A New Scheme Hopes to Turbo-Charge the Careers of British Black & POC Designers

Last year, in the wake of the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, Grace Ladoja and Alex Sossah -- co-founders of the London creative agency Metallic -- began to think about how they could better effect change in their own industry.Both Ladoja and Sossah are Black, and had long been aware of the obstacles blocking people of color from securing meaningful fashion and creative roles. Specifically, they had witnessed how challenging it could be to make inroads in industries that are so dependent ...