mental tug-o- war

with the fashion world!

I love fashion but its saddening and unfortunate how Africans and African Americans are under-represented inn the fashion world. We are truly a beautiful people, and its sad how some people fail to see it. Why is it that when you flip through the pages of Vogue magazine, the "fashion Bible", you barely see any colored faces? And while there their are other Vogue magazines dedicated to other markets like Vogue India, when the idea for Vogue Africa was proposed, Conde Nast (publisher of Vogue) rejected the idea of an African license of Vogue.

sigh. 

so close and yet so far away from #progress

Enjoy these Vogue covers for what coulda been