Black beauty

Legendary Supermodel Iman has demanded for designers to start using more black models in their shows, and believes people should begin boycotting designer who don't use black models on their runway. She's taking a stand alongside Naomi Campbell and former model Bethan Hardison to question why the industry is still dominated by white models. They are currently campaigners for the Diversity Coalition, which seeks to create equality in the modelling industry.

At New York Fashion Week this year, just 6 percent of models walking in shows were black and shockingly 13 shows featured no models of colour at all. Iman believes fashion had more diversity when she first started out in the modelling world than there is now, and believes the lack of black models on the catwalk is a "racist" act. The former supermodel, now 58 sent a letter(along with Naomi and Bethann) to the governing bodies of each fashion capital highlighting the lack of racial equality, and how the problem is increasing. Last year, iconic milliner Philip Treacey took a leap in the right direction when he sent an all black cast down the runway for his Spring/Summer 13 show in a celebration of diversity. 

Its crazy to think that this is still a problem being talked about, as its 2013 and we are living in a multicultural society! Model Jourdan Dunn said on the matter "London's not a white city,so why should our catwalks be white?!"… very true!
Below are some black models of today who are definitely proving that black is beautiful!

Jourdan Dunn

Chanel iman

Alek Wek

Joan Smalls- Ranked #1 model in the world by models.com

Slaves to fashion?

Iconic designer Barbara Hulanicki claims that women dress less well now as people are too concerned about whats fashionable and following trends. She believes the fashion sense of women has become far too predictable. Hulanicki has said.. "Women have such boring wardrobes these days because they must follow fashion, they must, they must. But sometimes it's about saying, 'Oh, this would work well with that.'"  

Hulanicki founded iconic store Biba in the sixties and received an OBE in 2012 for her contribution to fashion.  I have to say I do kind of agree with Barbara Hulanicki about women being slaves to fashion and religiously following trends. I think it may be because high street stores take on trends, and a huge number of people buy their clothes from there, so whether they're interested in fashion or not they are still buying into these trends in some way. I must say i definitely am bored of walking down the high street and seeing hoards of girls in beanies, crop tops and shorts like little Rihanna cardboard cutouts. I actually even stumbled across a page on the internet on how to dress like Rihanna..oh god. I also feel that where other decades had exciting subcultures such as hippies,mods,rockers,punks and so on.. in recent years there hasn't been a big movement like this resulting in more exciting and outrageous fashion.

Barbara Hulanicki has also admitted "It's very difficult to know what to wear now. That's why I always wear black." I have to say I don't blame her you can't go wrong in a black outfit.. plus I think she's looking pretty fabulous for a woman of 77!