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A January 23 report published by the British Fashion Council, incubation platform The Outsiders Perspective, learning and development platform The Fashion Minority Report, and consulting company McKinsey reveals that most U.K. fashion firms lag in leadership inclusivity, with people of color and women underrepresented in executive roles.
The report, resulting from a year of research and the first U.K. Fashion DEI Census in 2023, highlights a disparity in diversity progress within the U.K. fashion industry. While there has been notable advancement in diverse representation across marketing products including runway shows, internal diversity, referring to employees and board members, lags behind. The report leveraged insights from interviews with 11 business leaders, an analysis of 70 U.K. fashion firms and other research.
The report shows that only 9% of executive team and board members and 11% of CEOs and creative directors are people of color. Women constitute 39% of executive leaders but only 24% hold top positions. Perceptions of industry diversity vary significantly among different groups: 86% of white men and 69% of white women view the industry as diverse, while just 57% of men of color and 46% of women of color feel the same.
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