Reasons to Read

The 2021 AAFA American Image Awards were held on June 21, 2021. The Coresight Research team attended alongside retail, apparel, footwear and fashion accessory executives.

In this report, we present three key insights from the event:

• The awards recognized ongoing efforts to improve diversity within the industry.
• Leading designers have not let the pandemic derail their plans to improve sustainability, with the world’s first carbon-neutral fashion show taking place in 2020.
• Apparel and footwear retailers are embracing the post-pandemic recovery as an opportunity to redefine the e-commerce experience with innovations such as “virtual try-on.”