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Asos to drive diversity in partnership with Fashion Minority Report

Online retailer Asos is teaming up with Fashion Minority Report (FMR), a platform aiming to create inclusive workplaces to help inspire the next generation of creatives and drive diversity across the industry. In a statement, Asos said it will support several of FMR’s projects that help emerging talent from diverse backgrounds explore their...

20 Dec 2022

Business

Afro Fashion Association to host first edition of Black Carpet Awards

Building on its efforts to diversify the fashion industry, the Afro Fashion Association has announced the launch of a new gala event, the Black Carpet Awards. The event will take place during the upcoming Milan Fashion Week, on February 22, 2023, in Milan. The first edition is set to focus on Italy, but the organisation said it has already set...

15 Dec 2022

Business

Zalando emphasises support for underrepresented communities in latest D&I report

European marketplace Zalando published the third edition of its annual diversity and inclusion (D&I) report, in which it outlined its progress over the 12 commitments made as part of its Do.Better strategy. In the report, the company said it had increased the amount of Black-owned brands over the past year, onboarding a total of 63 labels within...

9 Dec 2022

Fashion

IED shapes diversity

When it comes to fashion, it may be wrong to reduce diversity only to skin color, gender or age. This is a phenomenon that should be considered from the very first point of the design process. To understand the urgency, let's look at 'diversity' in the fashion industry more generally. People tend to think in binary terms, whereas an inclusive...

24 Nov 2022

Business |Beauty

Boots partners with RangeMe to source emerging and diverse brands

The UK’s biggest beauty retailer Boots is partnering with RangeMe, the leading product discovery, sourcing and purchasing platform, to expand the number of new and diverse suppliers it works with both in-store and online. The partnership will provide the Boots buying team with increased access to emerging and diverse brands, explains RangeMe, as...

24 Oct 2022

Fashion

Stitch Fix launches latest Elevate collection alongside six entrepreneurs

Online personal styling platform Stitch Fix has launched its newest Elevate collection as part of its annual programme designed to support POC-owned businesses. Looks from the collection, which is available to exclusively shop via Stitch Fix’s website, feature designs from six entrepreneurs of colour. Launched in 2020, the platform’s ‘Elevate’...

12 Oct 2022

Business

Tapestry and Kate Spade partner with Harlem’s Fashion Row on university programme

Tapestry and Kate Spade New York have announced a three-year partnership with Harlem’s Fashion Row’s (HFR) annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fashion Summit in a bid to support a diverse range of fashion talent. The collaborative programme will offer students at Bowie State University access to connect with Kate Spade’s...

29 Sept 2022

Culture

Graduate Fashion Foundation and Fashion Minority Alliance launch the new 'Colouring Fashion' book celebrating diversity & inclusion

Colouring Fashion : The Intersection Between Art & Career Graduate Fashion Foundation are pleased to announced the launch of ‘Colouring Fashion’, the first fashion focused colouring book created to encourage a richly diverse future of the fashion industry from grassroots level, produced in collaboration with Fashion Minority Alliance as part of...

26 Sept 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

LFW SS23: Sinéad O’Dwyer places spotlight on inclusivity

The idea of inclusivity in fashion has become a buzzword in recent years, but for NewGen recipient Sinéad O’Dwyer it is engrained into the fabrication of her label. For her debut London Fashion Week catwalk show at the Old Selfridges Hotel, O’Dwyer amassed a body-diverse cast from curve models to wheelchair users to showcase her body-inclusive...

21 Sept 2022

Business

Marks & Spencer gender neutral changing room policy sparks online debate

Marks & Spencer has become the centre of a heated online discussion after the topic of its gender neutral changing room policy arose on Twitter this week, despite it being in place for almost three years. It came following the retailer’s response to a complaint from a customer that had asked for confirmation of privacy in the gender neutral...

26 Aug 2022

Business

Kohl’s launches new own brand celebrating diversity

US retail giant Kohl’s has revealed a new sub-brand of its private label flagship brand, Sonoma Goods for Life, which will offer products that celebrate diversity and inclusion. For its kick off, ‘Sonoma Community’ will launch with a line dedicated to celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, featuring apparel and products that highlight Hispanic and...

25 Aug 2022

Business

Old Navy drops first Fifteen Percent Pledge collection

Old Navy has revealed an expansion of its Project We series with a collection of graphic tees designed by diverse artists. The drop comes as part of a partnership with the Fifteen Percent Pledge, a nonprofit that has already partnered with brands within Gap Inc., and will aim to support artists breaking into the retail industry in the US....

23 Aug 2022