Fashion x BLM: Inform & Activate

Written By Team RFF

This is a compilation of fashion-related Black Lives Matter posts and resources. We’ve arranged them into two categories: INFORM — as all meaningful change stems from knowledge, education and awareness; and ACTIVATE — providing suggestions for how to actively go forward supporting Black Lives Matter, not just today, but well into the future. We hope you find them as useful as we have.

INFORM

Aja Barber enabling nuanced discussions:

Read here about the common mistreatment of Black female employees and the racial pay gap.

Remake Our World have long been campaigning for BIPOC garment workers’ rights, more recently given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic:

Diet Prada: your one-stop shop for calling out fashion BS.

Discussions regarding fashion’s cultural appropriation issue: for example, Comme Des Garçons using cornrows on white models, as well as the infamous Chanel boomerang.

Venetia La Manna on cultural appropriation and brands:

Peter DeVito:

Sustainable Fashion Dublin:

Unsah Malik on racism in the influencer industry:

Becky Hughes — formerly known as The Nifty Thrifter — on fast-fashion giant Boohoo:

Click here to read a fantastic article by Kalkidan Legesse on racism’s place in fashion.

ACTIVATE

Here are suggestions for future purchases, championing the idea of ‘voting with your money’:

Advice for brands which we should all take into consideration:

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