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]
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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]
It all comes down to empowering women and men, not giving handouts, but create opportunities, hope, allow people to help themselves, that's why... [more]