KaWai
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User Name: KaWai
Real Name: Catherine
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Location: Northern California
Occupation: Artist/Artist
Date Joined: Fri 29 Dec 2006
Last Activity: 18:02 Thu 04 Dec 2008
Number of Forum posts: 996
Last forum post: 18:00 Thu 04 Dec 2008
Forum history: 121 were new topics, 875 were replies to existing topics
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I don't really buy that explaination, that that's the reason why blacks are majority of the times not chosen in high fashion magazines,... [more]
I was so happy when I came across that song on youtube, they used to play that song a lot when I was... [more]
This is a nightmare. [more]
There's the science of branding and positioning of magazine in the mass market. Vogue Italia is a fantasy magazine, US Vogue is... [more]
How to portray fashion, the selection of models, are done by people, which is really what this topic is about. I don't... [more]
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f96/chinese-models-65214.html http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f96/favourite-top-african-black-models-63402.html http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f78/vogue-italia-july-2008-liya-sessi [more]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA8R81-TsiI&feature=related Individuals such as Tyra Banks no longer wait for the fashion establishment to do something to change the perception, they are taking the... [more]
Corruptions stem from human greed, that can't eradicate completely, but in the meantime, poor people are suffering, there has got to be solutions... [more]
I was referring to Western countries, not China, not Japan, since in the US and London, Paris, there are so many mixtures of... [more]
fashion is a reflection of certain values in society, I suppose. And those values are sometimes disgusting. [more]
There will be greedy gov't institution always, but the solution is how to get around some of it, when you can't do anything... [more]
That's why micro financing is so affective because it goes directly to the needed and not through the gov't. To give those... [more]
I love seeing Vogue Nippon, Vogue India, Vogue China, and I look forward to see Vogue South Africa, or equivalent to the high... [more]
That's why I think Naomi, Iman and some of the black and non white models need to band together and work with those... [more]
People dictate fashion. There needs to be more variety of what is considered beautiful, not just the standard dictated by the current... [more]
That's my point, there was a history of travesty behind painting a white face black, I thought it was strange when I saw... [more]
There are individuals such as Iman, Alek Wek, Veronica Webb, Beverley Johnson, who have graced the pages of Vogue and Elle, and to... [more]
That photo is how Hollywood used to do, in the 20's, paint white faces black, instead of giving the part to a black... [more]
I think what Iman and many frustrations the fashion industry people feel about racism is legitimate. If you hear and watch someone being... [more]
AT THE HEIGHT OF FASHION, BLACK MODELS Published: June 13, 1987 Louise Vyent smiled from the cover of the February issue of Vogue. Two months... [more]
But even so, she by speaking up against racism in mainstream high fashion magazines, risked loosing jobs or being turned down for potential... [more]
It was often that once black models or entertainers became more acceptable in the mainstream US, that Asians could become more accepted as... [more]
Supermodels launch anti-racism protest · Discrimination in fashion world 'worst since 60s' · Monthly rallies planned to put pressure on industry *... [more]
What the Hell is going on with CNN U.S?
When there are so many pressing issues going on around the world,... moreIt all comes down to empowering women and men, not giving handouts, but create opportunities, hope, allow people to help themselves, that's why... [more]