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The Outsiders Perspective Launches Forum for BIPOC Fashion Talent

About 50 fashion-industry professionals from brands such as Chanel and Burberry will form an industry-wide resource group hoping to move the needle on diversity and inclusion.
The TOP Community will meet biannually to discuss the challenges ethnic minorities face in fashion and share innovative ideas for progress, the organisation said.
The TOP Community will meet biannually to discuss the challenges ethnic minorities face in fashion and share innovative ideas for progress, the organisation said. (Courtesy)

The Outsiders Perspective, a UK-based nonprofit focused on ethnic minorities in fashion, has launched TOP Community, an industry wide alliance connecting people of colour working in the industry.

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