Italian Vogue

Liya Kebede, Sessilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn and Naomi Campbell

Liya Kebede

Tyra Banks

Sessilee Lopez

Naomi Campbell

Chanel Iman


The big buzz for months is Italian Vogue is featuring only fabulous African-American models in their July issue. They picked the month of July because it's the slowest month for fashion magazines for revenue so they could take a risk with sales and frankly they do not give a damn! If they would've done this in September(the most important fashion month) than maybe I would care. Are we suppose to jump up and down and forget years of prejudice and blatant disregard of our beautiful African-Americans models? Only a handful of designers like Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Diane Von Furstenberg and Oscar de la Renta continue to cast African-American models. I applaud Steven Miesel for taking these beautiful photographs because he knows true beauty. I wonder if Essence Magazine featured only Caucasian models, will the Caucasians readers be just as excited?