Perhaps with Barack Obama and Michelle so much in the spot light now things would change in fashion.
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Made me realise I can not think of one perfume advert that has a black model in it.
Outrageous!
In reply to la:
just spent the last 30 minutes searching on the internet and in magazines for a female fragrance using a black model and I found only one, an ad for Diesel, shot by...Nick Knight.
In reply to la:
This one is absolutely beautiful ! ... ' In Black ' scent by the Spanish fashion designer Jesus Del Pozo created in 2005 by perfumer Christine Nagel....
In reply to la:
Now that you mention it, Tom Ford has the right idea...
The mainstream certainly would have the most influence.....
British Vogue hasnt even featured a black model on the cover since 2002 and that Aug 2002 issue featured Naomi Campbell- she had attacked British Vogue for being extremely racist and sidelining black models.
There was the recent incident of Naomi being fined for the British Airways attack when she accused them of being racist...
The sad thing about racism in fashion specifically is that the implication is that brands, magazines etc do not see black models as beautiful and are not as appreciative of black beauty as they are of other forms of beauty or things that they are so willing to put in their ads/magazines/strategies
In reply to maria n:
Top Brazilian model Michelle Alves presents a Basso and Brooke creation during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo (Brazil). 'AP/PTI
' The sad thing about racism in fashion specifically is that the implication is that brands, magazines etc do not see black models as beautiful and are not as appreciative of black beauty ..."
Reading this statement it reminds me about the bizarre reality in Brazil a country with a half of its population being black ... and yet the models they use in their fashion industry are mostly white ! .... and then we are talking about a country with such a huge mix of races, again, I wonder why NO ONE dares to address such a relevant issue in a country that has such multi ethnic population ... as far as the demographics go !
In reply to Galileo's Universe:
your statement about brasil is very true, even in bahia which is considered a black city, there is a huge racial problem. i thought since i was black, bahia would pose no problems but when entering white neighborhoods in brasil, i experienced the same issues that i deal with in ny...