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Dapper Dan, Designer: On Inclusivity

What the Harlem couturier, who has worked with Gucci to help change the company's corporate culture, has to say about the role of inclusivity in fashion.

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BoF Team

02 October 2019

PARIS, France — The designer opens up about his belief that cross-cultural knowledge and understanding of different groups' perception of fashion is crucial to the future of the industry. He praises today's younger generation for blurring the lines of colour and gender to change the narrative in fashion, and plans to continue his 35-year commitment to inclusivity and diversity.

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