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The July Issue of Italian Vogue-Getting it will be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
By Southern Dva, on Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:12am PDTI am officially pissed. I have called around to every bookstore in my very large metropolitan city and all copies have been spoken for. What boggles me is that most of the bookstores are only able to get a few copies (as in 3). Why was no one prepared for the demand that such a... Read More »
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The groundbreaking, all-black issue of Italian Vogue (Tyra's in it!) is almost here
By Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:36pm PDTThere's a story in The New York Times today about the much anticipated all-black issue of July's Italian Vogue. The newspaper interviewed both editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani and photographer Steven Meisel about their awesome, monumental project—in which Meisel shot a full 100 pages.
Photo: Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue
Among my favorite bits:- "Racial prejudice in the fashion industry has long persisted because of tokenism and lookism. 'We already have our black girl,' says a designer to a fashion-show casting agent, declining to see others. Or: 'She doesn’t have the right look.' Laziness, paranoia...
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