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    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Hmm. So that whole "We only did it 'cuz it was fresh and edgy" argument is officially stale and about to get sandpapered down? #stevenkleinblackface more »
    tigolbitties: i thought the women over at threadbared offered an amazing response to this, especially since i was gobsmacked reading many of the comments in the fir... more »
    robotsattack: this reminds me growing up as an indian kid in an affluent white neighborhood- kids would make comments like "did you buy that at the 99 cents store?"... more »
    Niko Bellic: This shit should be marked NSFW. more »
    kbang: While the issue of colour is obvious, I also have a MAJOR problem with the positioning of the models. Every single one is on the floor, which brings ... more »
    Peebers says what?: Just wondering, did it bother people as much when makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin featured Tori Amos as a Native American in his book Face Forward? He play... more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: This has got me thinking. You have an Italian Vogue spread in blackface, the Spanish Olympic basketball team pulling their eyes to the side in an off... more »
    iplaudius: I’m getting “swarthy gypsy” more than anything else, but I think the point about blackface still holds. #stevenkleinblackface more »
    hfree: Does anyone else remember the ANTM where they made the girls up as different races in the guise of a "Got Milk" commercial? It freaked me out then to... more »
    LovelyHue: I understand that whiteness is considered the 'default' and 'norm' when it isn't, and when it shouldn't be anyway. But how are white women racially u... more »
    yvanehtnioj: RE: the Wall Street Journal's fashion reporter: How someone can look at white women painted black and not see "race" is an issue ... it's truly the le... more »
    the glamwich: i just don't understand the aesthetic value of this in the least. primary colors maybe, bold brights and neons, but i see no point in making up somebo... more »
    LaMorenita: Question for you fashion-y people: I always thought that for fashion spreads the art director/various editors came up with ideas for these spreads, an... more »
    AndPreciousLittleofThat: Is there an inverse equivalent of this? I suppose kabuki makeup might count, but I can't ever remember seeing black models in "whiteface." I can und... more »
    SevenNationArmy: And here I thought Steven's only schtick was doing S&M/dominatrix shoots. Boy was I wrong. #stevenkleinblackface more »
    bluebears: I'm not impressed that their only excuse seems to be, "hey, we're ignorant!" #stevenkleinblackface more »
    andBegorrah: On the plus side, Silvio Berlusconi's been inspired to resign from politics to start a women's wear line. #stevenkleinblackface more »
    Penny: "..it just demonstrates that white people are permitted to play with racial categories in ways that people of color are generally not." Tell that to ... more »
    Master.And.Everyone: They could have saved thousands on body paint by just hiring Arlenis Sosa. Are you with me? #stevenkleinblackface more »
    largirl: My first impression of those wasn't blackface - it was Cinderella-esque, kind of sooty and dirty (esp. 1, 2, and 3). And that doing that was meant to... more »
  • #blackwhite

    Fashion Photographer Steven Klein Has Done Blackface Before

    This ten-page Italian Vogue editorial from February, 2006, features two Caucasian models made up to look like black women. The photographer? A certain Steven Klein. More »
  • #fashionphotography

    Dovima With Everything

    Richard Avedon disowned his fashion work in later life — but New York's International Center of Photography is mounting a retrospective exhibit of his fashion photography. This slideshow ought to heighten everyone's excitement. [New Yorker]
  • #maghag

    When Men Are Objectified In The Name Of Fashion

    A very strange series of images were published by the British fashion site PonyStep last week featuring young male models in their underwear, with words like "Fuck Me" scribbled on their exposed flesh (NSFW). More »