NY fashion runways lack black and Asian models
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As spring collections are paraded on the catwalks at New York's Fashion Week, ethnic diversity is noticeably lacking among the models and some fashion industry insiders say discrimination is prevalent.
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Fashionistas know that everything old becomes new again, and this year's comeback is straight from the catwalk: the model. The pretty faces who largely had been reduced to the background of the fashion scene as designers and magazine editors courted celebrities to be their walking billboards suddenly are back in vogue &#151; literally.
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The debate about size zero models hangs over London Fashion Week as the winter shows got under way with a German-themed catwalk parade by Danish designer Noir.
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An article last Sunday about the fashion industryâs reticence to use black models referred incorrectly to a black woman in a maidâs outfit pictured in the September issue of Italian Vogue. She was, in fact, a maid at the hotel where the pictures were taken, and was included, the Vogue photographer said, because of her attractiveness and her ability to underscore the picturesâ theme of a stereotypical rich white woman who hires ethnic servants; the black woman was not a model dressed as a maid.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily February 1, 2005 - NEW YORK - Beyonce On Board
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The global fashion industry is under siege from critics who want skinny models off catwalks, and with New York's fashion week in full swing the focus on models' health has shifted to the American capital of fashion.
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"What happened to all the black people on the runway?" asked model Tyson Beckford, who attended several shows at New York Fashion Week. "There are no blacks on the cats."
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Who's hot and who's not in fashion apparel retail.
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A review of the Thom Browne, Alexander Wang, Vera Wang and Preen spring collections from New York Fashion Week.
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There's been a lot of talk about happy, sunny clothes at New York Fashion Week as spring collections are previewed on the runway. But until the Anna Sui show, there hadn't been many signs of happy, sunny models.
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Social networking makeover Fashionistas will be waking up and logging on this morning before heading off to the oh-so-skinny-size-zero-who-looks-the-most-ridiculous-this-season-face-off that is London Fashion Week, as they now have IQONS, their very own social networking website to play with.â¦
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily January 12, 2004 - NEW YORK - Tuesday night in downtown New York, hip-hop phenom Pharrell Williams hosted a party for the elusive Japanese designer Nigo, creator of Bathing Ape's limited run line of street gear. Limited run makers like Nigo champion uniqueness as a paramount design element.
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Designers Hanii Y and Gene Kei wanted their spring Y &amp; Kei collection, previewed Wednesday during New York Fashion Week, to transform the ideals of the 1960s into something a little more modern and sexy.
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Fashion Wire Daily - More than anything else on the runway at New York fashion week, the prevailing message for designers both established and rising appears to be &quot;Have business formula, stick to it.&quot;
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Life & style: In pictures: New York fashion week closed yesterday with a show by the designer more associated with the city than any other, Donna Karan.
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For many designers, New York's gala  week of fashion shows represents the height of success, but  plenty of aspiring fashionistas are finding their way without  the bright lights and crowded catwalks.
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London Fashion Week has got underway with shows from two top Asian designers heading down the catwalk first, amid simmering controversy over calls for stick-thin models to be banned.