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Dear Santa: Have You Seen The December J. Crew?
Black Models Tell Teen Vogue How Hard It Is To Be Black Models
Elle's Photoshoot With Amber Rose: Asinine, Ass-Centric
Black Models Seek Fashion Paradigm Shift
Bethann Hardison, who has long battled the fashion industry's tacit racism, organized a get-together for models of color and casting directors like James Scully and Anita Bitton at Deitch Projects' Kehinde Wiley show, just in time for fashion week. [Modelinia]PYT Repeat After Me
Chanel. Sessilee. Jourdan. Arlenis. Gorgeous, and not a Naomi to be found. [Models.com]Naked Black Women With Clothed Counterparts? Quelle Surprise
First Black Vogue Cover Model Looks Back
Thirty-five years ago this month, Beverly Johnson — photographed by the legendary Francesco Scavullo — landed the cover of Vogue. It was August 1974 and she was the magazine's first black cover model. Johnson tells the L.A. Times' Caroline Ryder: More »Why Photograph A Black Woman In A Cage?
Naomi Sims, 1948-2009: From Foster Care To Fashion Mags
5 Guesses Why Vogue Is Hurting
Every year Vogue publishes an epic, huge, "Fall Fashion" September issue. This year, things are not exactly going as planned. More »Black Women Love Makeup, But Does The Beauty Industry Love Them Back?
Essence magazine held a "Smart Beauty" panel last week, and WWD has the sad, tragic details: More »Naomi Campbell Sobers Up, Puts Down The Crack(Berry)
- Naomi Campbell: "Some people can handle a drink or a line of cocaine, but I've finally come to realize that for me, it's all or nothing — and it has to be nothing." [E! Online]
More »Smell Like Amanda Lepore For Under $1,000; Supermodel Births Superbaby
- Amanda Lepore has a scent which is more art project than perfume — sold at a gallery for $950, the crystal bottle contains notes of steamed rice, mandarins, champagne, and cucumber. It's fermented. [NY Times]
More »Will The Credit Crunch Mean Fewer Black Models?
Even though we just counted models of color on the runways (as we did last year), and found that numbers are increasing, a London model agent says the recession loves blue eyes and blonde hair. More »How Did New York Fashion Week's 116 Shows Treat Models Of Color?
Little Black Girls: So "Trendy" Right Now
The downside of having Sasha and Malia Obama in the White House? Marketing people are suddenly trying to capitalize on their appeal. More »Model Behavior
Nineteen-year-old Chanel Iman is on the cover of Page Six Magazine, and inside she talks about the difficulty of being a model of color in the fashion industry: More »Will Milan Fashion Week Be Colorless -- Again?
Last July, the "all black" issue of Italian Vogue hit newsstands, but as Milan Fashion Week kicks off this week, it's a "whiteout," says Guy Trebay of The New York Times. More »Some Designers Still Don't Feel Like Using Black Models
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