Italian Vogue creates a black beauty issue
Filed under: Runway Trends
As we've repeatedly documented on this site, their is a clear lack of diversity in the fashion industry. All of the runways, editorials, advertisements, and fashion covers have been completely white-washed for the past eight years now.It's gotten so bad that former model agency owner Bethann Hardison -- who use to rep supermodels Tyson Beckford and Naomi Campbell -- had to convene two summits to discuss the refusal of some of fashion's most powerful to embrace black beauty. CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg even sent out a letter prior to fashion week urging designers to incorporate models of all ethnicities onto their catwalks.
However, after the fall '08 fashion season concluded, the runways were as bland as ever.
But just when we thought all was lost, it seems as though somebody has finally gain some semblance of a conscience.
