Versace Celebrates Black America
The latest “first” for Barack Obama comes off the Milan runway. Calling the U.S. presidential hopeful “the man of the moment,” Donatella Versace dedicated her Spring-Summer 2009 collection presented Saturday evening to Obama, creating a style she said was designed for “a relaxed man who doesn’t need to flex muscles to show he has power.” Chatting with reporters in the cool of the garden of her private palazzo in downtown Milan at an after-show dinner party, the designer also had some fashion tips for the campaign trail. “I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt,” she said.
Premier…Fashion Blackout… by BET
(Click on Link) 482DBAA8-DC16-48F3-8C8C-63D0D09537CA.htm??Referrer=%7B1315A8DF-680D-4860-804D-C5077A0476EE%7D 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. Across the globe, as the runways fade to white, we have to ask ourselves, “Has Black become unfashionable?” Top Black style-makers will pull no punches as they expose their industry’s dirty little secret: racism by some of the top names in fashion.
Don’t miss the network premiere of this event Thursday, May 29th at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT)!
