Diversity

The BoF Podcast: Imran Amed and Tim Blanks on Where Fashion Goes From Here

23 July 2020 • By BoF Team

23 July 2020 • By BoF Team

This week on Inside Fashion, the BoF tag team discuss the state of an industry in flux, digital pivots and the future of fashion shows.

The BoF Podcast: Imran Amed and Tim Blanks on Where Fashion Goes From Here

This week on Inside Fashion, the BoF tag team discuss the state of an industry in flux, digital pivots and the future of fashion shows.

The BoF Podcast: Aniyia Williams on Why Self-Examination Is Critical to Dismantling Racism in Fashion

1 July 2020 • By BoF Team

1 July 2020 • By BoF Team

The entrepreneur talks to BoF’s Imran Amed on finding blind spots and difficult conversations.

The BoF Podcast: Aniyia Williams on Why Self-Examination Is Critical to Dismantling Racism in Fashion

The entrepreneur talks to BoF’s Imran Amed on finding blind spots and difficult conversations.

News & Analysis

Black Fashion Industry Leaders Want to Move From Cancel Culture to Accountability With New Coalition

24 June 2020 • By Chantal Fernandez

24 June 2020 • By Chantal Fernandez

A group co-founded by Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Sandrine Charles will partner with companies to advance Black professionals and release a yearly index score measuring diversity.

News & Analysis

Black Fashion Industry Leaders Want to Move From Cancel Culture to Accountability With New Coalition

A group co-founded by Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Sandrine Charles will partner with companies to advance Black professionals and release a yearly index score measuring diversity.

BoF Professional Exclusive

When Your Corporate Diversity Strategy Isn’t Enough

22 June 2020 • By Cathaleen Chen

BoF Professional Exclusive

When Your Corporate Diversity Strategy Isn’t Enough

Activists, employees and a growing subset of the public are calling for more than standard-issue ‘D&I’ programs. What do companies need to do?

The BoF Podcast: June Sarpong Says Fashion's Gatekeepers Need to Start Thinking Differently About Diversity

19 June 2020 • By BoF Team

19 June 2020 • By BoF Team

June Sarpong shares her advice on how organisations can improve their diversity and inclusive representation, and effectively champion allyship.

The BoF Podcast: June Sarpong Says Fashion's Gatekeepers Need to Start Thinking Differently About Diversity

June Sarpong shares her advice on how organisations can improve their diversity and inclusive representation, and effectively champion allyship.

BoF Professional Exclusive

Fixing the Whitewashed Influencer Economy

18 June 2020 • By Alexandra Mondalek

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BoF Professional Exclusive

Fixing the Whitewashed Influencer Economy

BoF breaks down the system of pay gaps, racist exclusion and algorithms that keep black influencers from excelling — and what needs to happen to make it stop.

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News & Analysis

Black Professionals Petition CFDA Over ‘Hasty Attempts’ to Counter Racism

15 June 2020 • By Chantal Fernandez

News & Analysis

Black Professionals Petition CFDA Over ‘Hasty Attempts’ to Counter Racism

A group of 250 professionals submitted a four-part proposal, named after black designer Patrick Kelly, the first American to be admitted to the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter.

News & Analysis

Tackling Fashion's Unconscious Bias Problem

27 April 2020 • By Sophie Soar

News & Analysis

Tackling Fashion's Unconscious Bias Problem

As part of our #BoFLIVE series, BBC Director of Creative Diversity June Sarpong shares best practices for better representation.

The BoF Podcast: Clothes Have No Gender

31 January 2020 • By BoF Team

31 January 2020 • By BoF Team

At VOICES 2019, performance artist and designer Alok Vaid-Menon lifted the lid on fashion’s ‘regressive’ gender stereotypes and urged the industry to ‘de-gender’ and redefine the meaning of beauty.

The BoF Podcast: Clothes Have No Gender

At VOICES 2019, performance artist and designer Alok Vaid-Menon lifted the lid on fashion’s ‘regressive’ gender stereotypes and urged the industry to ‘de-gender’ and redefine the meaning of beauty.

BoF Professional Exclusive

H&M’s Global Leader for Inclusion and Diversity on the Company’s Next Steps

14 January 2020 • By Chavie Lieber

BoF Professional Exclusive

H&M’s Global Leader for Inclusion and Diversity on the Company’s Next Steps

H&M Group’s Annie Wu reveals the challenges of delivering change after a crisis and the need for companies to streamline existing diversity and inclusion initiatives into a unified framework before tailoring the global strategy to each market region.