Everybody that understands a bit of fashion knows that there aren’t many black people in the industry, not designers, journalists or models, and because of that some people affirm that this industry is somehow racist. I disagree with that I think that the main reason is of course the money, always the money. Fashion is an industry and as an industry is main purpose is making money. And who has the economic power? Who is the higher class? Yes you can say that nowadays that there a few rich and influent black people, but still a minority. So, fashion makes clothes for the people that buy them, being those Caucasian men and women. And that’s why we only see two or three black models, if that much, in a fashion show, or why there aren’t many big houses of fashion with a black person as the leading designer or big magazine editors. So the problem is not just from the fashion but from the society.Of course I’m not saying that this attitude don’t have to change, of course it has.
Black people in fashion:
Fashion has always evolved with society, so is not hard to guess what was the decade in where black women and designers first appear in fashion, of course the sixties, 1966 Donyale Luna (one of the Factory girls) was the first girl with African ancestry in the cover of Vogue.
Beverly Johnson, a model and an actress, was the first African American girl to be on the cover of the american Vogue, in 1975
Alek Wek, an model and designer, was the first African girl on the cover of Elle magazine on 1996, Alek Wek is from Sudan, from the tribe Dinka, that's why she has that perfect beautiful skin tone.
Edward Enninful, is the newest editor of W magazine and formereditor of i-D ( At the age of 18, Enninful’s position as Fashion Director at i-D made him the youngest ever fashion director for an international publication), and for him "there's still very few black people in the fashion industry"
Andre Leon Talley, is the former editor-at-large of the american vogue, he is best knowed for his peculiar way of dressing. In 2007 was considered the 45th powerful gay in America, by Out magazine.
Bibliography:
- http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/06/edward_enninful_on_why_theres.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Leon_Talley
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donyale_Luna
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek
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