Black Fashion Leaders Are Still Carrying the Diversity Push From 2020. What Happened?
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Black Fashion Leaders Are Still Carrying the Diversity Push From 2020. What Happened?
There is no single Black perspective. Nor is “The Black Experience” a concept that can be easily captured, branded, and packaged with a beautiful design bow. The essence of Blackness is simultaneously complex, deeply rooted, deeply felt, and above all else, human.
Lesley-Ann Noel • The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection
To ensure it was more than a trend and rather the start of lasting change, several organizations set out to hold brands to task. Aurora James's Fifteen Percent Pledge publicly called on corporations to dedicate at least 15 percent of their shelf space to Black-owned products. Harlem's Fashion Row, Black in Fashion Council and Every Stylish Girl... See more
Shelcy Joseph • 3 Black Fashion Designers Reflect on the Years Since the 2020 Racial Reckoning
The fashion industry has a long way to go on racial justice and equality. But there are things brands can do to effect change that extend beyond declarations of solidarity and hollow apologies.