i want people to think that tommy hilfiger the brand i cared about others. that the entire industry changes. - and i know that i cannoti affect that change alone. i would like other executives . to realise the importance of it. that goes from the top - of the company to the bottom of the company. and it'sjust not- for the ad campaign. 0r it'sjust not for the runway. but it has to run like a river. through the entire company. i hope we can have more conversations like this where you're inviting models to have a seat at the table, where it can be more collaborative, and above all, i want it to be inclusive, i want us to care about one another and for it to be genuine, on and off the runway. and so the future of fashion, it's looking very...promising. hello, there. temperatures have been nudging down a little bit over recent days and we'll continue to see that cooling trend for the next few days too, so a change in weather type after the heatwave of last week but this coming week cooler conditions and quite unsettled, so more heavy showers, perhaps in thunderst

about her experiences with industry insiders, but now, i've arranged for her to meet back up with tommy hilfiger her decision. you're meeting tommy today and you have some questions for him. given everything we've been through this year, you know, the blm movement, it's just such a timely conversation and it's my first since my exit of the fashion industry and to sit down with one of the industry leaders, it'sjust, it's going to be an iconic sit—down. tommy hilfiger has been vocal about the need to tackle racism and discrimination in the fashion industry, and in 2020 he pledged $15 million over three years to increase diverse representation. i've been speaking with models from diverse backgrounds here in london to find out what it's like working in the fashion industry, and they have some questions for tommy and halima. ramla is 22 years old, and is a muslim hijab—wearing model. i wanted to ask a question about how you said about how your religion and the fashion industry aren't compatible. and i just want to know if you have any advice for other hijabi models in the industry and what you think

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when tommy hilfiger speaks, he says it is an industry with some outrageously antiquated ideals.tists who are able to do the appropriate hair and make up and we offer these up to the clients. there are lots of people. the client may argue the standard is not to their wanting but it doesn't make it an excuse for not actually recognising it and dealing with it. you can't expect a model of colour to do her own make—up, it is unfair, belittling for an individual to be put into a corner to do it herself while another girl is being looked after for 15 minutes. there are different walks of lives, the catwalk is fundamentally different from a creative and graphic shoot. very different environments was has to recognise the differences. thank ou for to recognise the differences. thank you forjoining _ to recognise the differences. thank you forjoining us. _ to recognise the differences. thank you forjoining us, john _ to recognise the differences. thank you forjoining us, john horner, i you forjoining us, john horner, managing director of models one. the boss of the tokyo olympics opening

the other is us designer tommy hilfiger who needs no further introduction.rst muslim hijab—wearing model in the industry and it got to a place where i was so far removed from my own image and my hijab kept shrinking. now we have brought her together with fashion designer tommy hilfiger who she worked with extensively to talk about the need for change in the fashion industry. i understand why you left the fashion industry and i'm surprised more models have not been vocal about it because there's been a lot of abuse and i would say disrespect. i've been speaking with models from diverse backgrounds here in london so they can share their experiences and questions with halima and tommy. i've been asked by a stylist i if i could wear a cutout dress and we had a whole argument - about it, because i told them that i wasn't willing to wear. something so revealing. i think it's outrageous. that really angers me. it's embarrassing to be a part of a business that has such outrageously antiquated ideas. this is another reason why there needs to be diversity with the mak

it's going to be a conversation between tommy hilfiger and i, and i'm going to be discussing why i havee you are so far removed from your own image and that the way you were being styled, your hijab kept shrinking, it seemed to get smaller with each shoot. so, was that a feeling that you were losing control, you were being made to do things you didn't want? you know, it's not that i was made to do things that i didn't want, but i think — like many models, you start off very young, i was 19 when i started modelling — and i remember bringing a suitcase to sets of full of hijabs, fabrics, leggings, sweaters and turtlenecks and all these things that i would bring and work with the stylist on set to achieve the shoot. and then the last two years of my career, i trusted the stylist on set to style me. and that's when i saw that my image was changing, my hijab style was changing, it kept getting smaller and smaller. and in a way, i had almost lost my true identity as a hijab—wearing muslim woman because the styles they were dressing me in didn't make it a hijab, it was hats, accessories, and j

my question to tommy hilfiger is if you are educating your. staff and casting directors . as to whatar eastern state of arunchal pradesh, more than 80% of adults have had a jab. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan travelled to the area to find out how they've managed it. these are the lengths some health workers are going to to deliver vaccines across india. in this far—flung corner of the country, they are making arduousjourneys, to reach remote villages accessible only by foot. in the blistering heat, we trekked through the jungle with this man and his team. covid cases have been rising here in the state of arunachal pradesh, so they are picking up the pace of the vaccine drive. translation: we go by foot, boats, or by hanging bridges. _ there are some very dangerous places here. our main responsibility is to maintain the temperature of the cool box to preserve the vaccines. that is why we try to reach the villages as soon as we can. his team are pushing themselves to the limit. but here, and across india, there have been challenges. the government has been criticised for being t

muslim model halima aden meets with fashion great tommy hilfiger.ice to see you. let's start with a huge blow to organisers of the rugby league world cup in england this autumn. australia and new zealand have pulled out of the tournament, citing "player welfare and safety concerns" related to covid—19, and want it postponed till next year. they're the two biggest sides in the men's and women's games, and the withdrawal will also affect the wheelchair competition. the rugby football league have hit back, calling it a selfish and cowardly decision, and rfl president clare balding says it's devastating news. so wet i don't understand about this is why the rugby league has decided to withdraw from the biggest tournament that has ever been staged in rugby league. actually, we could wait a couple of months, and if they still felt that badly, then let's look at it closer to the time, but it seems very odd timing, and i think there is still quite a lot of work going on to try to repair that situation and find a solution because particularly for the women's

of fashion — halima aden, the world's first hijab wearing supermodel meets us fashion designer tommy hilfiger

now, in a bbc 100 women exclusive interview, she's spoken with us designer tommy hilfiger about why shebe diversity with the make—up crew, hire, _ be diversity with the make—up crew, hire, stylists. it's notjust about having a diverse catwalk. now let's speak with davina appiagyei, policy researcher at the think tank fashion roundtable who published a report earlier this week with the parliamentary group for textiles and fashion, which found that discrimination "pervades the fashion industry." thank you forjoining us. what, in your opinion, was the most striking finding from this report? to your opinion, was the most striking finding from this report?— finding from this report? to be honest, there _ finding from this report? to be honest, there were so - finding from this report? to be honest, there were so many i finding from this report? to be i honest, there were so many striking findings. if you look through the report, we have so many real life experiences. but i think one of the main things i would say that we took was the deep systemic route issues. is it that so many of these pe