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Model Fran Summers stars in 'The Surreal Life', styled by Karl Templer in images by Craig McDean for Interview Magazine April/May 2018./ Makeup by Diane Kendal; hair by Shay Ashual
Model Catriona Frean wears pristine whites, tailored-femininity for hot weather days styled by Anouk Van Griensven. Photographer Katelijne Verbruggen captures the seaside beauty for Marie Claire Netherlands May 2018./ Hair & makeup by Suzanne Verberk
Rising model Hiandra Martinez is styled by Max Clark in 'Nights are Warm and The Days are Young'. Photographer Letty Schmiterlow captures Hiandra for i-D Magazine Summer 2018 Super Youth Issue./ Hair by Kiyoko Odo; makeup by Nami Yoshida
Models Niko Riam & Frances Coombe are a study in dramatic contrasts, styled by Gillian Wilkins for 'Beyond the Pale'. Photographer Steph Wilson captures the double entrendre editorial for Elle UK May 2018./ Hair by Susanne Lichtenegger; makeup by William Bartel
Heidi Klum is lensed by Gilles Bensimon in 'The Mogul Model', styled by Caroline Christiansson for Maxim Magazine May/June 2018.
Anna Katsanis styles Stella Maxwell in dreamy, romantic sensuality from Preen by Thorton Bregazzi, Moschino, Chanel and Blumarine. Greg Swales captures the Victoria's Secret Angel for Issue Magazine's Fall 2018 cover story.
Model fair maiden Sara Grace Wallerstedt is styled by Katie Shillingford in 'Floraland', a bloom explosion lensed by Solve Sundsbo for Vogue China May 2018./ Hair by Martin Cullen; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Top model Bella Hadid joins forces with Jordan Barrett, returning as the face of Chrome Hearts' Spring/Summer 2018 campaign. Laurie Lynn Stark is behind the lens, flashing Hadid's recent Chrome Hearts eyewear collaboration. Elizabeth Sulcer styles the shoot with plenty of Chrome Hearts glittering jewelry./ Jen Atkin on hair; Nina Park on makeup
Dasha Maletina Feels Cuban Heat, Lensed By Will Vendramini For Elle Poland April 2018
Model Dasha Maletina escapes to Cuba, styled by Karolina Limbach in hot-weather, sensual femininity. Photographer Will Vendramini captures Dasha for Elle Poland April 2018./ Makeup by Iza Kucmierowska; hair by Stefano Greco
Models Fran Summers and Lea Julian front Zara Studio's Spring/Summer 2018 'Augumented Reality' collection. Karl Templer styles the duo for images by Ezra Petronio.
Georgia Fowler Floats In Dreamy Images By Sylve Colless For Harper's Bazaar Australia May 2018
Model Georgia Fowler is styled by Naomi Smith in dreamy, fluid, sensual elegance. Photographer Sylve Colless is in the studio for Harper's Bazaar Australia May 2018./Makeup by Linda Jefferys; hair by Sophie Roberts
Rising model Shanelle Nyasiase is styled by Robbie Spencer in 'Global Hypercolour', pop color and print looks lensed by Viviane Sassen for Dazed Magazine Spring/Summer 2018./ Makeup by Petros Petrohilos; hair by Jawara
Pyper America Smith is styled by Martina Nilsson in gorgeous, tutti frutti images lensed by Daniella Midenge for Schön! 34 'Party' Magazine Spring 2018./ Beauty also by Danielle Midenge
The irrepressible Winnie Harlow delivers three iconic covers for the May 2018 issue of Harper's Bazaar Singapore's May 2018 issue dedicated to diversity. Harlow is lensed by her close friend Yu Tsai. Harper's Singapore writes: "Winnie Harlow, couldn’t be more apt to front our May beauty issue and its focus on diversity. In an industry that prides itself on selling the idea of the ultimate fantasy and impeccable perfection, Winnie Harlow’s unique look has won her fashion and beauty campaigns, and millions of followers for breaking down borders and pushing through a new discourse on what is considered 'normal'. "
Also featured in the issue are unique, powerhouse personalities Oprah Winfrey, Iris Apfel and Carmen Dell'Orefice "proving that being chic doesn't have an expiry date." The editor's message continues in an inspiring way: "Of all the voices that have been ringing out loud and proud this year, the ones advocating for acceptance, equality and empowerment have resonated the most. Taiwan was the first country in Asia to allow same-sex marriage, diversity has been the hottest topic in the fashion industry and the #metoo campaign has gone viral worldwide."
