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Valentine’s Day Edition: Black Fashion History, First Black Supermodel #NYFW

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Do you know who the first black supermodel is? Donyale Luna born Peggy Ann Freeman in Detroit, Michigan. I honestly never heard that name. But, here she is gracing the March 1966 cover of British Vogue, 49 years ago next month. She was on the cover eight years prior to known Supermodel Beverly Johnson covered American Vogue. Perhaps we don’t know much about her because her life ended so young or because she covered the British rather than American Vogue. Either way she and the great models before were a stepping stone to all the covers we now grace.

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Donyale Luna

Enjoy this retrospective of the beautiful black women then & now that grace the covers and walk the runways. We come in all shades & sizes…

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Naomi Campbell & Beverly Johnson

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Marquita Pring, Liris Crosse, Saffi Kauna, & Anita Marshall

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Iman, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell & Grace Jones, Kimora Lee Simmons

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Toccara Jones, Sharon Quinn, Christina Mendez, & Jordan Tesfay

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Alek Wek, Jessica White, Arlenis Sosa, Selita Ebanks

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Lisa Visagie, Anansa Sims, Teiko Dornor & Jordan Borgella

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Danielle Evans, Lyndsey Scott, Joan Smalls, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede

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Ubah Hassan, Ajak Deng, Gorgie Badiel Riley Montana & Senait Gidey, Yasmin Warsame

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Sessilee Lopez, Malaika Firth, Chanel Iman, Winnie Harlow

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Kinee Diouf

Appreciate the beauty & love in everyone from the inside out….

Happy Valentine’s Day❤️

Photo Credits: Vogue, Essence, Plus Model Mag

Drama: Social Media Activists Target Fashion Week

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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=19918430“>ABC News Article

So do you think we will see more black models this season? Well, that is what social media activists are asking. Let’s hope so or all hell will break loose via social media and the like. I feel like if designers don’t have a diverse group of models that represent me and the dollar I spend then there is no need for me to put your clothing on my back! That may be their attitude toward the situation as well. But, on the otherhand perhaps you need to force the hand of those wanting us to support them and provide them with profits yet time and time again only send one type of model down the runway.

Bethann Hardison, is leading the charge in this media campaign that launches next month during Fashion Week. She is a former model and agent, bent on shaming the designers that don’t include black models. I applaud her for bringing it to the forefront, race has always been a problem in fashion like in every industry, but you really see it smack in your face as model after model strut down the runway.

Like the article says let’s see who sticks there neck out and tweets about the lack thereof during the shows. People may not want to suffer the repercussions of throwing their favorite designer under the bus, especially if you were invited or are somehow indirectly employed by the designer. We shall see! Drama 🙂

Fashionably yours,
Danalee Francesca

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