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Fashion & Style / Fashion Shows Runways Fade to White By GUY TREBAY Published: October 14, 2007 If there is one area where the lessons of chromatic and racial diversity have gone largely unheeded, it is fashion."...Although black women in the United States spend more than $20 billion on apparel each year, according to estimates by TargetMarketNews.com , it was hard to discern an awareness of this fact on the part of designers showing in New York, where black faces were more absent from runways than they have been in years..." "...The exclusion is rarely subtle. An agent for the modeling firm Marilyn once told Time magazine of receiving requests from fashion clients that baldly specified 'Caucasians only'..." "...The message is not always so blatant these days, but it is no less clear. Take for example the case of two young models, one white, one black, both captivating beauties at the start of their careers. Irina Kulikova, a feline 17-year-old Russian, appeared on no fewer than 24 runways in New York last month, a success she went on to repeat in Milan with 14 shows, and in Paris with 24 more. Honorine Uwera While Ms. Uwera』s showing was respectable, it was not enough to justify the cost to her agency of sending her to Europe, where most modeling careers are solidified..." Photograph by Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters; photo Illustration by The New York Times THE LINEUP At recent spring shows, black models were scarce or nonexistent, including at the Chloé show in Paris, above. Firstview FRESH FACE Honorine Uwera was hired for five New York shows, too few to justify a trip to Europe. I didn't know about this trend in the fashion industry until reading a post from Styln's blog. Now I don't know much about the fashion industry but I do know I don't like their subliminal messages they are imposing on young impressionable women of color telling them that to be a true beauty you must be white, blond and as thin as a wafer. To me beauty comes in all shades and sizes. I look at the pictures of Honorine Uwera (pictured above) and I see a stunning black princess. Who wound not want her on the runway sporting some fashion designer's wears You know it always seems like we are moving ahead as a society but then you read stories like this about how women of color are being treated in the fashion world and it is like taking 10 or 50 steps back to like the 1920s or something. I think it is time people of color started calling for respect in this matter and boycott any designer that is willing to take our money but is not willing to take the time to have one of us featured in their clothes. Support fashion designers who encourage diversity among their lines of clothing. Hit the one to ignorant for their own good where it hurts the most, in their purse/wallet! Source: NYT 本文摘自：http://blaqmind.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CDD79197BEC60CF!2276.entry live.com 作者： 高 手 來源： 未知來源 |
