Word on the street is that Vogue Italia is planning an issue with all black models shot by Steven Meisel. Kudos to them! Now, my head is bubbling with questions:
Will advertisers follow suit and start using more diverse models?
Will other issues like American Vogue bandwagon on this idea?
And is it a lil bit too much?

Why not just make a concentrated effort to add more black models throughout the magazine over the course of some issues, instead of one single issue? Because isn’t it just going to be weird? – Which goes back to my idea of Black models not really being seen as other models, but rather “novelties” and “trendy” while the white models are seen as “constants”.

Also I hope the issue is not just with pictures of Jourdan Dunn and Chanel Iman (ok does any one know if this is her real name?) because if they work just as ardently to cast black models as they do white models, they will have no shortage of diverse beautiful black women.

Anyways a big pat on the shoulder to Vogue Italia. Lets see what becomes of this. Maybe I’m just over thinking things. What do you think?

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