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Winnie Harlow: 'It’s Beautiful That the Age of Cookie-Cutter Models Is Ending'


I never wanted to be a model. Growing up in Toronto, I was always asked by friends who had a T-shirt line or were having a little community runway show to model for them. I remember a friend telling me: “I can see you on the cover of Vogue.” And I looked at her like, “OK….” Not because I thought I couldn’t be a model; I just never thought about it. But then Instagram was becoming a thing and I began posting pictures of myself, and people were liking them. I thought, You know what, why not give it a shot?

That was 2013 and the beginning of the time when models who weren’t cookie-cutter-pretty were getting booked. Right now it’s so beautiful that there are so many different people and so many different sizes and all that [represented]. Growing up, I would never have imagined someone with vitiligo or freckles on the cover of a magazine. Just the fact that Adwoa [Aboah]’s gorgeous face is on the cover of British Vogue, which I’m literally looking at right now, wouldn’t have happened before.

When it comes to inclusiveness, [the modeling industry] still has a lot of work to do. For example, with hairdressers—just because you’ve worked on one black person’s hair doesn’t mean you know all black hair. If you’ve worked on Naomi Campbell, that’s not the same as working on kinky hair. There are so many people who are like, “Yeah! I’ve worked on a black girl before. I know black hair.” And then they still reach for the tongs or use too high a heat.

With makeup artists, we need to have more people who know how to work with someone with a dark skin tone and not have it turn gray or ashy. Even this past Fashion Week, I was backstage and put in front of a makeup artist and I looked at the range of tones she had—she didn’t even have colors dark enough for my skin. If you don’t even have shades dark enough for me, that’s saying a lot.

We have to keep educating people. When the Evening Standard ran a picture of me with a caption describing me as a vitiligo “sufferer,” it tore me to shreds. I said to my agent, “WTF. Again? Is this a joke?” That’s how I feel every single time I see that word placed beside my name. It’s something I see often, so I felt like I should say something. Just because you see someone with whatever it is, even a pimple, you don’t get to say that they are suffering. It’s very rude for anyone to describe me as a sufferer, and it takes away from everything else—I’m 100 percent excelling in everything I do.

Today I represent a different standard of what people traditionally consider beauty. Sometimes I say there are a million different standards of beauty; sometimes I say there are no standards of beauty. In the end, it’s the same thing: We’re all beautiful.



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2018 Festival Fashion: Denim Shorts Styled Four Ways by Different Models


Now that we’ve officially entered festival season (Coachella and Stagecoach, check and check) and are approaching summer, it’s time to revisit some of those clothing items that come back in your closet with the warm weather. We’re talking, specifically, about denim shorts: They’re impervious to the trend cycle and have likely been a part of your wardrobe for years—and yet they can still stump you when it comes to the styling. Do you just do the whole white T-shirt thing and call it a day, or do you go for a bustier? Should you go for a nineties vibe, or look to the aughts for inspiration?

Sometimes it helps to poll the experts—or some of the folks who wear cutoffs best. So, at a poolside brunch hosted by Levi’s during the first weekend of Coachella, we asked four of the most stylish models in the business the question everyone in attendance probably asked themselves that morning as they got dressed: How should I style a classic pair of denim shorts, now that it’s finally shorts season? And Bella Hadid, Joan Smalls, Hailey Baldwin, and Romee Strijd answered. Check out their tips—and answers inspired by them—ahead.

Levi’s paid for the writer’s travel and accommodations for the purposes of writing this story.

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Aerie's Three Newest 'Role Models' Are Also Our Role Models


Aerie, the American Eagle Outfitters-run loungewear line that’s committed to celebrating all bodies through airbrush-free campaigns and an inspiring crew of spokespeople, is growing its family of “Role Models”. The brand announced that three very, very cool women will be joining model Iskra Lawrence as ambassadors: U.S. Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman, grown-ish actress and activist Yara Shahidi, and singer Rachel Platten.

Their careers—gymnastics, television, and music—may be different, but Raisman, Shahidi, and Platten are all major game-changers in their fields. And across the board, these women have used their platforms to advocate for themselves and others, whether it’s in the form of an empowering anthem or a searing testimony in court. In a statement, Aerie explained that it picked this trio, specifically, to appear in its Spring 2018 campaign because of “their influential voices, unique stories, and self-made success.”

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Jennifer Foyle, Aerie’s Global Brand President, said: “Yara, Aly, Rachel, and Iskra truly embody AerieREAL and what it means to be strong, confident, and happy in your own skin… Now, more than ever, we want to encourage women everywhere to feel empowered to embrace their own unique qualities and beautiful REAL selves.”

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As “Role Models”, Raisman, Shahidi and Platten will appear in the brand’s intimates, swim, and apparel campaigns throughout the year. With their combined achievements, the trio fit into the narrative of body positivity Aerie has been promoting for years, through its efforts to introduce more inclusive product, steer clear of Photoshop, and cast a range of women who don’t necessarily fit into the traditional “model” mold to appear in its ads.

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You may remember that Raisman’s partnership with Aerie was first revealed back in November at the Glamour Women of the Year Summit. But the news of her being a part of a new class of “Role Models” also comes with another very special announcement: Raisman, Shahidi, and Platten will be designing some items you can expect to see in Aerie stores this spring.

Beginning in March, exclusive products dreamed up by the Role Models will drop at Aerie, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting a charity of their choice. There’s no word yet on which causes proceeds will head towards, but Shahidi gives us a hunch that these special items will support initiatives we can get behind: “I love supporting causes and movements that help perpetuate this idea of people rising together,” she said.

