Friday, June 20, 2008

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL







RACIAL PREJUDICE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY HAS LONG PERSISTED BECAUSE OF TOKENISM AND LOOKISM. FOR THE JULY ISSUE OF ITALIAN VOGUE STEVEN MEISEL ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FASHION HAS DEVOTED THE ENTIRE ISSUE TO ONLY BLACK MODELS: VOGUE'S ITALIA'S FIRST EVER "BLACK ISSUE" ALL FEATURE TOPICS ARE RELATED TO BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

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