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Designer Christopher John Rogers empowers fantasy and diversity

While Black History Month is a time to celebrate visibility, representation, and achievement within the black community, the month-long fashion calendar offers up new emerging designers to be splashed across social media daily, but rarely are they people of color. Christopher John Rogers seems to have come out of nowhere to stage one of the most...

26 Feb 2020

Fashion

How's New York doing with diversity on the runways?

Since the CFDA released their diversity guidelines, there has been some change on the runway. Once upon a time, it wouldn't have been unheard of to attend a runway show for a major fashion designer and see a cast of all white models ranging from size 00 to 2. The men's shows tended to do better on the front of racial diversity, but most of the...

6 Feb 2020

Fashion

Esmod Seoul student selected for the Gucci Design Fellowship Program

The Gucci Diversity and Inclusion Design Fellowship program was launched in 2019 with the aim of enabling leading fashion schools around the world to create opportunities for international talent and to create a more diverse culture within Gucci. The brand has selected a total of ten countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, the United...

2 Jan 2020

Fashion YEARLY OVERVIEW

A look back at fashion in 2019: Rental, second-hand, gaming and inclusivity

December is the time to reflect on the past year and look towards the upcoming one. In this article FashionUnited looks at four trends that have taken over fashion in 2019: clothing rental, second-hand fashion, gaming and inclusivity. Clothing rental From a basic T-shirt, to a luxury cocktail dress, many brands arecashing in on rental fashion....

18 Dec 2019

Fashion

CNMI and Parsons discuss diversity and education at event in Milan

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana has confirmed its global leading role in the promotion of positive and effective changes across the fashion industry. In keeping with its continuous involvement in the creation of a stimulant dialogue among the players of the sector aimed at defining and reaching more and more ambitious goals, CNMI is glad to...

11 Dec 2019

Fashion

São Paulo Fashion Week: It’s all about reuse and diversity

São Paulo - The 48th edition of São Paulo Fashion Week, which closed on 18 October, took place at the Brazilian Cultures Pavilion, in Ibirapuera Park. Looking back, we can conclude that many brands presented a similar idea: more sustainable fashion, supported by the upcycling of materials. At the same time, more attention was paid to ethnic and...

25 Oct 2019

Business

Zalando announces new diversity targets for leadership team

Zalando has announced a target to have a balanced representation of women and men across its top six management levels, including the management board and the supervisory board, by the end of 2023. The German fashion giant said it is aiming for women and men to reach a representation of between 40 and 60 percent, a target that comes as part of a...

15 Oct 2019

Fashion

Slimane and Vaccarello: Not all designers embracing the inclusive catwalk movement

The culture war has come to the catwalk. Divisions over race, gender and the climate crisis are bubbling to the surface in a world where political debate is usually about as welcome as bingo wings. Two of Paris fashion's biggest stars, Hedi Slimane of Celine and Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello, have both warned of a new "puritanism". Slimane...

30 Sep 2019

Business

Macy's announces 5-point plan to promote diversity and inclusion

Fashion companies continue to invest in strategies that promote inclusion. Macy's is the latest such company, as the American retailer, which operates Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores, has announced a new approach intended to ensure that it reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. The company has outlined a 5-point plan to reach its...

12 Sep 2019

Fashion

Festival Mode & Design celebrates a colourfully creative 19th edition

Montreal (Quebec), August 27, 2019 - The 19th edition of Festival Mode & Design (FMD), taking place at Quartier des spectacles, took a bow on August 24. This edition will be remembered for its diversified and high-quality programming. From fashion to dance, urban art, and music, festival-goers enjoyed six days of indoor and outdoor activities...

6 Sep 2019

Fashion

Will casting diversity rule the SS20 fashion weeks?

European fashion designers have often been accused of conservative casting practices, favouring young Caucasian models in their campaigns and on their catwalks. When official figures from the Runway Diversity Report by The Fashion Spot were released in March, New York proved to the most racially diverse of all the main fashion weeks, with nearly...

4 Sep 2019

Fashion

CFDA urges brands to consider diversity for NYFW casting

The CFDA wants to make New York Fashion Week a diverse event. The council's president, Steven Kolb, issued a reminder notice to brands participating in this season's fashion week to keep inclusivity in mind when hiring models. "As you cast your shows, please remember to promote diversity and inclusion, on and off the runway. American fashion can...

28 Aug 2019

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