If you ask a colleague today to name a black activist doing humanitarian work, or a black painter in the arts sector, or a female black CEO – chances are they’d struggle to respond. Ask ...
“If you were born in one place, grew up in another, but now live somewhere completely different, where are you from? Tricky one. Perhaps, a better question is not where are you from, but where ...
A bold statement, huh? This was the general response I got from my friends and family after explaining what my first LAPP article would be about. As a first generation immigrant in the UK, I ...
Across the globe, beauty means different things to different people. There’s an innate connection without our inner beauty and outer beauty, and much of this is deep-rooted in cultural traditions and heritage. Throughout the world, ...
Self-care is becoming the buzz word of our generation. It’s the realisation for most millennials that we need to take time out of our hectic schedules to focus on our mental health and wellbeing, to ...
As this years drawing to a close, I’m realising how much it’s shaping up to be one of dramatic change. And I, for one, am emotionally exhausted. As someone in my mid-twenties, I feel like ...
Using fashion as a form of cultural expression to line your pockets, without real knowledge or understanding of the history you’re trying to replicate and imitate, is not only disrespectful to the craft but more ...
Working at LAPP HQ has its many privileges, but nothing compares to the opportunity to interview talented women of colour like Dalia Dias. Born to Nigerian and Egyptian parents and raised in North London, Dias has ...
When it comes to talking about where today’s fashion gets a majority of its inspiration from, it’s virtually impossible not to mention black women. One specific area of black culture that definitely stands out when ...