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4 takeaways from CFDA’s Diversity Report

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has teamed up with fashion conglomerate PVH Corp to analyze how inclusive and diverse American fashion companies are. In October, the duo gathered 50 top industry executives from 30 companies at a conference to survey them on current practices, and brainstorm ideas to make inclusion and...

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Exhibit tackling fashion and race boosts diversity dialogue

Given the conversation around diversity that has ignited the fashion industry over the past several years, an exhibition examining race and fashion might seem overdue. It took a professor from Parsons who since 2016 has been teaching an elective class entitled “Fashion and Race” at at the school to deliver it. “Fashion and Race: Deconstructing...

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Demna Gvasalia in race row for only using white models

Diversity campaigers Monday condemned the darling of Paris fashion week after he failed to cast a single model of colour in his two headline-grabbing shows. Demna Gvasalia, who counts black US music superstars Rihanna and Kanye West among his biggest fans, used only white models in shows for his own hip Vetements label and for Balenciaga Sunday,...

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Fashion industry excludes models of colour

Prada have cast a black model for their fall winter 2013 advertising campaign. This news should be far from interesting, but unfortunately racial issues in fashion are an every day occurrence. Fashion may be exclusive, but even in 2013 it is very much racist. This is the first time Prada have used a black girl to front a campaign since Naomi...