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White Label Project: The new fashion & design destination empowering women globally

White Label Project is a digital concept store and community platform for the most exciting up and coming female-led impact brands in fashion & design from around the globe. White Label Project was founded in 2019 by Caroline Foerster and Ann-Kathrin Zotz with the aim to empower women through sustainable e-commerce. With currently 35 impact...

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Editorial platform Hurs to launch in bid to bring female empowerment back to media

A media platform run by Dutch stylist Bonnie Langedijk is set to launch April 5 with the goal of challenging the way women are currently represented in media. Hurs will cover everything from fashion and art to travel and food and will include curated product edits and a members club that will allow participants to exchange ideas with women...

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Fashion Makes Change launches 'Your Change Can Change Everything' to empower and educate women

Global fashion and retail brands link for consumer campaign ‘Your Change Can Change Everything’ in honor of International Women’s Day and support women’s empowerment and education in supply chain communities. The initiative invites customers to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar or donate when shopping at participating brands and...

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Three women entrepreneurs on fashion’s female empowerment

News of women who are marginalized or abused within the male-dominated global fashion supply chain is unfortunately all too common but women who are actively empowering other women to thrive within the industry can be an overlooked story. At Fashinnovation’s recent NYC event the stage was occupied by a panel of seasoned and experienced female...

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Fashion brands get behind International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day on March 8 is an annual global awareness event that places a spotlight on women’s rights and gender equality, and fashion retailers and ready-to-wear, accessory and jewellery brands are rallying around to give back to organisations that support girls, women and promote gender equality. 12 brands that are celebrating...

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International Women's Day: Advice from 6 women in fashion

To celebrate International Women’s Day this Sunday, FashionUnited has rounded up valuable advice from 6 women working in fashion. From how to juggle motherhood and a budding label to the importance of venturing out of one’s comfort zone to find success, read on to get inspired by these leading ladies paving their own path in the fashion...

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Time to stop baring all in the name of female empowerment

With the glare of #metoo still burning our eyes, and so much evidence indicating that abuse of power in Hollywood, in media and fashion photography fueled the images we consumed for decades, women can only deduce that they have been reared on a daily manna of misogyny. Our self-view, cultivated but malformed, and held captive by systematic male...