November 10, 2014

Be Real

Nov 10, 2014 / Advocacy, Blog

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All Walks have been active in the support of a variety of initiatives this autumn, the launch of the Be Real campaign acknowledges us as lead ambassador.

May 26, 2014

Brogan Toyn, Diversity NOW! 2013 Winner - one year on

May 26, 2014 / Blog

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Every year, All Walks launches Diversity NOW!, a campaign that brings together fashion students from across the UK, who all believe in our cause: diversity in fashion. Supported by Graduate Fashion Week, Arts Thread and i-D Magazine, the competition looks to empower and inspire the next generation of creatives.

April 7, 2014

Sadie Clayton: New British design talent pushing for diversity

Apr 7, 2014 / Blog, Home page

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Since November, up-and-coming designer Sadie Clayton has worked with All Walks, promoting diversity alongside us and through her own label. Sadie debuted at London Fashion Week in February, showing her collection in the opulent confines of St Giles in the Fields Church.

March 30, 2014

Interview with an Icon: Bethann Hardison, Founder of the Diversity Coalition

Mar 30, 2014 / Blog

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“Eyes are on an industry that season after season watches design houses consistently use one or no models of colour. No matter the intention, the result is racism.” Last September, fashion activist and former model Bethann Hardison sent this in a letter to all the governing bodies of Fashion Weeks in London, Milan, New York [...]

March 20, 2014

Diversity at Paris Fashion Week: Rick Owens leads the way

Mar 20, 2014 / Blog

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Diversity rarely scratches the surface of Paris Fashion Week. But American designer Rick Owens has ruffled some fashion feathers after two seasons of boundary breaking shows.

March 3, 2014

Casting Director Sarah Bunter on casting culture and her drive for diversity

Mar 3, 2014 / Blog

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Sarah Bunter got in touch with All Walks to discuss the barriers she experiences in fashion casting. Promoting diversity is key for her; and campaigns for Converse, Whistles and Wrangler, as well as working with designers like Christopher Raeburn, YMC and Matthew Miller, have allowed her a certain amount of creative leverage.

February 3, 2014

Becky Long’s ‘English Mustard’

Feb 3, 2014 / Blog

Elspeth / All walks, all walks beyond the catwalk, Becky Long, caryn franklin, Clothes Show Live, elspeth merry, english mustard, fashion and motion, finalist, marilyn monroe /

Every year The Clothes Show Live launches a competition to find a young fashion photographer from across the UK, and this year’s finalist Becky Long captured the imagination of the judges. So much so, that it was believed her image was extensively post-produced. “English Mustard” is like staring into a vibrant fairy-tale, far away into [...]

December 5, 2013

We Win, You Win!

Dec 5, 2013 / Blog

caryn.franklin / all walks beyond the catwalk, All Walks working with UK Fashion Colleges, Award for All Walks, Debra Bourne, Diversity in front of the camera and behind it, Diversity NOW, Guardian Culture Professionals Network, hclub100, Hospital Club, Rosalind Jana, Thought leadership on body image, Thought leadership on Diversity in fashion /

Co-founder Debra Bourne collects another award for All Walks, this time as we are named amongst The Hospital Club’s h.Club100, in association with the Guardian Culture Professionals Network, in their acknowledgement of a national search for the most innovative, interesting and influential people in the British creative and media industries.

November 22, 2013

Graduate Fashion Week Diversity NOW13

Nov 22, 2013 / Campaign Films

caryn.franklin / all walks beyond the catwalk, Broadening beauty ideals, caryn franklin, challenging age stereotypes, Challenging fashion industry thinking around bodies, challenging modelling stereotypes, challenging racial stereotypes, Debra Bourne, Diversity NOW, Graduate Fashion Week film by Lee Jones, i-D Magazine, Realistic fashion /

All Walks celebrated work from 34 colleges and universities on the theme of Diversity NOW! This film by Lee Jones explains why we prioritise working with the next generation of creatives to prioritise Diversity and Equality by challenging body dysmorphia and limited physical ideals within fashion education.

July 4, 2013

Body Gossip and Banishing Body Shame

Jul 4, 2013 / Blog

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Of all the organisations we regularly meet with, Body Gossip run by actor Ruth Rogers and body image commentator Natasha Devon are the most talkative. In fact they never stop spouting off….Good Women!

July 3, 2013

From an intern’s perspective. “Every Body is Beautiful”

Jul 3, 2013 / Blog

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Sifting through student feedback from All Walks Lectures over the holiday, Fi Anderson, a recent All Walks intern from London College of Fashion, shares her thoughts.

July 2, 2013

Better Lives

Jul 2, 2013 / Blog

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At the Better Lives seminar last night hosted by Psychologist Carolyn Mair at London College of Fashion, I gave a talk - the usual stuff…All Walks and our belief that people working in Fashion could begin to understand the psychological impact our industry capable of making. I argued that YES Design, Product and Fashion messaging [...]