PERCEPTION: Blackface and Afros Take Center Stage
Apparently French Vogue has featured Dutch supermodel Lara Stone in Blackface in the fashion spreads . While Marc Jacob’s Spring collection for Louis Vuitton has shown his models sporting huge Afros styled wigs like political activist Angela Davis, and blaxploitation film actor Pam Grier on this springs Paris Fashion runways. What’s up with all this appropriation of black culture? And blackface haven’t we passed this or does the presence of white models in blackface makeup underscore the lack of black models on the runway? Or is this some fantasy being played out by fashions designers just to call attention to this seasons fashions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zandile-blay/black-face-in-italian-vog_b_3203
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Michele Y. Washington is interested in researching the impact of cross-cultural design and to effectively address the impact of global communities and the role of architecture, urbanism, design, products, language, visual and material cultures, and fashion plays in our every day lives. Michele maintains a design consultancy the office of michele washington where she focuses her research on community-based non-profit groups and cultural institutions. Previously she worked for The Chicago Tribune; The New York Times; Business Monthly, Essence, and Self. She teaches in the Graduate Exhibition Design Program at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
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