BLACK IS FINALLY IN FASHION AT VOGUE!

I was on a well known website, and I came across this passage...

It's an open secret in the fashion industry:
black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.

Apart from Naomi Campbell in one Louis Vuitton advertisement this season, it would be difficult to find a single black model in a prominent position in a magazine. Carole White of the Premier Model Agency says she has received casting briefs requesting "no ethnics" and adds: "According to magazines, black models don't sell." People don't tend to talk about it, but black models have to be so beautiful and perfect because we can't have a lot of diversity with black models; it's harder work for the agency because there's not so much on offer. White models can have more diversity."

But she added: "There has been a shift recently: supportive media coverage has had an impact on the fashion industry."

Now isn't that interesting? Reading this, it reminds me of the sometimes controversial documentary of P.Diddy. If you remember, a couple weeks ago, I posted a recent documentary of P.Diddy and his latest fashion show titled "If I were King". In this documentary, I remember P.Diddy saying he didn't "want any white people in his show." Watching it, you would think he were being a racist, but to the contrary, Diddy was actually trying to showcase the beauty of Black Americans. Just like in any other high fashion magazine, Black models are usually never seen, and when they are, they are shown with very similar facial features, limiting our positiion in the fashion industry. You know, the normal "black model" which are usually very tall, dark and have Afrocentric features such as high cheekbones and a short haircut. Diddy, being a Black American wanted to showcase how much our race varies in color, shapes, and textures. Nonetheless, to high fashion magazines such as Vogue acknowledge the Black race and its beauty shows we are one step closer to actually being considered in this society. Models such as Tyra, Iman, and Niomi have opened the door to a new light of fashion.

Source: The Independant