Director of the ECA and All Walks Diversity Network Mal Burkinshaw gives us an inside view on Beauty by Design: Fashioning the Renaissance at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Beauty by Design at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

charlotte.gush / Beauty by Design, Edinburgh, Mal Burkinshaw, Scottish National Portrait Gallery /
Director of the ECA and All Walks Diversity Network Mal Burkinshaw gives us an inside view on Beauty by Design: Fashioning the Renaissance at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
caryn.franklin / 16 million people in the UK ‘depressed’ due to appearance issues, all walks beyond the catwalk, Be Real, Body Confidence Week, body image, Broadening beauty ideals, Caroline Nokes, Deborah Potts, Diversity in Fashion, Positive Body image, Realistic beauty ideals, YMCA England /
All Walks have been active in the support of a variety of initiatives this autumn, the launch of the Be Real campaign acknowledges us as lead ambassador.
charlotte.gush / Andreja Pejic, Argentina, gender, identity, trans, transgender /
Transsexual, transgender, transvestite – still a largely misunderstood world. Last month the stunning and too often blithely described “androgynous model” Andrej Pejic re-introduced herself as Andreja, following her gender transition surgery. Andreja became the name to chase back in 2011 when she elevated cross-dressing to couture walking in both men’s and women’s shows at fashion [...]
charlotte.gush / International Day of the Girl /
The power of Day of the Girl lies in the forum opened up, the space created and the dialogues encouraged. It’s a way of seeing the issues women face as both individual problems and interlinked areas, some global and others local.
charlotte.gush / Erin O'Connor, lfw, london fashion week, models, The Model Sanctuary, The Model Zone /
Goodie bags from sponsors in the BFC’s The Model Zone The Model Zone is an exclusive space for models to rest, eat, drink and receive treatments during London Fashion Week
charlotte.gush / catwalk, Charlotte Gush, diversity, london fashion week, naomi shimada, ss15 /
It is easy to focus on the negatives and list the designers who used no black models, no asian models. But we want to celebrate the designers who did something more interesting, who showed us their vision of #DiversityNOW at London Fashion Week SS15
charlotte.gush / Bare reality /
Bazoomas, love humps, knockers or jugs? A couple of melons or pair of Georgie Bests perhaps? We have so many terms for breasts yet the common insecurities so many women feel towards their own have remained largely unspoken.
Elspeth / All walks, all walks beyond the catwalk, all walks blog, beauty ideals, brogan toyn, dance hall, diversity, Diversity NOW, elspeth merry, i-D Magazine /
Every year, All Walks launches Diversity NOW!, a campaign that brings together fashion students from across the UK, who all believe in our cause: diversity in fashion. Supported by Graduate Fashion Week, Arts Thread and i-D Magazine, the competition looks to empower and inspire the next generation of creatives.
charlotte.gush / #beautyproject, diverse beauty, diversity, Selfridges /
The Selfridges windows have always been a highlight of Oxford Street, drawing in thousands of people annually when they turn on the Oxford Street Christmas lights. When I passed Selfridges at the beginning of this month I was delighted by a very unusual sign that grabbed my attention immediately. I crossed the road and found [...]
caryn.franklin /
Stop Press – Very exciting News All Walks announces the finalists for Diversity NOW! 2014 in association with i-D Magazine. From a wide variety of sassy, sorted and sumptuous ideas, images and imaginative entries to our national student competition Diversity NOW! 2014, we have whittled our choices down to a handful. Why is diversity important [...]
caryn.franklin / Amirul Haque Amin of the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF), Arosh Ali of Rana Plaza Victims Support UK, Benetton, Caryn Franklin Fair Trade, ethical journalist at Observer, Gap, John Hilary from War on Want, Lucy Siegle, People Tree, Saffia Minney /
If we can release western women from the belief that they need cheap, fast fashion to anaesthetise the learned dissatisfaction even disgust they feel about their bodies and nurture them towards psychological health, we can encourage recognition that slow, fair trade fashion is better for everyone… especially the women of Bangladesh.
Elspeth / All walks, all walks beyond the catwalk, copper, innovation award, Kingston University, lewis and leigh pr, mirfield, Sadie Clayton, st giles in the fields church /
Since November, up-and-coming designer Sadie Clayton has worked with All Walks, promoting diversity alongside us and through her own label. Sadie debuted at London Fashion Week in February, showing her collection in the opulent confines of St Giles in the Fields Church.