Fashion Shows Don't miss out on the headlines from Fashion Shows. Followed categories will be added to My News. Diversity in the fashion industry has taken a turn for the worse, new analysis has found, amid the rising use of Ozempic and “glamorisation” of thinness.
Vogue Business’ twice-yearly size inclusivity report found there had been “very limited progress” in diversity across the 208 spring/summer 2025 (SS25) shows and presentations. Of the 8763 looks presented at the “big four” fashion weeks – New York, London, Milan and Paris – 0.8 per cent were plus-size (above a US size 14 or Australian 18) and 4.
3 per cent were mid-size (US 6-12 or Australian 10-16), driven in part by the use of “muscular” male models at co-ed shows. A staggering 94.9 per cent of looks presented, then, were on straight-size (US 0-4 or Australian 4-8) models.
“For me, it was the worst season in a long time,” Dazed fashion features director, Emma Davidson, told Vogue . “It has felt like brands were turning their back on inclusive casting for a while, but this season, I sat in my seat a few times at shows where bigger models had previously been present, and it was so disheartening to see no representation – this season feels like the nail in the coffin.” Jill Kortleve walks the runway for Chanel SS25 at Paris Fashion Week.
Picture: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Paloma Elsesser walks the runway for Ferragamo SS25 at Milan Fashion Week. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP Wa.