According to McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, “certain groups of talented individuals – in particular, people of colour – struggle to break into the [fashion] industry, and those who manage to get in don’t feel welcome."

Since this report was published in July 2021, diversity and inclusion is still an issue in the fashion industry. Our content editor, Lina Vaz, talks with celebrity stylist Zadrian Smith, one of the founding members of the Fashion Minority Alliance, and also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee at the British Fashion Council.