Fashion Roundtable interview Banseka Kayembe, who brought the Mixed Race Faces project into Parliament for the UK Parliament Campaign. Mixed Race Faces is an organisation that captures portraits and stories of mixed-race people to raise awareness of the vastly growing population of mixed-race people around the world, and how their mixed background and cultures influence the unique way they navigate their every-day lives.
Read More“Fashion like politics and indeed the FTSE 250 needs to recognise that inclusion and representation have to be core to systemic change. If businesses and politics are to represent those they serve then we have to see a radical transformation to create a sector which is inclusive and representative of all of us. From the power of the purple pound, to the estimated 60% growth of the modest fashion market to 2021, for businesses to connect with our consumers those in charge need to recognise the need for change in order to be effective and valued in these growing and important markets.”
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