On Being 'Brown' In The Fashion Industry

Long-read POV article for Cosmopolitan, commissioned by Amy Bannerman. "It started with a pair of tights. I’d just hit my teens: black tights had become seriously uncool, and ‘skin coloured’ tights were now a thing. So, I headed to the high street in pursuit of the newly coveted nude tights trend. After foraging forlornly through box after box of nude tights in the depths of Primarni, I realised that they were all for lighter skin tones. Thinking the brown gal shades must have sold out, I remember asking the store assistant if she could help. I wasn’t expecting her reply: “Sorry - we don’t do them in your colour”."

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