For the first time since Raf Simons took over the design duties at Christian Dior, the brand has hired black models for its runway show. Six black models were cast in today's Dior couture show, one of the most highly anticipated fashion shows of the season.
Today in Paris, Belgian designer Raf Simons showed his first ever women's collection under the Christian Dior name. Dior, which had languished for a year without a creative director following the hasty firing of John Galliano (for that whole "being a racist" thing), hired Simons just after he was let go from Jil…
The Dior couture show was very restrained, with almost no color. There were black dresses.
Come with me, if you will, to a faroff place called The Land of Fashion. In the Land of Fashion there are no recessions, no poverty, no troubles. It's like Oz, except people think they're qualified to talk about politics. And there's a magical little wizard named John Galliano, who takes what he likes from different…
