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Friday, 7 March 2014

Top 5 Inspirational Women of 2014

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<span style="font-size: large;">Drum roll please..... and in no particular order the</span><span style="font-size: large;">  top 5 inspirational women are....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I think us ladies forget how truly fabulous we are! By the time we finish work, sort out the family or finish our studies, there is hardly anytime to self-reflect and this is why i love</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp#.Uxo-rdxKpEA" style="font-weight: normal;">International Women's Day</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">. This is the one day of the year where we cannot deny how fabulous we are as women. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So, in honour of the special day, i thought I'd share with you the women that are inspiring me to be the best i can be. The five women i have selected, have character traits that include; love, passion, self-belief, humbleness, selflessness, honesty and determination.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Their inspirational qualities are not based on their wealth, but a richer quality that lies within them as people, which is why someone of these ladies are VERY wealthy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From a child who experienced sexual abuse to now been dubbed the “Queen of All Media” who also happens to be the first African American billionare… I
can only be talking about the lovely … Miss Oprah Gail Winfrey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oprah did
not have it easy as a child, she was born into poverty and spent her early
years being brought up by her nan. She was the victim of sexual abuse and
became pregnant at the age of 14 ,but her son died  shortly after.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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graduating from college, Oprah started her TV career in 1984 and today she <a href="http://www.oprah.com/own">owns a TV  network</a> and has one of the most
successful chat shows of all time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart goes out to anyone who has experienced sexual abuse, and for the survivors, long term effects can include; low self esteem, lack of trust and lack of self confidence. So, what
inspires me about this woman is the belief she has in herself, she hasn’t let her painful past dictate her future and
she’s created her own lane for success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are
those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.’</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"> – <b><i>Oprah Winfrey</i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">2. Pat McGrath – the most</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">"influential make-up artist in the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From young child growing up in Northampton  to now been described
by Vogue in 2007 as the most "influential make-up artist in the world.
"Born in Northampton, <a href="http://patmcgrath.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #9b0e8c; text-decoration: none;">Pat Mcgrath's</span></a>
career spans over 20 years and she has worked with all the major fashion labels
and some of the most iconic celebrities such as Madonna. She also happens
to be the Creative Director for Proctor Gamble and is adored by both designers
and models across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the 2014 Queen
Elizabeth II's New Year Honor's List, McGrath was "named an MBE, or Member
of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the fashion and beauty industry.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is your best makeup skill, don’t be afraid to experiment.” <b>Path McGrath</b></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a big fan of her work and this phenomenal woman has achieved things
people could only dream of, yet she is incredibly humble, and to be humble
after achieving the level of success she has, is truly inspiring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Doreen Lawrence - The modern day Superhero</span></b></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her son, Stephen
Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack in South East London in 1993 and her
and  Neville Lawrence campaigned for 6
solid years  before an <span lang="EN-US">enquiry was launched to investigate the circumstances
of her son’s death. The public enquiry was the subject of intense media
interest which became international when it concluded that the Metropolitan
Police was "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Racism"><span style="color: #092f9d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">institutionally
racist</span></a>"<span style="color: #092f9d;"> </span>and that this was one
of the primary causes of their failure to solve the case.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">After the enquiry Doreen continued to
campaign for victims of racist crime and was appointed OBE in 2003 and received
a life time achievement award in 2012 and Lawrence was elevated to the rank of
baroness, sitting in the House of Lords as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_peer"><span style="color: #092f9d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">life peer</span></a>, which is
usually associated with the Royal Family.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are a
nation who are self obsessed and rarely go out of our way to help others, but
Doreen has dedicated her life to helping others. What I love about this woman
is, she doesn’t sit back and say nothing, she stands up for what she believes
in.  She challenged the police and the
entire system and won!! We need more Doreen Lawrence's in the world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.<b> <span lang="EN-US">Camila Batmanghelidjh </span></b><span lang="EN-US">described as "Britain's most colourful
charity leader"<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Founder of two charities; the <b><a href="http://www.place2be.org.uk/">place2b</a></b> and <a href="http://www.kidsco.org.uk/"><b>Kids Company</b> </a>where she and her
