#diversity in fashion

[dmchatsworthproject]

Here is a short video explaining about all the different types of Diversity in Fashion and why it is important to understand them.

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Fashion lifestyle model photography apparel glam trendy editorial black african american❤️

"Inspiring Elegance: A Glamorous Editorial Photoshoot Featuring Trendy Apparel on a Stylish African American Model ❤️"

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BRAND NEW COVER! BRAND NEW EDITORIAL! SHARE SHARE SHARE if you care. See it all here.. https://www.volup2.com/.../7/zenii632ozdwpgru1hw8egwc0154im Photographer Velvet d’Amour Clothing ASOS Makeup Amanda Marsala Model Raven of MODAL Productions Shoot Assistant Joanne Thuman

[myfashionburden]

ziad nakad fall/winter 2024 couture 'coup de foudre'

[onyx-collective]

Black fashion on screen, from the '60s to now: always slaying, always setting trends 📺

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˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢💐˚ "in my mind, I am a princess," ˖ ݁𝜗𝜚. ݁₊

[izscha]

got overwhelmed with work and stuff so i decided to draw kimiko in various harajuku outfits i found on pinterest as stress reliever

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Exploring Japanese Culture Day at Our School

As part of our school's annual Japanese Culture Day, this year, the school brought in people to explain and demonstrate several aspects of Japanese culture. This included doing a traditional tea ceremony as well as showing a dance. We also welcomed students and staff to dress in traditional Japanese attire. It was fun seeing everyone dressed in different yukatas and kimonos. A yukata is a casual version of a kimono that is unlined cotton and worn in casual settings such as summer festivals and to nearby bathhouses.

Traditional Tea Ceremony

Students were gathered in the library to participate in a tea ceremony. They were first given a brief explanation behind some of the actions (which were then translated), followed by students getting to serve each other the matcha tea (green tea).

When searching for information, I also found that "one of the main purposes of the tea ceremony is for the guests to enjoy the hospitality of the host in an atmosphere distinct from the fast pace of everyday life." (https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2096.html).

I was invited to partake, so I obliged. I was told that my frothing skills were quite good. The point of frothing is to help with the texture and flavor of the tea. The frothing occurs due to the fat-soluble compound called saponin. The idea is to eat the sweet before drinking the tea. Apparently I missed that part of the demonstration and did the reverse. I later understood why it's better to eat the sweet before drinking as the matcha has a rather bitter, grassy taste to it.

"Bon" Dance

Another aspect of Japanese culture is traditional dancing. A local group of ladies from an organization called "HareBon" came in to discuss this bon dance, followed by everyone doing the dance. It was mentioned that this dance originated as part of celebrating and honoring relatives but can also be done for enjoyment.

Regarding the yukatas, apparently a few of the students who are not Japanese thought that traditional Japanese also included outfits like a karate uniform and a ninja outfit.

The school seems to rotate different cultural activities, so it will be interesting to see what culture aspects they will celebrate next year.

Source: Exploring Japanese Culture Day at Our School

[teatime-tangents-and-toys]

Mattel needs to keep up their allyship and representation now more than ever I swear to god

I know they're a corporation but they actually seem to have people who care pushing out earnest diversity.

Double down on G3 Frankie and change nothing with whatever their new G3 media project is; release their visibly queer Welcome Committee doll too please.

Continue the disability representation and skintones and doll tributes to real pioneers for justice and representation

Even more queer Skullebrity MH characters because that's what the line has exclusively been and at this point it's resistance to make them

Again, Mattel is a corporation, but it is still designed by humans. And even when they got it wrong, they felt like they were trying. I will be immensely disappointed if they look to be censoring themselves. Kids need to see outside whatever bubbles their parents may put around them.

[dontforgetukraine]

If you paid attention to Lviv Fashion Week earlier, you might have seen some of the participants featured in the "Diversity You" exhibition.

This exhibition, hosted in Lviv, is an inclusive project that highlights Ukrainians from different backgrounds. What unites them is their disabilities caused by Russia's invasion. The exhibition and the people featured show that life can continue even if one is born with or acquires a disability.

Representation like this is crucial to fighting the stigma around disability and for promoting a bright future for Ukraine.

You can find their stories on Diversity You's Instagram.

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Diversity of Genders

What is Gender Diversity?

Gender diversity is an umbrella term that is used to describe gender identities that demonstrate a diversity of expression beyond the binary framework. Having to choose to express yourself as male or female is constraining. Some people would prefer to have the freedom to change from one gender to another, or not have a gender identity at all. Others just want to be able to openly defy or challenge more normalized concepts of gender.

