Inclusivity

BoF Professional Exclusive

Victoria's Secret Can Still Save Itself. Here's Where It Should Start.

15 May 2019 • By Alexandra Mondalek

BoF Professional Exclusive

Victoria's Secret Can Still Save Itself. Here's Where It Should Start.

The troubled lingerie brand has announced that it will no longer broadcast its fashion show on American network television. That’s a good first step, but more changes are needed to win back customers.

BoF Professional Exclusive

The Shady Truth About Inclusive Beauty (And How Brands Can Improve)

2 April 2019 • By Rachel Strugatz

2 April 2019 • By Rachel Strugatz

BoF had a chemist analyse some of the most popular new 40-plus shade foundation lines to see which brands went beyond adding a bit more pigment to develop makeup for darker skin tones. Some pioneers in the category, including Fenty, fell short.

BoF Professional Exclusive

The Shady Truth About Inclusive Beauty (And How Brands Can Improve)

BoF had a chemist analyse some of the most popular new 40-plus shade foundation lines to see which brands went beyond adding a bit more pigment to develop makeup for darker skin tones. Some pioneers in the category, including Fenty, fell short.

The Business of Beauty

Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

19 March 2019 • By Rachel Strugatz

The Business of Beauty

Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?

The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: 'We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared'

5 February 2019 • By BoF Team

5 February 2019 • By BoF Team

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.

The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: 'We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared'

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.

American Fashion on the Cusp of of Change: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson

29 November 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

American Fashion on the Cusp of of Change: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson

At BoF’s VOICES, the creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.

Sponsored Feature

Optimising for a More Inclusive Culture at H&M

19 November 2018 • By BoF Team

Sponsored Feature

Optimising for a More Inclusive Culture at H&M

The Swedish company aims to create a more inclusive and representative global organisation that will address past errors and, in the future, utilise its diversity to drive the business forward.

News & Analysis

ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

17 October 2018 • By Bloomberg

17 October 2018 • By Bloomberg

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.

News & Analysis

ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.

Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

24 September 2018 • By Lauren Sherman

Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

Nine months after the rise of fashion’s own #MeToo movement casting director James Scully, Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff and supermodel-turned-activist Karen Elson take stock.

Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

14 September 2018 • By Lauren Sherman

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.

Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.

Social Goods | London Fashion Week Goes Fur-Free, Is Diverse Beauty Just a Trend?

12 September 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

12 September 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

This week, London Fashion Week is the first of the main global fashion events to ditch fur, while the beauty industry is only at the beginning of its road to diversity.

Social Goods | London Fashion Week Goes Fur-Free, Is Diverse Beauty Just a Trend?

This week, London Fashion Week is the first of the main global fashion events to ditch fur, while the beauty industry is only at the beginning of its road to diversity.