team care for 17,000 vulnerable children and young people in London and
Bristol. The charity’s turnover is</span><span lang="EN-US"> £24m a year, or £2m a month. The vast majority of
money comes from public donations, and philanthropists.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In February 2013, she
was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom and appointed
as an honorary Commander of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Order of the
British Empire</span></a> (CBE) for her work on behalf of underprivileged
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Run your organisation on love and
passion.</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US"> Every day desperation stares us in the
face. We have no predictable income and are entirely reliant on the goodwill of
complete strangers. It’s not been easy being a relentless beggar, but in the
process, collectively, we have created an extraordinary organisation that runs
on love. No apologies made.</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US"> Camila Batmanghelidjh</span></b></span></blockquote>
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give and no one can take away the passion she has for caring for vulnerable
children.  Its this passion that drives
her team to raise £24 million a year to keep the charity going. How can anyone not love her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This beautiful lady has just
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">She
recently won <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2014-lupita-nyongo-beats-jennifer-lawrence-to-best-supporting-actress-9164491.html">Best Supporting Actress</a> for role in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/">12Years A Slave</a>. She delivered a speech on racism and western perception of
beauty at the <a href="http://www.essence.com/2014/02/27/lupita-nyongo-delivers-moving-black-women-hollywood-acceptance-speech/">annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon – hosted by Essencemagazine </a>– Luptia expressed feeling so underrepresented by the entertainment
industry as a young girl of Kenyan descent growing up in Mexico City that she
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Sunday, 8 September 2013

London Fashion Week 2013 - Will this year's event embrace diversity??

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, beneath all the glamour and glitz lies some sinister truths about the fashion industry. Although there are so many fantastic things taking place at this years event, the event alongside other major fashion events, is often critcised for the lack of diversity thats reflected in the people/models helping to make this event a success on/off the runway. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a black woman who blogs about fashion, I definitely think  racism exists within the fashion industry, its the 'elephant in the room." Everybody knows its there, but when it isn't acknowledged,  the issue continues to fester.</span><br />
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There has also been a number of racist controversial incidents in the past such as; highly publicised articles in the press about super<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/chanel-iman-talks-racism-in-fashion-indsutry-_n_2900038.html">models experiencing racism</a>. As well as the famous fashion designer, John Galliano's <a href="http://youtu.be/D2GpHPJTw38">racist outburst</a> towards  Jews in 2011. These types of incidents helped to highlight the deep rooted problem within the industry and bring the debate to mainstream media.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London is the multicultural centre of Europe with over 7 million inhabitants speaking 300 different languages. It welcomes people of every major faith and is home to 40 Hindu temples, at least 25 Sikh temples, and about 150 mosques. So, shouldn't London Fashion Week reflect this diversity? <br /><br />I'm curious to know; how many ethnic minority minorities will feature on/off the runway? How many models of ethnic minority will be invited to castings and judged on their ability rather than their colour? What's London Fashion Week  doing to make this event more inclusive for everyday people who perceive London Fashion Week to be an elitist event?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Described by Vogue in 2007 as the most "influential make-up artist in the world. "Born in Northampton, <a href="http://patmcgrath.tumblr.com/">Pat Mcgrath's</a> career spans over 20 years and she has worked with all the major fashion labels and some of the most iconic celebrities such as Madonna. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She also happens to be the Creative Director for Proctor Gamble and is adored by both designers and models across the world.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">He is the former American editor-at-large for <i>Vogue</i> magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years. In a <a href="http://fashionista.com/2013/08/andre-leon-talley-opens-up-about-racism-in-the-fashion-industry-and-his-own-sexuality-in-vanity-fair/">interview with Fashionista</a> Andre opens up about racism with the industry and questions, with all his experience why he was never picked to be an editor of a magazine.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Claire Sulmers is one of the key movers and shakers in the fashion bloggersphere and launched her blog in 2006. Fashion Bomb Daily is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b style="color: black; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: 20px;"> the web’s number one destination for multicultural fashion</b></span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Recognis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">ing there were few print and online sources for urban fashion,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> </span> the Fashion Bomb Daily blog site now receives <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">2 million monthly visitors.