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    Penny: I have a more lax view on this debate than most, but this is one shot that I can say with authority would have been much cooler with an actual black m... more »
    yvanehtnioj: They can call it art, they can call it fashion. Well they might try to call it art, but I don't see how they'd get away with calling it fashion. Thes... more »
    Armed with Vitriol: I'm not going to give my two cents on the blackface debate because I don't feel like getting slammed per usual. I have one question though: are the t... more »
    nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Mario, Tyra etc. need to see the following: I'm over this "trend". #blackface more »
    FaceMonkey: Perhaps I am clueless but this whole black face trend that has come up in the media recently really doesn't bother me. I think it is a beautiful phot... more »
    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I am getting tired of people saying that this isn't blackface. Not all instances of blackface require the performer to look like a golliwog. Blackface... more »
    RousseMacabre: Dear fashion, We get it. You don't mind offending large groups of people. Love/hate, World. #blackface more »
    BuffySummers: When I was in high school (less than 10 years ago), a girl in my history class did an oral presentation that involved a)dressing up in blackface and t... more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: This sets my teeth on edge. Black models are criminally underused and they paint a white woman in dark make-up?!? Screw you fashion. #blackface more »
    CurtCole: The V clearly doesn't stand for vox populi, her visage violates taboos in a very volatile way, and the magazine comes off as virulent vermin. #blackface more »
    Ailatan: Maybe V magazine is the in flight magazine for the visitors. That's the only way to explain this. #blackface more »
    ZemarSea Urchin: This picture would be interesting if the other model was a poc in white face (?). I could see something in that maybe. Or if you had the painted model... more »
    Mary McCarthyite: OK: (potentially dumb) question: should it still be called blackface when a model's whole body is painted? I think we need a new word; something that ... more »
    Diziet_Sma: Fashion is so morally bankrupt in so many ways, I'm not even surprised by this latest rash of crassness. more »
    donopolis: This is not blackface...although it is thoughtless, unfeeling , and tacky. #blackface more »
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    Blackface: Officially A Trend

    Here's a shot by Mario Sorrenti for the new V magazine. They can call it art, they can call it fashion. But they can't seem to call an actual black model, so let's call it bullshit. [Fashion Week Daily]