London fashion week: Racial diversity event

Images from the two-day 'Fashion diversity' event.
This event aims to promote emerging designers and models from ethnically diverse backgrounds, in what many see as an industry dominated by 'skinny white people' in the UK.
This event took place on Friday 19th + Saturday 20th September, and was held at the Museum of London.

UK, London. 'Fashion diversity' event at the Museum of London. 2008

This event took the form of four fashion shows over two days.

Emerging 'ethnically diverse' (i.e. not Caucasian-British) Designers featured included: Jermaine Springer, Katasi Kironde, Maame Baryeh, Giuseppe Tavano, Omar Mansoor, Laura Haywood, Khulekani Msweli, Krystal Ellis-Dokubo, Yuliya Kyrpo, Freya Nagelsmann, Abigail Ayoola, Petra Johnson, Sarah Murphy, Brett Martindale Durning and Ally Rehmtullah.

More established 'honorary designers' included Yemi Osunkoya, Simon Parchment and Deola Sagoe.

Winner of the overall 'Student designer' prize on Saturday was Brett Martindale Durning, the youngest designer at the event at 14 years old.
A rising star, Brett was awarded 'Young designer of the year' in 2006, when he was still just twelve years old.

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SOME LINKS ON THIS SUBJECT:

'Racialicious' diversity blog:

http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/07/07/why-the-fashion-industry-desperately-needs-some-diversity/

Fashion diversity article in the Herald Tribune:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/15/style/rdiverse.php

Article in the UK Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/real-women-the-latest-fashion-936170.html

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All images Copyright Billy Macrae 2008.

These lo-res versions may be circulated in connection with this event.
(For hi-res, or more 'typical' runway shots, drop me a line.)

An edit of these images, along with many others can be found on my photo-blog:

http://www.billymacrae.blogspot.com

Billy Macrae
e-mail: billy.macrae.online@gmail.com
Homepage: http://www.billymacrae.blogspot.com

Comments

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Save us from fucking liberals!!!!

21.09.2008 01:33

Strange how despite their non-whiteness, these models are all very symmetrical and conform to western capitalist standards of beauty.

The fashion industry will no doubt get more 'diverse' if and when the people running it think a more 'diverse' range of ethnic groups have the money to throw at clothes. In the mean time, fuck fashion, fuck fascism, and fuck you.

Neon Black
Homepage: http://dreaming-neon-black.blogspot.com

Arty Farty

21.09.2008 08:48

It all looks pretty Arty Farty to me, Nothing alternative at all.
What is an article like this doing on Insy Media.

Cold Stomper

Cold Stomper

A response

21.09.2008 10:30

Look at the images... do most of them really make the models and hangers on look good, or like nutters?
Do you think I might have been TRYING to provoke mixed reactions?

Isn't it worth using this platform to do something more subtle than the bog standard rant-article?

: )

Billy Mac

what

22.09.2008 08:58

irony my arse. the and the deserving poor, yawn etc etc. 'The diversity' money train. NGOs and fash like L. Jasper. Posh student activists, grant money and a bourgois career path. You're full of shit, mate,. like the rest of the poverty pimps,ex trot mockneys et. al. We know the 'left' is as dodgy as the 'right' and as for the posh anti-working clas green movement and it's pathetic publishing and pseudo academic industry. A change is going to come.

stuuifyerphdscumbags

Cynical

22.09.2008 13:13

What you mean there was no shootings or stabbings???????

Cynical Bastard

non white people can make clothes?!

23.09.2008 09:09

wow i had NO idea.

Great job guys [pats on head]

stunned steve

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