protesters in iran. it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, the editor in chief of british vogue sits down with amol rajan to discuss his upbringing, the health of the fashion industry, and what he s going to do next. as editor in chief of british vogue since 2017, edward enninful has challenged convention not least by increasing the number of black and older women in the magazine. he s reached the summit of international fashion and media while battling depression, alcohol problems and a sickle cell condition. it s a long way from his childhood in ghana, which his family fled during the political turmoil of the mid 980s, landing in south london at the height of social unrest in the capital. black, working class, gay and a former asylum seeker, he s now tipped by many as anna wintour s replacem
the counteroffensive. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak confirms he s in the race to be the next conservative leader. penny morduant is also in the running. depsite growing support, borisjohnson is yet to declare. elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. ukrainian officials say more than 200,000 households remain without power a day after a wave of russian airstrikes. in other news xijinping has a third term as china s leader, after being in power for a decade already. now on bbc news the arts interviews: edward enninful as editor in chief of british vogue since 2017, edward enninful has challenged convention not least by increasing the number of black and older women in the magazine. he s reached the summit of international fashion and media while battling depression, alcohol problems and a sickle cell condition. it s a
and according to mckinsey, the consultancy, just one industry, fashion, accounts for 4% of global greenhouse emissions, as much as france, germany and the uk combined. that is an extraordinary impact, often on items that are wasted or disposed of. are you concerned that fashion is costing too much for the earth? at the moment the biggest conversation in fashion right now is about sustainability and how, what we can do to save the planet. for me, if you look to one of my issues, i had taylor swift on the cover and my motto is, buy better, buy less. let s not buy things every day that will pollute, will end up in landfill. let s buy better things you can pass on to generations. these conversations are so paramount in the industry right now. it is impossible to talk about what you have done at vogue without talking about the guest editing that meghan markle did. this occupies only a couple of pages in your book, you describe her as a
and then, i went into the gay scene, thinking i d found my tribe and again, so many rejections. so for me, i was always looking for a home. i was always looking for. belonging. yes! yes, belonging. you ve had four eye operations. for someone who depends for their career on their eye, in media and in fashion, that must be pretty scary. i mean, i never had good eyesight anyway i always had sort of 10 glasses and i had, yeah, four retinal detachments, four surgeries. each time meant three weeks staring at the ground in a dark room and not lifting up your head and, yes, it was very sort of very psychologically intense. but what i also learnt from that you don t need perfect vision to create. you don t need 20 20 vision to see images. so that s the irony even though i have bad eyesight, i m still able
to american vogue where there were specific models you had to use and it was quite a strict framework, which i was not used to. but i m really glad i went through that because that really sort of enabled me to understand the business side of fashion, that fashion wasn t just about fantasy, but it was a business. you say in your book you became known as the guy who shoots black girls. yes, i ve always been about different women of all shapes and sizes and race and religion and age. i ve always been like that. so when i got to american vogue, i guess it was very they had their, you know, like i said, they had their box, but i think i was also brought in to break that box because if i wanted black models i got them. if i wanted this model, i got her. how did that make you reflect on the public difficulties conde nast had a few years ago where some employees said it was a place hostile to diversity. i think that public reckoning was notjust conde nast, it was every company. not only just