Their identity is about presenting something more outwardly authentic to the world, whether they understand themselves to be differently gendered, or have no gender at all. It is important to recognize that many cultures throughout history have recognized gender diversity beyond masculine and feminine.

It is important to feel comfortable with what you look like and what outfit to wear that also represents your style. Representing the LGBTQ+ is a big thing that is still rising to this day to show the diversity through Gender and be proud for who they are.

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Marco Marco Collection 2 FULL Runway Show. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/C0eoePhFNIw [Accessed 22 Aug. 2023].

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Geena Rocero - Unapologetic: A Filipina American Standing Up for Gender Equality. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/iwOKbFY2Mz4 [Accessed 22 Aug. 2023].

Dugal, J. (2021). The Rise Of Gender Inclusive Fashion. [online] fashion abc. Available at: https://www.fashionabc.org/the-rise-of-gender-inclusive-fashion/.

Milan Fashion Week- Gucci

Gender fluidity is not just Harry Styles in a feather boa. It can also be a woman in an elegantly oversized double-breasted trouser suit, like the model who opened Gucci’s first Milan fashion week show in two years.

This collection celebrated the quieter beauty of women in menswear, rather the rule-breaking energy of men in dresses. Most of the 84 models, whatever gender, wore trouser suits.

Gucci, best known recently for putting men in feminine clothes, dressed women in masculine clothes in a menswear-based collection shown during womenswear fashion week on models of all genders. Surprising an audience with a tradition-disrupting gender-fluid look is as on-brand for modern Gucci as supermodels in cocaine-white dresses slashed at the hipbone sashaying down a mirrored runway were in a previous era of glory days, under Tom Ford.

the Guardian. (2022). A quieter gender fluidity marks Gucci’s return to the Milan runway. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/feb/25/a-quieter-gender-fluidity-marks-guccis-return-to-the-milan-runway.

Los Angeles Fashion- Versace

Donatella Versace’s bag isn’t necessarily creating pieces that can be worn by both men and women, it seems it was more Gianni’s style, but her latest Fall/Winter 2020 Runway collection at Milan Fashion Week was just that, gender-fluid, and gender-accepting. With funky floral suits and sweaters worn by both the male and female models, neon-pink electric suits, striped & mixed animal-skin jackets and of course the It Girls of the fashion industry (e.g. Kendall, Gigi, Kaia and Bella), it was quite the show this season. Coming off the amazing performance-and Versace outfits JLO wore for her SuperBowl performance, this collection was possibly outside of Donatella’s previous expertise, but a welcome change to Versace’s brand.

Callaway, R. (2020). Versace’s Gender-Fluid Runway at MFW. [online] Los Angeles Fashion - LA Fashion Magazine. Available at: https://thelafashion.com/2020/02/22/versaces-gender-fluid-runway-mfw/ [Accessed 9 Oct. 2023].

Celine & Saint Laurent- Fashion catwalk spring/summer 2019.

"Sexiness" on the runways doesn't reflect the way the world is evolving, and the industry needs to reconsider how it's conceiving and selling perceptions of women back to them.

Cathy Horyn in her joint review of the Maison Margiela and Saint Laurent collections at the recently-concluded Paris Fashion Week. Designers are not just arbiters of skirt lengths and bell sleeves; the most prominent ones can, through their clothing, encapsulate and influence female selfhood. Fashion can be approached as a delightful diversion, but it does not exist separately from the realities of what is going on in the world — and a lot going on in the world right now is unimaginably grim.

Over the course of this past Fashion Month, the runways unveiling the spring/summer 2019 collections featured some stereotypically "sexy" clothes — mini shorts, teetering heels, skin-baring pieces. Given the continuing conversations around misogyny, consent, and gender equality, contemporary identity is shifting — and so is the attire that goes with it.

Moroz, S. (n.d.). Why Are Designers Still Telling Women To Dress ‘Sexy?’ [online] www.refinery29.com. Available at: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/10/213154/fashion-month-2018-runway-misogyny-sex-me-too-controversy [Accessed 9 Oct. 2023].

[candylandphotos]

Fashion lifestyle model photography apparel glam trendy editorial black african american❤️

"Empowering Elegance: A Trendy Editorial Photoshoot Showcasing Glamorous Apparel on a Stylish African American Model ❤️"

[imaginal-ai]

"Drenched in Jewelry - Part Three"

(Experiments with Jewelry Series)

Part Two

Part One

[clove-pinks]

Local sachem of the Weckquaesgeek and an English merchant in 1657 Massachusetts cannot BELIEVE this man is stealing their wi-fi without even asking!!!

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Lene Lovich

[agathasblackheart]

The question is….are the fishnets also Katie’s as well as the sinfully short shorts because I’m gonna go feral if they are