"Because of obvious circumstances, we've avoided booking additional models right now for ranges that have been extended from smaller sizes," a spokesperson told the DailyMail. "'Right across our plus-size ranges online you can see plus size models - in this rare exception, we're transparent online about the model's size."

- Plus sized Digi models could have been booked out as soon as the backlash begun to save this Missguided story

 

Luke Jefferson Day – Editor of GQ Style, Fashion Director of British GQ, Fashion Stylist

·      “It was like ticking boxes”

·      “Some of our best-selling covers are black covers”

 

Elgar Johnson – Deputy Editor and Fashion Director of GQ Style, Contributing Fashion Editor of British GQ

·      “I’ve seen a massive change in the industry”

·      “There is a lot more diversity on and off the catwalk, but there could be a lot more off”

·      “You felt like you couldn’t say anything because people would fire you on the spot”

·      “the more vocal you can be, the more this will change”

·      “brands could definitely all do better” with regards to racism

·      “this isn’t a trend”

·      “what you’re doing in digital usually mirrors what you’re doing in print. Until print changes, digital I can't see digital being any more forward"

 

·      “The best-selling Vogue cover was black”

 

·      “Codewords”

·      “We can’t be at the end of the conversation at the start of it”

·      “People need to start making statements”

·      “We’re at the start of a revolution”