I'm excited that I partnered with Covet Fashion to start to dismantle the oppressive structures of the fashion industry.Watch videos take surveys and do the TapJoy offers. With the murder of George Floyd the fashion industry is forced to look at themselves to see how they are adding to upholding values of white supremacy or maintaining white dominant culture. I'm hopeful that things will change. The Black in Fashion Council, The 15 Percent Pledge, and # PullUporShutUp campaign, all started by Black people, are changing the industry.
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Like any other industry when you have primarily white leadership then there's very little conversation about how to support, advocate, advance BIPOC. The fashion industry perpetuates racism from its leadership, lack of representation of designers and models, limited pathways for BIPOC and souch more. It's not getting to the core of the systemic and institutional issues that are oppressing BIPOC. The fashion industry deserves a D as it's living in a place of performative allyship. And of course the blackface mask from Gucci last year. We've seen CFDA struggle with how to respond to the murder of George Floyd. “Just in this year we've seen brands like Comme Des Garçons send white models down a runway with cornrow wigs. A - F) for inclusivity and diversity, what would it be and why? If you had to give the fashion industry a grade (i.e. Threading Change is about creating lasting change in the industry for BIPOC.” We have created and opportunity to drastically change the trajectory of BIPOC individuals in fashion. Sees that there are opportunities that are out there. I'm hoping with this program that stylists, photographers, and designers see someone who looks like them. Their looks have been stolen with no opportunity for building wealth, they've been overlooked, and not had many people in the industry to look up to. BIPOC, especially Black designers have created fashion trends for centuries. My size, my age, and my lived experience bring something different to space that is traditionally white, young, and skinny. I started modeling in my early thirties, not a normal time to start. BIPOC representation in the fashion industry is so important to me that I use my intersectionality, a Black woman who lives with invisible disability, to bring awareness to the importance of diversity. What to you is most exciting about the initiative? Why is it important to the BIPOC community? There are numerous scenarios of who may win as the grant is open to designers, hair stylists, makeup artists, photographers, and clothing stylists!” We will amplify those finalists on Covet Fashion's social media. The four winners will be picked by the public. “My team and Covet Fashion's team will narrow it down to the top 10 finalists. Will each of the four winners need be from different disciplines? Or could there, for example, be two photographer winners. The stories and experiences we have as BIPOC is what makes our companies unique and I know that first hand.” We also want to see how they represent their culture and or story into their brand. We want to know how they're able to still stay committed to an industry that may not feel inclusive to them. BIPOC people may not have as many opportunities as white people in the fashion industry and we want to hear about that. But most importantly we want to know their story.
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