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Aerie’s “Role Models” really started with Lawrence, and the model is psyched to see more young women see themselves represented in Aerie’s campaigns with the new additions to the crew. “I couldn’t be more excited for the #AerieREAL Role Model community to grow because we need voices,” she said. “We need diversity. I want every girl to feel like she has someone to look up to.”

PHOTO: © Ali Mitton

The campaign and collaboration are just the beginning for these “Role Models”: You can also expect to see Platten, Raisman, and Shahidi make appearances at Aerie stores across the country this next year as part of a “Real Talk” speaking series, where they’ll discuss topics from body positivity to women’s empowerment, adding even more layers to (and ways to experience) the #AerieREAL movement.

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Rihanna Refuses to Use Trans Models As ‘Convenient Marketing Tools’ for Fenty Beauty


Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty campaign is one of the most diverse campaigns we’ve seen this year. In fact, it’s one of the most diverse campaigns we’ve seen, ever. While it was a long time coming, at this point, it’s clear that Rihanna’s commitment to casting a spectrum of people has paid off—both in terms of how well Fenty products have sold (like crazy), and in how much it means for people to see themselves represented as beautiful. But as one fan recently pointed out, one of the identities not represented in Fenty’s campaigns thus far is trans women.

After the fan suggested that Rihanna change that for future campaigns, she responded in her typically transparent style and walked us through her thought process. On Instagram, she wrote, “I’ve had the pleasure of working with many gifted trans women throughout the years, but I don’t go around doing trans castings! Just like I don’t do straight non trans women castings! I respect all women, and whether they’re trans or not is none of my business!”

She continued: “It’s personal and some trans women are more comfortable being open about it than others, so I have to respect that as a woman myself! I don’t think it’s fair that a trans woman, or man, be used as a convenient marketing tool! Too often do I see companies doing this to trans and black women alike! There’s always just that one spot in the campaign for the token ‘we look mad diverse’ girl/guy! It’s sad!”

It’s undeniable that tokenism is still an issue in advertising—let alone if folks outside the young, thin, cis, straight, Eurocentric “norm” are represented at all. That’s been changing for the better recently though, with makeup brands like CoverGirl, Sephora, and Glossier including people of all kinds. We’ve still got a ways to go, obviously, until diverse castings are no longer news, but the recent campaigns have been a step in the right direction. Given how integral Fenty Beauty has been to furthering that conversation, we’d guess it’s only a matter of time until everyone ends up in the Fenty fold. No one knows the workings of Rihanna’s mind, of course, but herself. But from what we’ve seen, she’s got our back.

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These Victoria's Secret Models Are Getting Slammed for Using a Racial Slur in This Video


Several models from the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show are facing backlash today after they were caught on camera singing the n-word backstage during the production.

Pop Crave, a music news Twitter handle, posted a clip on Wednesday afternoon of several Angels singing along to Cardi B’s hit “Bodak Yellow.” In the video, the models in the room, the majority of whom are white, sing along to literally every word in the song—including the n-word, which Cardi B says right before the lyric, “Don’t get comfortable.”

It didn’t take long for Twitter users to find this video and call out these Victoria’s Secret Angels for saying the word. “Nah. That n-word was too loud and clear for there only to be one black girl in this room,” one user tweeted. “Welp @VictoriasSecret plz fire all of them for saying the n-word all carefree. #thanks,” wrote another. This message, from @insatiablevices on Twitter, explains exactly why the video is so problematic: “If you’re not black, don’t say the N word. Point. Blank. Period.”

Several Twitter users rhetorically asked what word the Angels were using to make their point. “Cut a what now? ?,” tweeted a user named @SadieWiggles. “Quick cutting WHOM off???? ??” replied someone else.

Check out these reactions (and more), below:

This story even caught the attention of Cardi B. She hasn’t commented on the backlash directly yet, but she did retweet a message from a user named @IMLORDMA512 that read, “All these bitches said [the n-word], too.”

We’ve reached out to Victoria’s Secret for comment and will update this post if and when the company replies.

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Ashley Graham Calls Out Rihanna's Fenty Runway Show For Not Using Curvy Models


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Ashley Graham has long been the face of size inclusivity on the runway, constantly pushing designers to do better and cast more plus-size (or curvy, as Graham prefers to be called) models in their shows. And though the fall 2017 shows saw a record 27 plus-size model appearances in New York alone—up from 16 the previous season and a mere six the one before—Ashley says there’s still lots of progress to be made.

In an interview with Yahoo! Beauty, Graham, who has her own lingerie brand, the Ashley Graham Collection, does not think that this year’s collections will be as progressive as last season’s. “It’s sad,” she says. “It’s funny to me, because I’ll look at runways and think, ‘I’d look so great in those clothes’ or ‘I know curvy women who would look so great in those clothes.’”

And she even called out a few names in particular. “I was at Fenty, and that was an amazing show. But how dope would it have been to see some curves on the runway? I think Baja East would be really cool to have curves on the runway. Philipp Plein would be really cool.” Though Rihanna has proved that she’s devoted to providing every woman with an option in the beauty industry—stores cannot keep the deepest shades of Fenty Beauty in stock just days after it dropped—Ashley does have a point that true diversity is not just limited to skin tone.

But it’s not all bad. There were the Christian Siriano and Prabal Gurung runway shows, both of which Graham and other plus-size or curvy models walked in, plus the Chromat show, which was one of the most diverse, with plus-size, transgender, and older models. Nevertheless, designers should all strive to include as many different skin tones, body types, hair textures, etc., as possible.

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