.::Vogue Italia::.

The world went crazy at the fact that Vogue Italia was going to have an all black issue shot by photographer Steven Meisel…well now the cover and a few images are finally released! The 100 page issue hits European newstands this Thursday and here in the US soon after.
The cover girl for the issue is Liya Kebede while the fold out features newcomer Sessilee Lopez, it girl Jordan Dunn and Naomi Campbell .
It is said to have a 20-page spread of Naomi, and also spreads featuring Chanel Iman and newcomer Dominican model Arlenis Sosa Pena, veterans Iman, Veronica Webb, Alva Chin, Pat Cleveland and Karen Alexander, as well as models Alek Wek and Oluchi among others.

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The Evolution!

hey all!

I've recently changed my blog from "The F-word"... to "hostage".
I just wanted a new beginning and I will be looking to add a few more writers.
If anyone is interested, link me: j2cute4u4eva@aol.com

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Fashion Blackout

BET News takes an inside look at one of fashion’s industry’s lasting weaknesses: The lack of Black models at major fashion shows and ad campaigns.After keeping its silence on the issue, the Black Fashion World is moving to action after last fall’s shows at New York’s fashion week. Their mission is to keep Black models from becoming extinct in a business they, at one time, were near dominating. So why have images of Black models been in sharp decline in high fashion for more than a decade? What does this mean for society at large? At the helm of the issue is Bethann Hardison who has modeled, run her own modeling agency and handled casting over the years. At her recent town hall meeting, “Out of Fashion: The Absence of Color,” she said, “In the United States of America, this is the one industry that still has the freedom to refer to people by their color and reject them in their work.”

According to Targetmarket News.com Black women in the United States spend more than $20 billion on apparel each year. However, the runways, magazine spreads and the image/beauty industry at large is increasingly ignoring their buying power and their existence, choosing instead to market an eastern-European form of beauty as the standard. At the spring 2008 collections at Fashion Week in September 2007 in New York, the runways were dominated by white faces. In fact, Black faces were more absent from the runways than some fashion insiders have seen since the ‘60s.

source: BET

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Random Facts

* Last week Bergdorf Goodman Men unveiled a 1,600 sq ft four chamber Tom Ford shop that is the largest ship-in shop in the store's history.

* Five years ago Juicy Couture made a spin off men's wear line. Now the company, owned by Liz Claiborne, is finally giving the collection a new name: Dirty English. The entire change will take place by spring '09.

* Last week Malo named Alessandro Dell'Acqua as its new creative director, overseeing both women's and men's wear. His first collection for the brand will be spring/summer 2009.

* Hermes is famous for making women's scarves but now the luxury brand will open it's first men's ONLY store this fall, right next to its existing falgship store at 691 Madison on 62nd street.

* Mark Mendelson was named President of Ellen Tracy.In his role as President of Ellen Tracy, Mendelson will focus on building an organizational infrastructure, including a revamping of the creative and marketing teams, that will drive the brand's return to a dominant place in the luxury sportswear sector.

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Yves is Gone!

Yves Saint Laurent, considered as one of the greatest by many, died in Paris late Sunday at the age of 71.

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