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Iman, Ciara & African It-Girls Cover L'Officiel
Black Beauty Matters
With pages upon pages paying homage to African models and fashion representing the oh so necessary theme, "Black Beauty Matters," we are so here for this and got our hands on a few visuals to get you excited!
Photo Credit(s):
L'Officiel Paris
THE GANG OF AFRICA
Photography: Ellen Von Unwerth
Stylist: LeJenke
Hair: Oscar James
MUA: Porsche Cooper
Teenage model Amilna Estevao is such a beauty!
Photography: Txema Yeste
Stylist: Elizabeth Sulcer
Hairstylist: Olivier Lebrun
Make-up: Victor Alvarez...
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Lineisy Montero, the Dominican model who became a designer favorite after her debut on the Prada runway, has taken the industry by storm! As we watched the shows this season, from New York to Paris, Lineisy was literally everywhere. She is silently becoming the new face of fashion's diversity initiative as she has rocked the runway for several designers including Balmain, Céline, Balenciaga, Coco Chanel, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and more!
There has been so much controversy around the lack of cultural diversity in the fashion industry, especially in the booking of models for campaigns and runway shows. It's a breath of fresh air to see a model of color slaying the runway in her natural black afro, alongside other models who...
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Our fav Puerto Rican supermodel Joan, poses alongside dancer and choreographer, Charles "Lil Buck' Riley to create an animated and action-filled photoshoot for the Wall Street Journal. Known as the man who reinvented the street-style dance known as jookin' with infusions of ballet, Lil Buck dances through the editorial as Joan puts couture in motion. The finished product is super dope!
Publication: Wall Street Journal (WJS)
Directed by Magnus Berger
Images via Wall Street Journal
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Aug
Olivier Rousteing declared, "I'm French, I'm black, and I'm proud to be at Balmain, but this is a message of freedom and globalism," he said.
The collection, said to be a mash-up of safari chic and hip-hop style and one that embraces different ethnicities and cultures, and is reflective of his latest campaign face and new friend, Rihanna. We love it! There were cargo jackets and pants, leopard spots and zebra stripes, leather latticed with silk cord and gold chain, oversize motorcycle jackets, and electric pops of red and yellow lamb's fur, all showed on one of the most diverse castings of the season. Check out a few runway photos featuring models of color. Click any image to see full gallery.
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Naomi Campbell says her campaign to counter racism in fashion was inspired by Nelson Mandela, who once dubbed her his “honorary granddaughter.
“I’ve seen a huge change this season already,” Campbell said. “Giorgio Armani used four models of color in his show, and a model of color opened his show, which is something that I haven’t seen in a very long time. Jil Sander did; I’m naming names because this is a big improvement.”
Last September, she lent support to the advocacy group, Diversity Coalition, that calls out high-profile designers who either did not use models of color at all in their fall fashion week shows, or only sent one down their catwalks. Set up by former model agent Bethann Hardison, the...
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Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Issa Lish, Kayla Scott, Leona Binx Walton, Ysaunny Brito and male model Jackson Hale team up with photographer Mario Sorrenti for Balmain Fall/Winter 2014/2015 campaign. Massive Hauteness!
Fashion Stylist: Katie Grand {Fashion Editor}
Olivier Rousteing favors streetwear over suiting and describes the designs in the new Balmain Menswear Collection as, "more me than ever!" It's dope.
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