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The Key to the Path of Fashion: Diversity
In the past, people were always used to putting fashion in certain specific scenes, such as the shows in Paris and the street styles in Milan. However, fashion is like weeds that break through various settings and grow arbitrarily in different places. Try to look back on human life, see how people went to different countries and meet different people by accident. It is clear that changes in fashion is the inevitable result of the advance of human civilization and is also a mirror of social progress. Mentioning fashion models, what is the first image that flashes into your mind? Is it a fair-skinned young lady? Or a slender thin…
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The Fashion Industry & Diversity: What’s the Deal?
In the past, fashion was centered around painfully thin models. Brands looked for the same body shapes with almost no diversity shown. The fit models that we saw online appeared to follow that same criteria. The industry showed no representation of the average body shape and it was hard to relate to for many women. We were once surrounded by a manipulated portrayal of beauty. Women were encouraged to believe that there was only one perception of the perfect body shape. The body shape that flooded adverts, campaigns and runways was a far cry from the that of the average female. The industry had almost prevented us from accepting ourselves.…
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White-Washing and Cultural Pick-Pocketing: Token Diversity and Why it’s a Problem
Why is token diversity so problematic? Does it hold a mirror up to the whitewashed walls of high fashion? Or does it actually reveal the failing mechanics behind an industry dominated for too long by white noise, marred by our inability to confront the issues of underrepresentation? In November 2019, Elle Germany faced backlash after its ‘Back to Black’ issue featured a white model on the cover. Complete with the tagline “Models of colour were never in demand as they are now”, the magazine had made a clear misjudgement. By implying that models of colour are somehow a trend, Naomi Campbell called it “highly insulting” in her address to the…
