The aim of Diversity NOW! is to empower the next generation of creatives, from design, film, photography and journalism to create a fashion future that promotes a broader range of body and beauty ideals to truly celebrate individuality.
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First ever Body Confidence Awards Winners Announced!
THE WINNERS ARE… The award winners of the first ever Body Confidence Awards presented in association with bareMinerals were announced yesterday evening at the Houses of Parliament. The event was an electric celebration of the winners’ inspirational and deserving efforts to promote body confidence, diversity and the acceptance of broader beauty ideals. All who were [...]
17.04.2012 Inaugural Body Confidence Awards Nominees Announced
Embargo: 00:00, 17 April 2012 Contact: Corrine Leon 020 7219 8088 In a looks-obsessed society where 47% of girls think the pressure to look attractive is the most negative part of being female[i] and 38% of men would sacrifice at least a year of their life in exchange for a perfect body.[iii] It is time [...]
MISS REPRESENTATION: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See
NEWS RELEASE Embargo: Immediate, 30rd January 2012 Against the backdrop of the Leveson Enquiry where media behaviour has been put under the spotlight, it could be time to look at treatment of women across all media channels. Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new documentary Miss Representation does just that. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image, Central YMCA and [...]
RELEASE: All Walks’ message to the Fashion Industry is clear; “Real Beauty is good for business”
Release 16.09.11 New research, to be released later this month by Judge Business School, Cambridge University, reinforces the assertion from the award winning fashion initiative All Walks, Beyond the Catwalk, that when fashion imagery features a range of women in size and age, it’s good for business. “It’s official! Diversity can positively contribute to business,“ [...]
ALL WALKS ASKS UNIVERSITIES TO GET “FASHION CONSCIOUS”
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 May 2011 Britain’s first educational centre devoted to the promotion of diverse body shape launches at Graduate Fashion Week. “We want student fashion designers to be introduced to a realistic range of body shapes during their training process. Diversity can enhance craftmanship not impede it.” - All Walks, Co Founders Caryn Franklin, [...]
RELEASE: IS FASHION THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE EVALUATE OUR IDENTITY?
All Walks Beyond the Catwalk Debate at National Portrait Gallery, 11/02/2011 Press Release. For Immediate Release. Amidst almost 4000 people, who packed the National Portrait Gallery to enjoy All Walks Beyond the Catwalk’s spectacular event on Friday night, a crucial debate by five top industry figures was held - to discuss the power and impact [...]