Does this look tight to you? I was thinking NOT.
October 2009, in what was supposed to be a celebratory supermodel edition, French Vogue http://vogue.fr unleashed a fourteen page beast with model Lara Stone a la BLACK FACE! Has to be one of the biggest issues that they've ever had- which heretofore, would have been that they HAVE access to actual African and African-American models that "they" seemingly care more to exploit than to employ. This feature clearly makes a statement about the haves and the have-nots in this poorly integrated fashion industry. Gorgeous Black African models-working in the industry would have been proper- not that not being chosen for this job hurt any of those women's pockets. The publisher, creative director and editor in chief -lacking all tact and cooth, have upheld a standard that is socially and morally incorrect and is contributing to the mental confusion that shrouds the perception of the ignorant and under exposed in this world. If you hurry, you can still catch 2009...or the last fifty years of social revolution...Lara Stone and French Vogue's
"Inspired" Mockery
THE COVER: FRENCH VOGUE OCTOBER 2009
THE SPREAD
TIRED OF MESSY PAINT?
USE REAL AFRICAN MODELS!
(rich COLOR INCLUDED)
LIYA KEBEDE
ITALIAN VOGUE PAYS DUES
ALEK WEK
NAOMI CAMPBELL
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