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What Can the Fashion Industry Do To Be More Inclusive?

Diversity is not a trend, and there is more work to be done to acknowledge and address the barriers facing non-white designers, models and creatives. The first step? Don’t lump everyone’s challenges together.

News & Analysis

What Can the Fashion Industry Do To Be More Inclusive?

Diversity is not a trend, and there is more work to be done to acknowledge and address the barriers facing non-white designers, models and creatives. The first step? Don’t lump everyone’s challenges together.


News & Analysis

Prada Will Stop Selling $550 Monkey Figure Decried as Racist

This marks the latest instance of a fashion house using imagery that’s at best tone-deaf, at worst, racist and exploitative.

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Prada Will Stop Selling $550 Monkey Figure Decried as Racist

This marks the latest instance of a fashion house using imagery that’s at best tone-deaf, at worst, racist and exploitative.


News & Analysis

American Fashion on the Cusp of Change: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson

At BoF’s VOICES, 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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American Fashion on the Cusp of Change: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson

At BoF’s VOICES, the creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.


News & Analysis

Optimising for a More Inclusive Culture at H&M

The Swedish company aims to create a more inclusive and representative global organisation that will address past errors and, in the future, utilise its diversity to drive the business forward.

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Optimising for a More Inclusive Culture at H&M

The Swedish company aims to create a more inclusive and representative global organisation that will address past errors and, in the future, utilise its diversity to drive the business forward.


News & Analysis

The Case for Seeking Out More Diverse Influencers

On the heels of the #RevolveSoWhite controversy, influencers and agencies are pushing brands to feature a broader range of ethnicities, sizes and ages in their campaigns.

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The Case for Seeking Out More Diverse Influencers

On the heels of the #RevolveSoWhite controversy, influencers and agencies are pushing brands to feature a broader range of ethnicities, sizes and ages in their campaigns.


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ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.

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ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.


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Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

Nine months after the rise of fashion’s own #MeToo movement casting director James Scully, Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff and supermodel-turned-activist Karen Elson take stock.

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Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

Nine months after the rise of fashion’s own #MeToo movement casting director James Scully, Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff and supermodel-turned-activist Karen Elson take stock.


Sustainability

Social Goods | The Rise of Natural Beauty, Revolve's 'Fatphobia' Top

This week, the popularity of natural beauty is attributed to the rising fear of chemicals, while Revolve sold a sweatshirt with a controversial quote.

Sustainability

Social Goods | The Rise of Natural Beauty, Revolve's 'Fatphobia' Top

This week, the popularity of natural beauty is attributed to the rising fear of chemicals, while Revolve sold a sweatshirt with a controversial quote.


News & Analysis

A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze

In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.

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A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze

In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.


Workplace & Talent

Working at Zalando, Europe's Fastest Growing Fashion E-Commerce Player

Diverse, entrepreneurial, technologically innovative while generous towards its human workforce — according to its employees, Zalando’s company culture has become its greatest asset — and a key competitive differentiator in the market.

Workplace & Talent

Working at Zalando, Europe's Fastest Growing Fashion E-Commerce Player

Diverse, entrepreneurial, technologically innovative while generous towards its human workforce — according to its employees, Zalando’s company culture has become its greatest asset — and a key competitive differentiator in the market.


News & Analysis

Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.

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Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.


Sustainability

Fashion to Die For

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

Sustainability

Fashion to Die For

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’