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Today, less than 4% of the 500 members of the invite-only Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), fashion’s most influential trade organization, are black. Fewer than 10% of designers at New York Fashion Week in recent years have been black. And there have been vanishingly few black designers at major fashion labels: It was big news when Vi... See more

what the fashion industry can do right now to become more equitable:

- TRANSFORM THE INDUSTRY FROM THE OUTSIDE

- PUBLISH YOUR PROGRESS

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.

- PLEDGE TO SUPPORT BLACK DESIGNERS AND BUSINESSES