Dunn launches an ALL-BLACK Vogue Italia issue
Posted by v on April 25, 2008
The rumors are true! There was an all-black Italian vogue magazine issue in the works. We told you about the black search engine and now here is the first all black fashion magazine issue of Vogue Italia.
Who better than Storm girl Jourdan Dunn to launch this groundbreaking issue. ALREADY one of the most in-demand models on the global fashion circuit, Storm girl Jourdan Dunn is about to make history - as part of a groundbreaking issue of Vogue Italia, which will feature only non-white models.
An industry source has confirmed to VOGUE.COM that the whisperers are accurate and that Steven Meisel has indeed shot an entire issue featuring black models, in a bid to encourage other magazines to diversify.
Apparently Dunn is only the second black model since Naomi Campbell to walk the Prada catwalk and that was in 1975. Come on Miu Miu!! On the other hand, it was Naomi. Who knows?
Naomi Campbell has always been outspoken about racism in fashion and 17-year-old Dunn, who was famously scouted in the Hammersmith branch of Primark in London, recently added her voice to the debate.
“London’s not a white city so why should all our castings be white? I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around and there’s just me and maybe one other coloured face,” she told the Evening Standard. “They just don’t get picked. I hope it’s because the designer just didn’t think they were good enough as a model but I don’t know.” (VOGUE)
I can’t read Italian but I do love Vogue Italias pictures. PS. Just threw this in the post. I love this guys work. Danny Roberts. Find him on www.igorandandre.blogspot.com
April 30, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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May 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Danny Roberts is the best!