Tag: mental health
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WHAT DOES FASHION DO TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH?
Rhiannon D’Averc explores how the fashion industry treats its workers – and whether enough is being done to safeguard both professionals and consumers from negative mental health impact. The fashion industry is littered with reports of fabulous designers who committed suicide, models pressured to the brink of starvation, and a party lifestyle that takes its […]
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Issue 44 Launch – The Black Issue
Buy your print copy here The Black Issue. Featuring Invisible Man, Luxury African Wedding, Luna del Pinal, Bora Aksu, Hazzy’s, Wan Pen, Seven Continents in Couture, London Edge, House of iKons Kids, Joshua Kane, Light & Shadow, YCH, Larissa Reit, Underage, Atelier Zuhra, thisnorthat, and Tran Hung. With dicussions around mental health in the fashion […]
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Silent Protest at Gucci Fashion Week
A model staged a silent protest at the Gucci fashion week show in Milan on Sunday. Dressed in a white jumpsuit that bore a strong resemblance to a straitjacket, Ayesha Tan-Jones took to the stage with “Mental health is not fashion” written on her hands. Whilst Gucci have stated that the designs were meant to […]
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THE MENTAL HEALTH OF DESIGNERS: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT FASHION SCHOOL
This week, Ellie Dyson writes about the effects that perfectionism within the fashion industry can have on designers. With Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s documentary “McQueen” premiering this month at the Tribeca Film Festival, it revives the conversation about the stress that designers may face during their careers. The problems caused by perfectionism in the […]