AOC is tracking the evolution -- and perhaps explosion -- of women of color in the fashion industry, writing just two days ago on the topic. While AOC's archives of women of color are hardly complete, we're probably out front on this topic, compared to other fashion bloggers. We are adding new models and filling in our archives every week.
Check out Winnie and all the other models of color we're following. Note that a model is included in this model of color AOC Archives subset because she has referred to herself as a model of color or as a member of that modern-day, culture tribe.
Although academia and most fashion pundits we've researched recently do include Asian women as woc., not every prominent Asian model is self-referential as a moc. Until she is, we do not include her in these developing AOC archives that will follow in detail the fashion influences of models of color, their activism -- and often their refugee history -- and their philanthropy. Note that these primarily Asian models are included in the totality of our archives. This page will automatically update as new models are added, if you choose to bookmark it.
Model Amber Witcomb is styled in voluptuous elegance by Katerina Zolototrubova in images lensed by Fanny Latour-Lambert for Vogue Russia May 2018./ Hair by Pierre Saint Sever; makeup by Laure Dansou
Caroline Winberg Is Captured By Richard Bernardin For Luna Mae London Bespoke Collection
Model Caroline Winberg joins ballerinas Kate Byrne and Ellie Ferguson for lingerie brand Luna Mae London's new Bespoke collection. Richard Bernardin is behind the lens with creative direction by Claudia Lambeth./ Beauty by Virginia Bertolani
Models Diva Dhawan & Kanishtha Dhankar take a new and deliciously fun attitude towards yet another spring pastels fashion story, styled by Ria Kamat. They have my undivided attention, having put a smile on my face with 'Sugar Rush'. Photographer Prasad Naik flashes the stylish merriment for Vogue India April 2018./ Hair by Yianni Tsapatori; makeup by Namrata Soni
Models Martyna Frankow and Marta Gawron are styled by Karolina Gruszecka in sheer transparency looks perfect for a primordial seascape excursion in 'Morocco. Photographer Sonia Szostak captures the innocent sea sirens for Vogue Poland May 2018./ Makeup by Marianna Yurkiewicz; hair by Quentin Guyen
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has an opinion on absolutely every topic, and now he's told Numero magazine that he is "fed up" with the #MeToo movement. Lagerfeld takes issue with moves in the fashion industry to embrace new regulations in the interest of protecting young models.
Lagerfeld was interviewed by Numero on International Women's Day -- perhaps not the best idea.
[Numero] Anyway, moving on, today is International Women’s Day…
{KL] For me Women’s Day is every day of the year. Men’s fashion does little for me. I buy it of course, and I’m delighted that Hedi [Slimane] is going to Céline but drawing a men’s collection and having to put up with all those stupid models, no thanks. Not to mention the fact with all their accusations of harassment they have become quite toxic. No, no, no, don’t leave me alone with one of those sordid creatures.
Will Fashion Hold Tight To Its Embrace Of Black Model Beauty? Here's Hoping
Tiya Miles is a professor of American culture and history at the University of Michigan, as a member of the Program in American Culture, Center for Afro-American and African Studies and Native American Studies Program. In 2011 Miles won a five-year grant MacArthur Fellowship for her intellectual prowess -- which is to say that Tiya Miles knows that's going on in her world.
When the topic is models, Miles believes that Hollywood, fashion and beauty businesses are responding to the popular public movements demanding change. The changes are worldwide, but when the subject is fashion models, the lens centers on New York, London, Milan and Paris. Striking an ironic note, Miles sees our growing consciousness of the "importance of visibility and voclaity for people of color, particularly black people" as a positive outcome of the threatening rise of white nationalist identity across America and Europe.
“It is no coincidence that this runway model trend and movies like 'Black Panther' "have arrived at the same time," Prof. Miles told the New York Times after the Fall 2018 fashion shows. "The two are interlocked, as both have been incubating in what feels a like a growing crusade with many of the hallmarks of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. They are part of a pushback against the dominant pressures of European and American white centrality.”
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