Mr Q Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Italian Vogue has broken one of the fashion world's taboos by featuring only black models in its July issue. The pictures by New-York based Steven Meisel, one of the most successful photographers in the industry, fill about 100 pages of the magazine, and are accompanied by features on black women in the arts and entertainment.The absence of black models on the covers of fashion magazines has long been a complaint inside the industry. The justification frequently given is that such covers "do not sell".Article continuesLeading black figures among models, designers and agents claim that the business has grown increasingly discriminatory, with levels of exposure for black women among the lowest since the 1960s. Several big names have formed a protest group in New York to highlight the problem.Italian Vogue's editor, Franca Sozzani, said her decision was influenced by the New York group, as well as by Barack Obama's success in the US presidential primaries.Meisel, who worked with Madonna on her controversial coffee-table book, Sex, brought several of the black fashion world's big names aboard for the issue. He photographed Naomi Campbell, Iman, Tyra Banks, Liya Kebede, Jourdan Dunn, Alek Wek and Pat Cleveland, among others."I thought, it's ridiculous, this discrimination. It's so crazy to live in such a narrow, narrow place. Age, weight, sexuality, race - every kind of prejudice," he told the New York Times. He blamed designers, magazine editors and advertisers for the decline in the numbers of black women in fashion shows. "I have asked my advertising clients so many times, 'Can we use a black girl?' They say no."Among the black models on his roster was the full-figured Toccara Jones. Meisel argued that weight was also an issue in the fashion world.Italian Vogue's all-black issue is unlikely to be emulated by its US sister magazine, however. As a gesture, American Vogue will this month run an article about the lack of black models. http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashio...2286681,00.htmlhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=16239569196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Braund Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 oh so THATS y Janay wanted itshoulda clocked tbhDAMN DAVID DAMN.. TOO SLOW TODAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero001 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 But theres no such thing as racism. What they on about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodie Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I wanna see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flat Eric Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yeah its swag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revs Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 who did you used to be Mr Animation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Q Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Mr Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbmc Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 i'll file this with the rest of my fashion mags: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Braund Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 i'll file this with the rest of my fashion mags:black bin!!!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Di Gradi Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 out of all the countries to do it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbmc Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 lol, i typed "racist bin" into google image search and got this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafter Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 i'll buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofa Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Collectable issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Bit Better Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I would buy this to support the cause if it was readily available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-T Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I would buy this to support the cause if it was readily available.Should be available in most of Europe today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Bit Better Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Better be less than £3.66 coz I ain't taking money out to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxx Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 lol you man bare exited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKandy Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Preview:Liya is gorgeous. Expected them to have Alek Wek/Iman on the cover though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davicious X Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Will buy just for the support.LMAO @ the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Man Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 i'll file this with the rest of my fashion mags:smh at not recycling in 08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 hold tite 98% of the black models in this edition having european features and light skinnd complexions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Bit Better Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 hold tite 98% of the black models in this edition having european features and light skinnd complexionsFair enough. But black is black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twirl Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 out of all the countries to do it in.thats what i thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Knows? Who Cares? Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 This will be a best seller, not beacause every 1 loves black women, but coz this issue it will be a collectors item.Vogue know this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafter Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 has anyone got it yeti went wh smith in town, they never had it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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