Black lives matter news and archive

Diversity for a new decade, key dos and don'ts for brands

With protests against police brutality having occurred this summer in fifty states and in twenty countries, and in which, according to theNY Times, between 15 and 26 million Americans participated, equality is a global mandate. No brand has the luxury of remaining on the sidelines on this issue or they will face serious repercussions. This is...

17 Nov 2020

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Video: Black fashion pros discuss changes in fashion following Black Lives Matter movement

This panel discussion presented by ShowStudio creatives discuss their experiences being black in the fashion industry. Model Trey Trey along with make-up artist Crystabel Riley, stylist KK Obi and fashion journalists Eni Subair and Dominic Cadogan meet virtually in this 55-minute conversation. Each one of these fashion pros share personal...

30 Oct 2020

Fairs

Fashion's past and present collide in the Met's newest exhibition

Whether by repetition, rupture or reinvention, fashion has always maintained a complex relationship to time, a link New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is exploring in a new exhibition opening Thursday. The show, delayed for months by the pandemic, was also tweaked last minute to take into account the Black Lives Matter movement that...

28 Oct 2020

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Video: Nike celebrates LA Lakers' championship with #YouCantStopLA campaign

In Nike's most recent campaign video the American sportswear brand celebrates this year's NBA Championship winner: the LA Lakers. Nike states in the minute-long film "Because we've lost so much, this win means so much more," referencing the global pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the death of Kobe Bryant. This isn't the first time Nike has...

21 Oct 2020

Fashion

Gap supports Black History Month with T-shirt collaboration

Gap is following up its commitments to standing united with the Black Lives Matter movement in June by supporting Black History Month with a collection of collaborative T-shirts. The collection features four Black artists from the UK, France, and the USA, including Melissa Hurst from London, Lo Williams from Birmingham, Mario Hounkanrin from...

5 Oct 2020

Fashion

BFC announces Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee

The British Fashion Council has announced the launch of its Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee as part of its “long-term plan to fight prejudice and discrimination and galvanise the industry into action”. The committee is made up of industry and British Fashion Council representatives and its role will be to address "key challenges...

17 Sep 2020

Fashion

Black Lives Matter in fashion school, a case study

The nation’s institutions spent the summer urgently examining recruitment practices, policy and syllabus creation as a direct result of this spring's Black Lives Matter reckoning. In June, on what became known as Blackout Tuesday, when schools posted a black square on their social media pages to denounce racism, the pushback was swift. Alumni...

8 Sep 2020

Fashion

Puma brings together ambassadors to discuss racism

Sports company Puma has brought together three of its best-known ambassadors, Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton, Olympian Tommie Smith and football legend Thierry Henry, to have an honest conversation about racism in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. In the video, entitled “Is Anyone Listening?”, the panel of Puma athletes...

27 Aug 2020

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Video: How the Black Lives Matter movement is changing Italian fashion industry

Italian-Haitian designer, Stella Jean sits down with Imran Amed to help paint a picture on how fashion can achieve better racial equity for black professionals in fashion. In this 55-minute conversation, the two discuss how the Black Lives Matter movement has ignited change in the fashion industry in their individual countries. Jean gives her...

27 Aug 2020

Fashion

Marni apologises after accusations of racism in latest campaign

A fashion campaign by Marni featuring black models styled with ethnic accessories has been widely criticized as racist. The Italian luxury brand quickly came under fire when it posted the photos on its official Instagram account with the caption “jungle mood.” Outed by cancel culture duo Diet Prada, who criticized Marni’s unfortunate combination...

10 Aug 2020

Culture

For first time in history all Vogue issues unite for ‘Hope’ edition

For the first time in Vogue’s 128-year history, all its issues unite together in the theme of ‘Hope’. Marcus Rashford, England and Manchester United F.C footballer, is starring on the latest issue of the British Vogue edition after his campaign drove the government to change its policy on free school meals. Alongside him on the cover is Adwoa...

7 Aug 2020

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Video: Fashion heavyweaights talk with Vogue about activism, community service and education

Editor-In-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, sits down for a virtual conversation activism, education and community service with some of fashion's biggest players. Enninful is joined by actress Yara Shahidi, designer Virgil Abloh, writer and director Janet Mock, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors; social justice activists...

5 Aug 2020