Keep up to date with industry shifts over at our Fashion section. Yes, it’s with good intentions, but ultimately it ends up being an ill-executed attempt to be more inclusive. I myself have published articles in support of minority groups, without actually consulting members of the groups I’m purporting to support. I’ve been on shoots with ‘plus-size’ models where the clothes don’t actually fit, and seen runway shows casting people with disability where the models can’t actually make it down the runway. The industry is littered with well-intentioned projects striving to be more inclusive of minorities. Fashion can be an incredible vehicle for broader societal change (just look at the success of Clothing the Gaps’ Free the Flag campaign) but also be frustratingly slow to adapt – particularly where inclusivity is concerned. It’s about elevating voices, not just faces.Īfter more than a decade in fashion, from working the shop floor to running a magazine, it would be easy for me to grow disenfranchised with the fashion industry.
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