The fashion industry has been confronted with issues of diversity and inclusion for decades, so after 2020- the year when brands truly had to make it clear where they stand, and those who were caught treating black people and people of color unfairly- had to put strategies in place to prevent similar practices from happening again. Which is where chief…
Last week Becca Cosmetics launched their Skin Love collection last week. Beauty lovers had high hopes for their new skincare-meets-makeup products. After releasing a questionable campaign image, the excitement made a quick turn into worry and concern over diversity within the beauty industry. Four arms of different skin tones modeling swatches of the Skin Love Weightless Blur Foundation, with the…
The fashion and beauty empire to challenge that of Kylie Jenner’s is now coming out with a new lingerie line. Savage by Fenty was announced last Friday by the pop singer as the newest addition to her already growing chain of businesses in the fashion world, including her enormously popular Fenty Beauty and her collaboration with Puma. Rihanna’s new lingerie…
What type of women do you think of when you hear the word ‘model’? Is she tall? Thin? Perfect hair, smile, etc.? Usually, when many people picture the “ideal model” it is the tall skinny beautiful girls with perfect bodies that we see all across magazines and billboards. Models have to be perfect, right? That’s where you’re wrong. No…
Diversity is slowly but surely touching aspects of everyday life, and Mattel, Inc. is one company who has embraced the concept in recent years. Last year, the company unveiled a new batch of Barbies, with curvier, taller, or more petite frames to encompass all shapes and sizes of the human body. Now, people are satisfied with the diverse Barbie, but…
What does it mean to be beautiful? Is it a physical feature, a characteristic, a feeling; what exactly is beauty? Beauty often has a distorted meaning, a word many use to describe artificial characteristics. Beauty is something people in society strives for, we are told that if you are beautiful you will be successful. Throughout history, there has always been…
NBC’s This Is Us plus-size actress Chrissy Metz commented while at the Paley Center Fall TV preview panel that her character’s story is important to be told. Dan Fogelman is the new series showrunner and executive producer. Fogelman stated during the event that the show is meant to portray characters who are finding love and discovering the strong emotional ties…
Actress Strom Reid is reportedly discussing her possible role in Disney’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time novel. The young actress in known for her role in Academy Award winning film 12 Years a Slave. Reid is expected to join Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, and Reese Witherspoon in the new film. A Wrinkle in Time is being directed by Ava…
During the Television Critic’s award, CBS was asked by reporters and critics about the lack of diversity seen in the Network’s show casts and showrunner roster. The presentation showcased sneak peaks of CBS’s upcoming fall shows and many viewers were surprised to see most of the new shows had male Caucasian leads. Glenn Geller, CBS’s Entertainment President, acknowledged the network’s lack…
