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Positive fashion: On Zalando, activist spokesmodels and profitable ethics
At The Beauty Conversation* we have been talking for a while about the shift from models and influencers to ‘activist models’, as a vehicle for brands to express their ethical values. This shift is...
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Yay or nay: 90’s feather cut
Just spotted this image of model Sara Blomqvist in The Gentlewoman magazine. I’m not at the cutting my own hair stage yet, but I’ve been hankering for a change on the coiff front. I like this soft...
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Fresh face: Greta Hofer
I’m out of the loop when it comes to new model faces. But the Prada SS21 show featured all runway newbies and one in particular stood out. Greta Hofer has an air of Natalie Portman about her, combined...
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Revisiting Omahyra Mota
“When I wear suits on the runway, when I’m doing a men’s show… I am not thinking that I look like a boy. [What] I am thinking the whole time is that I am just bringing the most in strength and...
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New year, old style
I love this Sunday Times Style shoot I clocked last week, which looks like it was Xeroxed straight from the pages of an early 90s Elle. Everything from the soft focus ‘corporate girl about town’ vibe...
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The culture of fashion: Supreme Models docuseries
Oh, how I’ve loved watching Douglas Keeve’s Supreme Models docuseries on YouTube over the last few weeks. Shown on Vogue’s YT channel, it documents the story of models of colour, from Donyale Luna in...
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The search for grey hair style inspo
Is it me or are there very few cool images of great grey haircuts out there? The diversity conversation is great n all but one area where diversity is still lacking fashion-and-beauty wise is in the...
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Bethann Hardison Invisible Beauty film
Tickets booked! Bethann Hardison’s documentary film, Invisible Beauty is showing at the Tribeca Film Festival next week and Londoners will get their turn in July. It promises to be a fantastic treat...
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The Culture of fashion: Susy Dyson’s Cartier bangles
Think of Cartier classics and you probably think of Jeanne Toussaint’s panther-themed pieces or Aldo Cipullo’s 70s signatures, the Love bracelet or the Juste un Clou. But not so much pieces like these...
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Miuccia Prada is a Vogue cover girl
UK Vogue had 40 celebs on its cover, but US Vogue has Miuccia Prada. I know which one I’m more thrilled about! TBF, I don’t get excited about Vogues these days, but I do love a Miuccia profile. The...
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