Black in Fashion Council

To represent and secure the advancement of Black individuals in the fashion and beauty industry. We envision workforces where Black people are represented and amplified at every level, holding jobs in both C-suite and junior-level positions, and can work alongside allies to create diverse spaces that directly reflect what the world actually looks like at large.

To be clear, we want to encourage people in the industry to rise to the occasion, not just be called out so that we can see sustained, long-term change.

  • British Fashion Awards & American Image Awards

    Sandrine Charles and Lindsay Peoples- of the Black in Fashion Council. They are certainly generating a lot of buzz - and catching the industry's attention about the importance and the beauty of unity, inclusivity, and diversity.

  • Business of Fashion

    New York Fashion Week Discovery Showroom’s Designers to Watch.

  • WWD

    New on the Market: ‘First-of-Its-Kind,’ IMG-Backed Directory of Black Professionals in Fashion

  • WWD

    Civil rights organisation Color Of Change has partnered with the Black in Fashion Council, IMG and supermodel and activist Joan Smalls to launch #ChangeFashion, a roadmap to tackle racism and discrimination in the industry.

  • WWD

    IMG and the Black in Fashion Council Strengthen Their Alliance.

  • WWD

    Black in Fashion Council’s First HRC Report Finds Fashion Companies ‘Still Unmistakably Devoid of Black Representation’. The report is the first of what will be yearly publications on fashion's progress toward diversity and inclusion.

  • Vogue

    The Black in Fashion Council’s NYFW Showroom Will Spotlight 16 Designers.

  • Harper’s Bazaar

    The Black in Fashion Council Signs 70 Brands to Its Pledge to Make the Fashion Industry More Inclusive. IMG, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Hearst Magazines have joined the list of companies committed to securing career advancement for Black professionals.

  • Ebony

    Black In Fashion Council Aims To Create Real Change In The Fashion Industry.

  • Vogue

    The Black in Fashion Council Launches With 38 Company Partners, Including Condé Nast, Prabal Gurung, and Glossier.

  • WWD

    The council will be holding brands accountable to their diversity initiatives.

  • Forbes

    From those behind the camera to top brands, BIFC is pushing for Blacks to get the same opportunities in fashion as their other counterparts, who typically have an easier route in the industry of getting ahead.

  • Marie Claire

    Council supported by 400 models, executives and editors is latest in a wave of US initiatives launched to create meaningful change.

  • WWD

    The council will be holding brands accountable to their diversity initiatives.

  • Elle.com

    A new initiative has been created to support Black creatives in fashion and beauty, but how will it go about inspiring much needed change?

  • The Guardian

    Council supported by 400 models, executives and editors is latest in a wave of US initiatives launched to create meaningful change.

  • Business of Fashion

    A group co-founded by Lindsay Peoples and Sandrine Charles will partner with companies to advance Black professionals and release a yearly index score measuring diversity.

  • Vogue.com

    The Black in Fashion Council Will Establish an Equality Index Score for Companies Across the Industry.