CARYN FRANKLIN MBE

Beginning her career in 1982, Caryn Franklin, a former i-D magazine fashion editor and co-editor for 6 years moved naturally into television after contributing to a variety of early fashion programming including The Tube, Network 7 and South of Watford. A BBC Broadcaster for 15 years, she has authored and co-produced numerous fashion programmes and documentaries for BBC 1, Channel 4, etc.. Including The Clothes Show a prime time show she presented for 12 years to audiences of up to 13 million in the UK and further-reaching many millions more through BBC World service.

In recent years, and with an MSc in applied psychology specialising in selfhood, objectification, inclusivity and gender bias, she has consulted with the Women’s Equality Party and later the Advertising Standards Authority in the establishment of the new policy on tackling objectification of women in mass media imagery. Caryn continues to write, present and teach alongside consulting with corporate leadership initiatives to deliver interactive workshops on the benefits of diverse perspectives and creativity and more recently on white centricity and bias in the workplace.”