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Retail employees reflect on mental health during Covid-19

As October is Mental Health Awareness month, FashionUnited wanted to bring more awareness and transparency to the topic of mental health in the fashion industry by speaking to a former retail manager of River Island and a former sales associate of Hollister to discuss and reflect on what it was like to work in the retail industry during the...

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Victoria’s Secret Pink launches initiative for mental health awareness month

In honor of mental health awareness month, Victoria’s Secret Pink has launched a new initiative that encourages consumers to show how they take care of their mental health on various social media platforms. For every post with the hashtag #makeyourmove on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, Pink will donate 1 dollar, up to 250,000 dollars, to The Jed...

Fashion

Asics launches mental health campaign with Mind

Sportswear brand Asics is committing to using the power of sport to uplift the world in 2021 with a new campaign focusing on getting people moving for positive physical and mental wellbeing. In partnership with the mental health charity Mind, Asics is launching a Sunrise Mind campaign this month to get people moving and to raise funds to help...

Fashion

Model Stella Tennant died from suicide, confirms family

British supermodel Stella Tennant’s sudden death on 22 December left many wondering as to the cause. On Thursday Tennant’s family said in a statement to the Telegraph that the beloved model had been unwell for some time and felt unable to go on. ‘We have been humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support since Stella died. ‘She...

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Video: Britain's Compulsive Shoppers (Mental Health Documentary), Only Human

Shopping is something most people do - but for some, it can become an obsessive-compulsive habit making it hard to live a normal life. Jasmine Harman meets people suffering from shopping addiction while investigating the personal and very emotional reasons for developing this money-consuming habit. Source: Only Human, YouTube.

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Canada's Zombie Boy dead of apparent suicide at 32

Canadian model and artist Zombie Boy -- who was found dead of an apparent suicide at his home in Montreal -- used his head-to-toe tattoos to earn international notice, from the catwalks of Paris to a video for pop superstar Lady Gaga. Zombie Boy, whose real name was Rick Genest, died this week in his hometown of Montreal, his agent Dulcedo...

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McQueen, suicide and the dark side of the celebrity fairy tale

When celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion icon Kate Spade killed themselves within the space of three days in June, many couldn't fathom the tragedy of two people who seemed to have it all. The suicides followed a slew of similarly shocking headlines in recent years about rock stars Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell, Hollywood figures...

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Kate Spade to donate 1 million dollars for suicide prevention

After the untimely death of their brilliant founder due to a suicide, Kate Spade New York has committed 1 million dollars for charitable causes for mental health awareness and suicide prevention. The news first broke on WWD. The donations will begin with 250,000 dollars to the Crisis Text Line, and public donations to the non-profit organization...

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Mental illness in fashion: opening up the conversation

The fashion industry is often portrayed as a world of extravagance, excess, glitz and glamour, and endless excitement. However, fashion designers, models, and professionals are subject to a side of the industry that can result in serious damage to mental health. The fast paced, heavily watched, high-stakes nature of the fashion world may be a...

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Kate Spade was under treatment for depression, anxiety: husband

Designer Kate Spade, who committed suicide in New York this week, had been treated for depression and anxiety for five years, her husband said Wednesday. "She was actively seeking help for depression and anxiety over the last five years, seeing a doctor on a regular basis and taking medication for both depression and anxiety," her husband Andy...

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Kate Spade Dies of Apparent Suicide: Leaves Behind Legacy

Designer and mogul Kate Spade died in her New York City apartment on Tuesday morning of what is being reported as a suicide by hanging. According to the Associated Press, the housekeeping staff found the 55-year-old unresponsive at her Park Avenue home. After police arrived, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Further details have yet to be...

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Fashion student suicide: the dark side of academic pressure

Student suicide rates and mental health issues amongst youth are topics currently being widely discussed but not always directly associated with the fashion industry. Until the death of a foreign student at Antwerp’s Fashion Academy in March. While we often hear degree courses in fashion are tough, they are, as everyone knows, a far cry from the...