10.13.2009

Blackface en Vogue?

By Amy Odell of NYMag.com

"French Vogue has a reputation for controversy, and this month's issue is no exception. Steven Klein shot Dutch supermodel Lara Stone in blackface makeup for a spread styled by French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld. The magazine praises Lara for the "radical break with the wave of anorexic models" she represents. Never mind that she is a size 4, and, rather than embrace her supposedly curvy figure, worries about being "the fat one..."

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Is this really fashionable or just a publicity stunt? You tell me.

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