Fashion Week Controversy

Fashion Week Controversy
As New York Fashion Week has ended and London Fashion Week has begun, controversy has come  to the attention of the fashion world. Well, it has been a problem in fashion for a very long time, but many are sick and tired of it. 

NPR Fashion Week

An article I read on npr.org titled At Fashion Week, Color Pops and Models Call for Diversity speaks openly about the fashion worlds lack of diversity and targets many important designers. I am very aware of it now that it has been brought to my attention and the unfair treatment many of these men and women are dealing with by being models of color. The fashion industry is cut throat anyways and you need to have a tough skin to survive it, but this behavior is not right. 

One of the top models in the industry, Chanel Iman, who has graced the runways of Oscar de la Renta,  Balenciaga, Versace as well as many more, speaks about what she has had to deal with by being a model of color. She is one of the top black models, but even so she has said that she loses jobs because designers say they "have filled their 'black quota'." That sentence is just wrong and to say that to someone is appalling. 

Famed models such as Iman, Naomi Campbell and Bethann Hardison have come together to form the Diversity Coalition. They are pushing for more diversity to be displayed on the runways. 

The article goes on to say that the coalition sent out an email to the major governing groups of the fashion industry this past week. They bluntly address the fact that there is no diversity and attack major designers who are at fault such as:
-Alexander McQueen
-Balenciaga 
-Chanel
-Saint Laurent. 
-Valentino
-Armani
-Roberto Cavalli
-Versace
-Calvin Klein
-Donna Karan
-Marc Jacobs
-Proenza Schouler
I am astonished at many of the designers on this list and I hope this problem can be resolved very soon.
To read the entire article and many more insightful articles go to npr.org