BIPOC, especially Black designers have created fashion trends for centuries. My size, my age, and my lived experience bring something different to space that is traditionally white, young, and skinny. I started modeling in my early thirties, not a normal time to start. BIPOC representation in the fashion industry is so important to me that I use my intersectionality, a Black woman who lives with invisible disability, to bring awareness to the importance of diversity. What to you is most exciting about the initiative? Why is it important to the BIPOC community? There are numerous scenarios of who may win as the grant is open to designers, hair stylists, makeup artists, photographers, and clothing stylists!” We will amplify those finalists on Covet Fashion's social media. The four winners will be picked by the public. “My team and Covet Fashion's team will narrow it down to the top 10 finalists. Will each of the four winners need be from different disciplines? Or could there, for example, be two photographer winners. The stories and experiences we have as BIPOC is what makes our companies unique and I know that first hand.” We also want to see how they represent their culture and or story into their brand. We want to know how they're able to still stay committed to an industry that may not feel inclusive to them. BIPOC people may not have as many opportunities as white people in the fashion industry and we want to hear about that. But most importantly we want to know their story.
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