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This young bi-racial model who is half Kenyan and British, was born in the Kenyan city of Mombasa and raised in the United Kingdom. She Is the first woman of colour  in 19 years, to be a major face of the luxury fashion brand,  <a href="http://thegrio.com/2013/07/01/prada-uses-black-model-in-print-campaign-for-first-time-in-19-years/#s:prada-1">Prada, in a Fall/Winter 2013 advertisement.</a> Fellow supermodel Naomi Campbell was the last black woman to be featured in a Prada ad campaign in 1994.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />This world renowned fashion stylist from England has worked with everybody you can think of within the industry and styled numerous runway shows. At the age of 18, British stylist Edward Enninful was appointed fashion director of I-D magazine. This appointment made him the youngest ever innovative and creative fashion director to work on a international magazine.<br /><br />In 2005 Edward Enningful became Contributing Fashion Editor of American Vogue, a position he also held at Italian Vogue since 1998. He was also a instrumental player in the iconic 2008 Vogue Italia's first all-black issue (which sold out within 72 hours).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her not for profit campaign  promotes the use of models that reflects diversity in society, in terms of race, shape, age and ability.<br /><br />This year, Models of Diversity put together a fashion show called<a href="http://www.modelsofdiversity.org/catwalk4change/"> </a><a href="http://www.modelsofdiversity.org/catwalk4change/">Catwalk 4 Change</a>.  Catwalk4Change is a catwalk event that proves you don’t have to be waif-like to model an outfit. That looking healthy and in great shape should be a prerequisite for models. It is possible to model and look… normal? The event took place on September 6th featuring two fashion shows the first featuring 20 mature models, aged 35 and up. The second show will be the U.K. Top Bloggers.  These fashionable Bloggers will be taking to the runway in their own fashion show, and all proceedings will go to cancer research and  MIND a mental health charity. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span>
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Andy Warhol and <a href="http://www.geocities.com/juliomakeuphair/gracegoude.html">Jean Paul Goude</a> photographed her extensively in the Seventies and early Eighties. <a href="http://www.geocities.com/juliomakeuphair/gracehering.html">Keith Haring painted her</a>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />This inspirational 19 year old from Norwood in South London, started her fashion label at the age of 16. She will be launching her new collection PunkAfrique on September 15 at the Fashions Finest London Fashion Week Show in Covent Garden. Miss Iwenofu’s new collection is a <a href="http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/topstories/10626512.Teenage_fashion_designer_launches_traineeship_scheme/">collaboration with a group of 16 to 24 year olds</a> who are struggling to find employment in London. <br /><br />The hope is young people involved in this collection will be able to gain a foothold in the fashion industry with London Fashion Week being seen as a valuable networking opportunity.<br /><br />Chika  is in her first year of university at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design and is truly inspiring.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Born in Kingston Jamaica, Hope Wade will be taking London by storm when she presents her eclectic mix of designs at the much-anticipated London Fashion Week, on September 13.</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Marion Ayonote</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nigerian shoe designer, <a href="http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers_profile.aspx?DesignerID=2323">Marion Ayonote</a> is regarded as one of the pioneers of fashion in Africa. She will debuting her shoe collection at this years London Fashion Week.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dita Von Teese wears a Miche Dulce design</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The rise of the fashion blogger has helped to diversify the industry, by encouraging people from all walks of life to voice their thoughts on fashion. Take fashion bloggers  </span><a href="http://jakandjil.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Jak and Jiil</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">  as an example, who are now invited to </span><a href="http://fashionbombdaily.com/2009/12/27/the-new-york-times-catches-onto-the-impact-of-fashion-bloggers/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">sit front row </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">at high profile fashion shows alongside the likes of Anna Wintour (Vogue Editor)- how incredible is this! I've also just read on the </span><a href="http://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">British Fashion Council</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> website, there are 3000 bloggers who have registered to attend the September London Fashion week event so, as a result The British Fashion Council have launched a </span><a href="http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?ID=574&q=&RegionID=&ResultList=1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">bloggers strategy</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">What l personally love about the rise of the fashion blogger is, popularity of bloggers are based on what the mass market want to read or see and not dictated by what the fashion industry perceive people to want. For example, blogsites such as </span><a href="http://fashionbombdaily.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Fashion Bomb Daily</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">, that identified a gap in the multicutural fashion market now receive over 2 million visitors each month from consumers wanting to emulate their favourite celebrity looks.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Although there is still along way to go, the amazing work been done to encourage diversity within the industry, means there is a great future ahead for the younger generations, so eventually the fashion industry will be colour blind.</span><br />
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