Milk Makeup Donates Sales to Fashion Scholarship Fund – WWD

Beauty model Milk Makeup has dedicated 1 p.c of its annual gross sales to the Fashion Scholarship Fund.
Milk Makeup’s donation is meant to help students of shade, in accordance to an announcement from the model, and might even be utilized to recipients of the Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund, which is accessible as a part of the Fashion Scholarship Fund for Black college students. The proceeds will present 4 scholarships of $7,500 every to the recipients.
Additionally, Milk Makeup is introducing the Milk Makeup Visionary Fund. The fund will grant an additional $10,000 to recipients of shade, notably these with case research on digital branding and product growth.
“The magnificence focus is actually rising on the FSF, and we might be championing these BIPOC college students that stand out from [Virgil’s] fund and throughout FSF,” stated Georgie Greville, cofounder of Milk Makeup and board member of the Fashion Scholarship Fund.

Abloh additionally lauded the donation in an announcement offered to WWD. “This new dedication from Milk Makeup additional solidifies the entire function of the ‘Post Modern’ Scholarship Fund,” he stated. “Black abilities and creatives belong in all industries, in any respect ranges. It’s up to those that are presently main conversations to guarantee the long run appears completely different from the previous.”
Greville added that whereas the model solely signed on to donate for a 12 months, she’s hoping to proceed its contributions to the Fashion Scholarship Fund.

“We have all of the intention to hold it going, however that is simply the kickoff,” Greville stated. “We need it to be a long-term partnership like it’s with The Center, who we additionally might be giving 1 p.c [of sales]. We really want to amplify and help BIPOC creatives as a lot as we do our LGBTQIA ones.” The Center, also called the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, is an LGBTQ advocacy group primarily based in New York.
Greville stated the time period “authenticity” was overused, however stated Milk Makeup prioritizes inclusivity each externally and internally. “Every firm can write a examine, that’s positive, that’s nice. But I see it as desk stakes at this level. How are you actioning your values?” she stated. “It’s about giving folks jobs, energy and cash. We even have a paid internship program, which we broadcast to each The Center and FSF.”
Milk Makeup final reported its range statistics to Pull Up for Change, the initiative began by Uoma Beauty founder Sharon Chuter, in December 2020. People of shade made up 29 p.c of its workforce, Black staff on the model made up 13 p.c. By comparability, Black staff made up 9 p.c of its workforce when it initially reported in June 2020.
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