London Fashion Week’s improvement of inclusion

London Fashions begins today until Tuesday with the designs from Burberry and the creative direction of Daniel Lee. Models from all over the world will be taking part in the presentations and the catwalk shows. The history of fashion has a long story with it being more than a century old and building the foundation and representation of many designer brands that we see today.

From shows like ‘America’s Next Top Model’ and ‘Next in Fashion’ the representation for people of colour and plus size people has lacked for several years and has been called out for the toxicity of glorifying unhealthy eating habits to teenagers, which was the age demographic for shows like these.

Models like Tyra Banks are one of the few black models that has become successful and has become an inspiration to many young black people who chooses to pursue a career in the fashion industry. In her show ‘America’s Next Top Model’ she addressed with the ‘Hollywood Reporter’ that they “messed up” with not being diverse enough.

With the rise of social media, the inclusion of those who are not white, tall and petite has started to become more welcoming and represent that all styles fit all bodies. Promoting body empowerment and acceptance of all sexualities.

Although the fashion industry has a long way to go, its clear to see that the new generation of models are paving the way for more inclusivity into the traditional industry.