


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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.


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The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.

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The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.


Workplace & Talent

Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders

Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.

Workplace & Talent

Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders

Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.


Luxury

Op-Ed | The Revolution Will Not Be Serifised: Why Every Luxury Brand’s Logo Looks the Same

Fashion’s branding clean slate is as much about erasing the past as it is about securing the future, argues John Whelan.

Luxury

Op-Ed | The Revolution Will Not Be Serifised: Why Every Luxury Brand’s Logo Looks the Same

Fashion’s branding clean slate is as much about erasing the past as it is about securing the future, argues John Whelan.


News & Analysis

The Fenty Effect Comes to Skincare

Skincare brands are introducing new products to protect and heal skin regardless of tone, chasing the same underserved group of racially diverse consumers that turned Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty into an overnight sensation.

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The Fenty Effect Comes to Skincare

Skincare brands are introducing new products to protect and heal skin regardless of tone, chasing the same underserved group of racially diverse consumers that turned Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty into an overnight sensation.


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CFDA Releases Diversity Report

The organisation is planning a year of programming that tackles inclusion and diversity in the industry and has hired advocate Bethann Hardison to help.

News & Analysis

CFDA Releases Diversity Report

The organisation is planning a year of programming that tackles inclusion and diversity in the industry and has hired advocate Bethann Hardison to help.