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Black Models At The 2009 Shows

castamodel — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:33:22 +0000

Black Models At The 2009 Shows
Since VOGUE Italia’s decision to use only black models in their July issue, there seems to have been a knock on effect: US VOGUE is rumoured to be fighting with VOGUE Italia over Jourdan Dunn; new face Arlenis has met with Anna Wintour and been shot for US and Italia VOGUEs; and now when I checked the hideous Dior Cruise 2009 collection I spotted a whopping total of 4 black models .

OK so the cast was big with almost 50 models. However in the 2008 show Dior used only 2 black models (Alek & Chanel), but in the 2009 show which just took place you can see Alek, Chanel, Jourdan and Arlenis!

from left: Alek Wek – Chanel Iman – Jourdan Dunn – Arlenis Peña

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I’m sure other shows will follow this trend since US and Italia VOGUEs are backing it.

Please share other examples you see of the re-emergence of black models on the runway
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