Diversity in advertising and the high fashion glass ceiling
Disability advocate Lisa Cox reflects on how advertising is changing the dial on diversity in the fashion industry, and slowly but surely, disability inclusivity is coming to the forefront.
The fantasy found inside fashion magazines has been moving ever closer to realism in the last couple of decades. Aspirational has given way to the more attainable.
As readers we knowingly buy into the fantasy. But fashion has had a gritty glow up in the last twenty years. Editors recognise their readers want to see themselves in their pages, while staying authentic to the tome’s brand.
Skin tones, body sizes, shapes and ages have shifted from homogenised to diversified.
