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Observe the fashion of photography... EXAMPLE #1: THE BAD GIRL EXAMPLE #2: A BLONDE IN A BIKINI EXAMPLE #3: THE BROODING MISFIT EXAMPLE #4: THE PLAIN JANE EXAMPLE #5: THE ARTSY TYPE Now you may be getting the point... photographers and models are chosen to convey specific stereotypical looks for different fashion products. The goal in the end product (advertising) is to get the viewer to identify with the woman in the photo and want to be more like that... And then run out and buy jeans, jewelry or whatever they happen to be selling. Often they will throw in a semi-shaved ruggedly good looking male model in a clear effort to say... "Buy this and you will get a handsome man!" And it works very easily because people are basically stupid and fall for it even when they know they're being pitched advertising.

Wow. Fashion models are just getting thinner and thinner. What is next, surgically altering their bodies to make themselves even thinner?

Hey folks! I have just imported some older blog content from a different blog I run called Black Super Models. Most of the posts date back to 2007 and the reason behind the blog was to draw attention to the SHORTAGE of black supermodels. Sure there is a few out there, but I wanted to draw attention to the fact that there is no shortage of African models out there worthy of being paid more for what they do. Amongst the posts imported are collections of photos of: Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell (obvious choices because they're more well known) Tyson Beckford (a male supermodel you will probably recognize) Ajuma Nasenyana (much less well known, but no less worthy) See my post on Black Supermodels being Left Behind . I will add more to this post later, I am off to the beach now...

FASHION - My friends and I think cowboy hats are coming back into style. We think its because of the film True Grit but maybe its just a cyclical thing. (We also think the film 'Country Strong' might have something to do with it, even though we HATE that film.) Shown here is a Stetson black cowboy hat. Stetson was the inventor of the cowboy hat and is still considered the best company when it comes to making cowboy hats. (Like Levis inventing jeans.) The thing about cowboy hats is that they can be quite stylish, while simultaneously looking adventurous. To show you what I mean about how cowboy hats being stylish I've collected some images of various celebrities, athletes, supermodels and fashion models wearing cowboy hats. I think the mere fact Emma Watson is wearing a cowboy hat signifies it has gained a wider acceptance as a fashion item, similar to how fedoras, swisses and hamburgs are so popular right now. See Mens Hats .

Last year during the January 2008 fashion week... 'There should be more than one spot for a black model," says Yordanos Teshager, 21, a reed-thin, nearly 6-foot-tall model from Ethiopia who is represented by the prestigious Elite agency. But despite going on 85 cast calls seeking work during Fashion Week last season, she says she often left feeling that "they were going to hire a white girl." Teshager walked in only 11 of some 200 shows last September, a season in which, overall, women of color were glaringly absent. Of the 101 shows and presentations, more than a third employed no black models. Models were a homogeneous bunch - overwhelmingly white, bony and often blond. Along with the obvious - and serious - issue of racism, some wondered whether it wasn't all becoming just a little boring. When Fashion Week comes to town observers won't just be looking at the clothes - they'll also be looking for a serious change in who's wearing them. "I wou...

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Biography and Photos of Ajuma Nasenyana Biography and Photos of Naomi Campbell Biography and Photos of Selita Ebanks Biography and Photos of Tyra Banks