So last weekend I
attended the Women of the World Festival (WOW), which was held at the Southbank
Centre and which celebrates the formidable strength, and inventiveness of
women.
The day was a diverse programme of events, performances,
talks, debates etc. from women from around the globe
Two of the
fantastic debates I attended were:
Fashion, Beauty
and Style
The fashion
industry contributes nearly £40bn to the UK economy, directly employing
over 800,000 people. So why isn’t it taken more seriously? Why does a
dress worn by Kate Middleton (Duchess of Cambridge) sell out in minutes?
Can fast fashion ever be ethical?”
The speakers
included Hadley Freeman from The Guardian, Natasha Pearlman – deputy editor of
Elle Magazine and ethical fashion expert Amisha Ghadiali. It was chaired by
June Sarpong, presenter and co-founder of the WIE Network.
And
Weave VS Natural?
The Politics of Natural Hair’ “For centuries, women of colour have been
told that their hair in its natural state isn’t good enough. Do we judge
black women by whether or not they straighten their hair? Is the Afro
still a political hairstyle? And do Michelle Obama’s bangs really matter?
Speakers
included: Keysha Davis, editor of Blackhair magazine, journalist and
writer Funmi Fetto, journalist Eva Simpson and blogger Natalie Clue
(Beauty Pulse London). It was chaired by journalist and author Hannah Pool
– I have a detailed post of
this coming up soon where I am writing it as a guest post, so I will keep you
posted on when it comes out.
In the meantime,
I just wanted to share a brief summary of some of the key points that I took
away and some images of the events and people.
