The fashion department of the creative and liberal arts college continues to integrate DEI into its courses to positively impact the next generation of fashion professionals and the workplaces they will shape. BoF learns what impact it has had from graduates, alumni and faculty.

The creative and liberal arts college’s curriculum is rooted in hands-on learning, immersive experiences and their diversity, equity and inclusion mission. The chair of fashion studies shares insights alongside faculty and students.

Savannah College of Art and Design is committed to celebrating and supporting underrepresented voices, making space for vital narratives and discourse in the classroom, on the runway, and in the digital sphere.

For 50 years, Urban Outfitters has managed to ride the waves of mid-priced apparel retail without succumbing to the steady decline of its competitors. The key to the success of its brand stable — which also includes Anthropologie, Free People and Nuuly — is the company’s belief that the customer should define the product mix, not the merchant.