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white models on the runway

Why black models are rarely in fashion

December 30, 2019February 26, 2014 by Editorial

The women we see on the cover of magazines and striding down catwalks are still overwhelmingly white, but the fashion industry needs to wake up to the diversity of its customers

Categories Fashion Tags #fashion, American designers, Article, black fashion models, black models, black models on the runway, Burberry, Comment, Comment & features, Comment is free, Dior, fashion industry, fashion industry racism, G2, Hadley Freeman, Life and style, London Fashion Week, Louis Vuitton, Milan Fashion Week, Models, models of colour, New York Fashion Week, Race issues, racism, racism in fashion, Saint Laurent, skinniness, the fetishisation of youth, The Guardian, Tom Ford, Topshop, white models, white models on the runway, World news

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