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The CROWN Act Is Pushing to Protect, and Value, Black Women’s Hair
"Hair discrimination is a really critical issue in how racism gets manifested."
Dress and Protest: Fashion Hasn’t Been a Bystander in the Black Civil Rights Movement
The iconic images of protest movements past bear at least one thing out: that dress is as much a political…
Actress and Former Model Cicely Tyson Dies at 96
Cicely Tyson, a trailblazing Black actress and former model, has died at age 96.
Why Amanda Gorman Represents a New Kind of Style Icon
It took five minutes for Amanda Gorman to take America by storm — both for her poetry and her Prada. And in…
Purple Gets Pride of Place on Inauguration Day: The Message Behind It
On the momentous occasion that marked the changing of the guard in American leadership Wednesday, purple…
Gender Parity in Jeopardy as Women Account for 100 Percent of December Job Losses
It could mean that it's not just the economic recovery that may be backsliding, but workplace gender parity…
Fashion’s Progress on Diversity? Lightly Productive at Best, Modern-day Segregation at Worst, Say Industry Activists
Six months out, this year's leading activists in fashion say performative activism may have won out over real…
Can Rethinking Consumption Ever Really Be Fashionable?
For a sector driven, funded and fueled by its ability to create desire, endeavoring to pull back on…
New Administration, New Sustainability? What Biden Means for Green in Fashion and Beyond
While the last four years haven't exactly been marked by avid environmentalism among U.S. political…
Isabel Marant Apologizes to Mexico for Its Indigenous-Inspired Designs
Fashion may be facing a reckoning when it comes to cultural borrowing — one that, at the very least, forces…
Mexico’s Culture Minister Cracks Down on Cultural Appropriation to Redefine Ethical Fashion
Mexico's secretary of culture has no time for fashion's cultural appropriation. And she doesn't consider it…
We’re Speaking: Women of Color Are Changing the Face of Leadership
It's a new day for women of color in leadership.
Beyond Black Squares: Fashion’s Diversity Experts on How the Industry Can Avoid Tone-Deaf Missteps
A newly ramped-up force of diversity, equity and inclusion officers are here, armed to hold fashion to…
Could Election Outcome Change Fashion’s Tariff Outlook?
No matter how the election goes, U.S. fashion businesses may still be facing tariffs — and a potentially…
Pajama Fashion: Staying In Ramps Up Sleepwear Sales — and Style
While consumers once sought out transitional activewear to take them from the gym to the office, many are now…