Italian fashion house Gucci's Changemakers initiative

Italian fashion house Gucci has launched a $1.5 million U.S. university scholarship program that is aimed at students who are “traditionally underrepresented” in the fashion industry. The Gucci Changemakers initiative was announced in March with the aim of changing fashion culture and supporting “industry change and to foster unity through community action.”

The scholarships for students attending four-year universities will consider ethnic and gender diversity. The sweater that resembled blackface cost $890, according to screenshots from the Gucci website, taken before the product was removed.
In the United States, blackface had largely fallen out of favor by the turn of the 21st century and is considered offensive. Blackface is a form of theatrical make-up used by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person.

Charles Fredrick Worth was the very first fashion designer

Charles Fredrick Worth was the very first fashion designer and the first seamster.

Indo-British designer Bindu Rivas, American designer Waraire Boswell and Twin Hill have created new uniforms for McDonald’s employees. This is the first time McDonald’s USA has tapped influential designers to design crew and manager uniforms. The Timeless Elements collection was styled by Bindu Rivas in partnership with Twin Hill. Rivas is a designer in the U.K. who has created uniform collections for several major brands in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, including the hugely successful McDonald’s UK uniform line.