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It’s time to represent everyone in fashion
Since the start of advertising for industries like fashion, there have been specific standards and stereotypes used to present products to the consumer. In the fashion world, these standards and stereotypes are imagined through tall, thin, and predominantly white models. These models are beautiful people in the eyes of society but only represent the minority. It’s time for this industry to open its eyes and represent every person, every body type, every gender and every culture. The dawn of diverse representation In a world where there are so many different types of people, the fashion industry was slow to represent them. It was only in the 2010s when we began…
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Goodbye plastic mannequins
Fashion is the world of creativity, art and style. A world to be ourselves by showing our identity through our appearance. Sadly, its approach is so heavily focused on visual aesthetics, so its history is encased in a dark cloud of poor representation and diversity. However, social media has adapted fashion’s traditional methods and is adhering to society’s dialogue about demanding realistic representations. People with disabilities face many barriers within fashion, but, their voices are helping to re-shape ingrained representations. Here’s how an image conscious industry has taken conscious steps to an all-inclusive world. Holding up the mirror Do you ever ask yourself, but what would that look like on…
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Fashion shows finally changing their game to meet diversity?
How Victoria’s Secret fashion show has adapted to inclusivity after years without The first ever Victoria Secret fashion show took place in 1995 when diversity wasn’t a factor they looked for when casting their models. Only years down the line did we start seeing more mixed ethnicities than ever before. In 2018 Kelsey Merritt made history as the first Filipino woman to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. In this show Victoria’s Secret also made their runway more diverse than ever before by including Asians, Hispanics, African Americans, and Caucasians. Though they included different background and ethnicity in their catwalks and photoshoots, all the models seem to have an identical body figure. VS…
