Halloween is, without a doubt, my favourite time of year. As an October baby, I would have Halloween-themed fancy dress parties; my classmates dressed as toilet-paper-mummies or slick vampires- hair gelled harshly to their heads. ...
In June 2018, I attended a talk. During the discussion, the former beauty director, and now Contributing Beauty Editor and Columnist at British Vogue, Funmi Fetto, raised the issue of black consumers being underrepresented both ...
Model, Kendall Jenner recently covered LOVE magazine’s #LOVE20 edition and made headlines for one quote in particular: “Since the beginning we’ve been super selective about what shows I would do. I was never one of ...
Finish this sentence with the first word the comes to mind: “Military women are___.” I’m willing to bet that your chosen word was something along the lines of “strong,” “brave,” or “amazing.” What society doesn’t know is that we are ...
Inclusivity is more important than ever. With plus size models taking the modelling world by storm, women of colour demanding they be represented in the beauty world and Tommy Hilfiger introducing an adaptive clothing line ...
After Dove’s racially insensitive commercial, and the immediate backlash it received last year, it was assumed that other major brands would take note and enter the New Year with a focus on cultural awareness, some ...
Both fashion and politics have been inextricably linked since biblical times, when prophets laid out dress codes separating saints from sinners. However, let’s not go that far back in time. In the 1960’s political developments ...
Why does something that grows out of your head, need to be censored? Why is it a big deal? The big deal occurs when people of color are denied work because of it. When they are ...
Autumn is rapidly turning into winter, and Christmas season is beginning to get into its full groove. What does this mean? In Britain, this means the donning of woolly jumpers, woolly socks and boots. Colloquially, ...