Arriving at the House of Commons in force, Wednesday 1st February 2012 saw a brigade of well-informed and well-heeled women gather to view award-winning documentary Miss Representation and to debate the under-representation of women in positions of power.
Self-described as a ‘Trojan Horse,’ make-up artist Kay Montano is a modern-day feminist with a passion for diversity; displaying an aversion to ‘born Barbie’ culture, she’s definitely not interested in ‘keeping up with the Kardashians’. Sandwiched between her feminist views and the aesthetically orientated world of make-up, Kay carefully balances the two seemingly contradictory forces: [...]
The ‘retouching’ of imagery is all around us; the process is used to ‘perfect’ most, if not every, photograph within the media. Natural beauty is often disguised by the detailed manipulation of ‘imperfections’ during the post-production process, producing a glamorous illusion of many icons in our culture. Magazine editors have argued that the reasoning behind [...]
Ten principal dancers from the Royal Ballet glide down the catwalk en pointe; like models in heels, but oh so vibrant and joyful. Their movements are choreographed to a soundtrack which is mixed live during the show; it had previously been co-composed by the designer herself along with the Brit-award winning and Oscar-nominated composer Nick Wollage. For me, this [...]
So, it’s the night before London Fashion Week and the parties have already started! TODAY, All Walks co-founder Erin O’Connor launched The Model Sanctuary 2011 to the press. And All Walks went to pay a visit and to support this brilliant sister organisation which nurtures models and students during London Fashion Week. Whilst we were [...]
When I read the title of the article, ?My most beautiful flaw? in the May issue of Spanish Glamour magazine, I was shocked to see the word flaw related to something positive. I kept on reading and realized that the article was more an illustrated report, featuring five models with special physical characteristics – usually [...]
Think ‘fashion week’ and your mind may immediately start to draw the following picture; stick thin and racially non-diverse models, prohibitively expensive couture and an experience only for the very elite. These negatives are anathema to Alternative Fashion Week, which takes over the very nerve centre of London’s art district, Spitalfields Market, for one week [...]
Curvaceous brunette bombshell Daisy Lowe wants to see more diverse beauty in fashion imagery. In an interview with ASOS Magazine, Daisy said, “My dream is to see a lot more female shapes in ad campaigns when I look through magazines.” The team here at All Walks couldn’t agree more Daisy! As we’ve shown in our [...]
Levi’s has launched a new line of custom fit jeans made to fit the curve of a woman’s body. This new line, Levi’s Curve ID, utilizes a revolutionary fit system based on shape, not size and was created as a result of studying more than 60,000 body scans and listening to women around the world [...]
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The Excitement is Buzzing around the ‘All Walks’ office this past week, With London Fashion Week On the way! and for another year Running we are receiving amazing support for the campaign that I just cant wait to tell you readers about, However you going to Have to watch this space as updates of ‘All walks’ [...]