AW17 Diversity Report

The diversity report for AW17 is in and this past season was the most diverse at all four locations.

The report conducted by The Fashion Spot, looked at over 240 shows and found that 27.9 per cent of the models who walked the runways were of minority ethnicities - the highest percentage recorded since The Fashion Spot began analysing shows two and a half years ago.

Coming in first with 31.5 per cent of non-white models was New York and not surprisingly Milan coming in last. All of the shows that the report looked at in new York featured at least one model of colour and the five shows ranked highest for racial diversity were held in New York - Gypsy Sport, Chromat, Kimora Lee Simmons, Yeezy Season 5 and Marc Jacobs.

Looking at size, age and transgender, this season there were 12 transgender models and 21 women aged over 50. Double the amount of plus-size models were used this season compared to last, with 30 models taking to the catwalk. Body positivity advocate and plus-sizse supermodel, Ashley Graham, became the first and only plus-size model to walk in the Michael Kors show.

These are still low percentages in the grand scheme of things but looking back, there has been a vast improvement in terms of diversity. But there's still a long way to go.