{"id":99684,"date":"2017-11-07T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=99684"},"modified":"2017-11-06T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:38:40","slug":"fern-bain-smith-is-on-a-mission-for-women-in-fashion-also-shes-really-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/fern-bain-smith-is-on-a-mission-for-women-in-fashion-also-shes-really-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Fern Bain Smith is on a mission for Women in Fashion, also she’s really cool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fern Bain Smith<\/a> at Viva London <\/a> by Larissa Hofmann<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n

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Right face, right time, or so it goes. As was the case for South London-girl Fern Bain Smith who was scouted by photographer Jamie Hawkesworth<\/a> at her boarding school. She was primed to make an impression. Since then Fern has somehow maintained a fan club that includes the likes of\u00a0Alasdair McLellan<\/a>,\u00a0David Sims<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hawkesworth while simultaneously flying under the radar\u2013by modern standards. A seemingly unabashed goof with an appetite for activism, Fern and her brand is one of no imitations: her quasi-modelness (speaking affectionately), her it-girl status, her uber-authenticity.<\/p>\n

But Fern\u2019s natural cool doesn\u2019t stop there, it gets better: she\u2019s an ambassador for the feminist, non-profit organization Women in Fashion<\/a>. WIF aims to address issues like diversity, representation of gender, age discrimination and sexism. \u201cMy role as an ambassador is to spread the WIF message and to inform people about us\u2013everyone is welcome,\u201d Fern explains to Models.com. It was thanks to the organization\u2019s co-founder, Daisy Walker<\/a>, that she got involved promoting the group and its message of empowerment. \u201cMeeting my sister\/mentor\/best friend\/founder of WIF, Daisy Walker, changed my life and career,\u201d says Fern, \u201cI owe a lot of my development as a human to her. She taught me to ask for what I need and how to say \u2018NO\u2019.\u201d She admits her ambassadorship began selfishly (if you call it that) with her own quest for self-improvement, \u201cI couldn\u2019t get enough of the educational and self-affirming relationship I had with Daisy as a woman further along in her journey than me, and I wanted more!\u201d Fern, in turn, took a greater interest in campaigning for the issues facing women, \u201cI really value people who take up space when they\u2019re told not to…the girls and women speaking up about their experiences with sexual assault, trans women who are saying \u201cYes, I deserve to be heard\u201d, but also those who are watching on the sidelines, maybe at the beginning of their journeys, still existing and figuring it out or just supporting and listening.\u201d (The next Women In Fashion meeting is at 7.30pm, 9th Nov, Stoke Newington. RSVP to daisy@womeninfashion.co.uk. See website www.womeninfashion.co.uk<\/a> for more details)<\/p>\n

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