At last Week’s Graduate Fashion Awards, two out of the three top prizes went to students under the tutelage of our Diversity Network Director Mal Burkinshaw. Emotionally considerate design and visionary creativity RULES.
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Where are all the Size 10s?
There are several broad divides in the world of modeling. There is editorial and there is commercial. There is mainboard and special bookings. And then there is ‘fashion’ versus ‘plus size’: ‘fashion’ encompasses size 6 to 8, ‘plus’ size 12 and above; arbitrary categories.
And the Winners Are!
Presented By Grace Woodward in THE SPACE at Graduate Fashion Week June 4th, Diversity and Individuality was key with everyone agreeing it’s cool to consider the impact of your work and acknowledge your power to influence the self-esteem of others. We all say, the consumer is diverse and the market place is diverse! Thank you [...]
All Walks at Graduate Fashion Week 2013
The All Walks team are thrilled to be returning to Graduate Fashion Week, where we will literally and metaphorically be ‘taking a stand’! Do come and say hello at STAND A01 and take in some of the great imagery produced by students up and down the country for our Diversity NOW! competition in association with [...]
Diversity NOW! Finalists
The Next Generation of Big Names address Body Diversity 34 colleges from across the UK entered Diversity NOW! Hundreds and hundreds of students give us their vision for Body Confidence. With the help of our judges: Designer William Tempest, Couturier Deborah Milner, DisneyRollerGirl Blogger Navaz Batliwalla, Illustrator Nuno Da Costa, Writer, Designer and Brand Consultant [...]
Why Diversity NOW!
Because body image is sooo hot right now! But let’s get down to nitty gritty….We are frequently asked to talk, lecture or exhibit, but just can’t meet the demand. It seems everyone wants to chat about personal identity these days.
Diversity NOW! Super Exciting news - And the finalists are…
TOMORROW’S future creatives bring an understanding of the power of image and enlightened practice to their work TODAY in our national competition Diversity NOW! In association with i-D Magazine, sponsored by Succeed Foundation and supported by Arts Thread and Graduate Fashion Week.
Diversity NOW! Judges
We are delighted to be working with some of the most exciting creatives in the UK to judge our Diversity NOW! competition in association with i-D Magazine. Read on to see who supports the All Walks call for diverse body ideals! They’re all top-tastic!
Diversity NOW! Meet the Judges: Nuno Da Costa
Fashion and Beauty illustrator Nuno Da Costa is one of our judging panel. We are delighted to have him on board for the final leg of the Diversity NOW! national competition for students. For All Walks Nuno created a special illustration to celebrate our call for Diversity…the result is a much more curvaceous body than [...]
All Walks…All Bodies. Highstreet Spring Summer 2013 looks.
Whilst not an All Walks campaign, this recent project I created with my partner in crime Jane Galpin, featured in today’s Standard News for highstreet retailer Debenhams, was as fun to do as any previous All Walks shoot. Innovative in it’s own way too. The Diversity Shoot as it was affectionately named, allowed us to [...]
Diversity in Fashion on the Agenda at the Southbank’s Women of the World Festival
The banners were out at the South Bank – bright flashes of red and yellow signposting the scale of this year’s Women of the World festival. From the media to mental health, discussions ranged wide. So where better to seek out a synthesis between fashion and feminism on a Saturday afternoon
Recognition for All Walks
As far as we know this is the first MBE for Diversity. The All Walks team celebrates wider recognition for Body Image issues