Thursday, August 14, 2008

Black is Back! - Vogue Italia





I guess someone heard the black fashion community when we stressed the issue of the lack of a african american models represented in the modeling industry. So Vogue Italia tracked down some of the most stunning african american models we've seen in the biz. The much anticipated July Italian Vogue (Vogue Italia) features all black models. The magazine had four different covers featuring Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Sessille Lopez and Liya Kebede. We've heard that this issue is flying off the newsstand and they have had to do a reprint. If you have a copy you might want to hold on to it. (and maybe I'll buy it from you!) It may be worth some duckets years from now because we might not ever see that many black models all in one publication.

The cover also includes a list of featured models: Alek Wek, Alva Chinn, Arlenis Soso, Chanel Inam, Gail O’Neill, Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Karen Alexander, Kiara Kabukuru, Liya Kebede, Noemie Lenoir, Pat Cleveland, Sessilee Lopez, Toccara Jones, Tyra Banks, Ubah, Veronica Webb, Yasmin Warsame and Naomi Campbell.











1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hopefully, the success of the Vogue Italia Black Issue will serve as a catalyst for the inclusion of more Black models on the fashion runways and in print.

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