Hi!! @snagstylist here! I was privileged to interview the wonderful @tess.daly for Snag - Tess Daly is an activist, an influencer, a model, a stylist and she is hilarious. ‘Hi Josephine, I hope you don’t mind me not having the camera on but my laptop’s positioned directly below my head so all you’d get is a great view up my nose!’ From that point on I know this is going to be a fun interview but I am also struck throughout our chat, by how passionate and at times, angry Tess is about the state of the fashion industry. Indeed she brings up the interview that our own Brie did with the BBC about the backlash that Snag suffer when we use models who are fat-bodied. She mentions that for a couple of years, after lockdown things seemed to be moving in a positive direction in terms of inclusion and accessibility in the fashion world. Tess was working a lot, doing ads and shots. Lots of nice statements were made and it appeared that big brands were genuinely concerned about representation but also, post-pandemic, they had a fresh consciousness that disability could indeed happen to anyone at any time and were acting as if that was of importance to them. Fast forward to today and Tess and I commiserate with each other in the pretty certain knowledge that for many, this was a short-lived, tokenist stance. Lots of the same brands have returned to using only straight-sized, able-bodied models for their campaigns and catwalks, even where they actually make clothes for larger or differently abled bodies. ‘We’re not asking to be put in a pedestal, we just want to be at the bloody table, not under it!’ Tess says. I ask who’s getting it right and am very surprised by the answer, ‘Primark!’ Tess replies immediately and goes on to explain that they have recently launched a range of adaptive clothing, wardrobe staples like a trench coat, jeans and lingerie. These were created by Victoria Jenkins a fashion designer and campaigner with lived experience of using adaptive clothing. ‘It’s designed by us, not just for us,’ Tess adds, and continues, ‘In the Beauty world I see SEPHORA trying very hard to be inclusive, and not just during Disability Pride Month, all year round.