21 Powerful Black Models & Their Influence On The Fashion Industry
The fashion industry has endured a long history of race superiority and stigmatization of models of color, often championing white models, designers and magazine editors over their equally-talented BIPOC peers. The stories of so many Black fashion models and their influence on the fashion industry have been overlooked and underrepresented across international editorial spreads, fashion runways and digital lookbooks for the past few decades.
That said, times are (finally) changing. More than ever before, models of color are opening and closing some of the world’s most renowned fashion shows, being photographed for major ad campaigns and landing the covers of fashion Bibles such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Elle. More...
