Flesh-Tone Required ERIN CARPENTER IS BREAKING BARRIERS THROUGH NICHE FASHION WITH NUDE BARRE
PHOTOGRAPHED BY: @NOEMIEMARGUERITE @JAQLINMEDLOCKPHOTOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY: STELLA POLYZOIDOU STYLED BY: NUDE BARRE
G lobal colonization, the slave trade, and marginalization have affected how the world sees people of color, which has been damaging for people's self esteem. Unfortunately, this discrimination remains in the fashion and beauty industries, where clichés like light skin color are still considered the gold standard for being beautiful. Darker-skinned women continue to be underrepresented, making work to redefine beauty
standards crucial. To solve a typical issue that girls and women of color face daily, Erin Carpenter, founder and CEO of the revolutionary brand Nude Barre, started her company back in 2009 in New York City. Nude Barre is a women’s empowerment brand that provides eco-friendly tights and intimates in 12 signature nude shades to match all skin tones, from fair- skinned to medium skin and deeper or darker skin tones with a size ranging from S/M to 4XL/5XL. The brand’s mindset relies on the fact that for years, women of color struggled to find the
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