CFDA Study Highlights the Fashion Industry’s Progress on Diversity + the Hard Work Ahead

For the fashion industry, 2020 was a wake up call. The space — which has long lacked diversity — faced more backlash last year as insiders banded together to call out inequality amid a national reckoning around race in America. As a result, many companies took a look within, launching initiatives to reckon with the past, according to a new joint study by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and PVH Corp. In a survey of more than 1,000 industry employees, 60% of employees revealed that their companies have “undertaken internal or external DEI actions, with four in five believing that the response is authentic.” Additionally, 70% of survey participants believe that their companies “value the differences that people bring to the workplace.” However, according to the Council of Fashion Designers of America and PVH Corp., there is more work to be done. The report also consists of data from fashion companies and their employees — as well as interviews from current fashion editors and a focus group of Black students, who desire a career in fashion. Through the interviews, one standout concern among Black respondents is that today’s movement is more of an industry trend than a long-term focus. “Black is cool

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