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Franca Sozzani's all-black July issue of Italian Vogue was arguably her buzziest to date. Despite these efforts to promote diversity in the fashion industry, the runways at Milan Fashion Week last month remained pretty much just as white as they always are, giving Sozzani even more reason not to stop with the all-black issue.
She'll continue to push boundaries with November's L'Uomo Vogue, which she's dedicating to Africa. Franca got the idea from Forest Whitaker and Bernard-Henri Lévy, who guest-edited the issue. Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post:
Instead of models, Sozzani photographs men and women in their own clothes. Next month's issue will feature Whitaker, Quincy Jones, John Legend, Matt Damon, and Michelle Obama "all expressing their affection for and their personal connection to Africa," Givhan writes. Half the issue's ad revenue will go to Africa-related charities.
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source dailyonline.alice.it
bablefish translation
Every photo of the review has been realized in exclusive right for the Vogue Man and it has not been never published previously. ...
Numerous and prestigious the participants to the special number:
Michel Comte, Phil Poynter, Francesco Carrozzini, Nabil, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Pierpaolo Ferrari, Anton Corbijn, Melvin Sokolsky, Max Vadukul, Mark Seliger, Tom Munro, Bryan Adams, Bruce Weber, Youssou N’Dour, John Legend, Quincy Jones, Wyclef Jean, K’naan, Tahar Ben Jelloun, John Prendergast, Javier Barden, Jeffrey Sachs, Matt Damon, David Rockefeller, Nile Rodgers, Walter Veltroni, George Clooney, David Gakunzi, Bobby Shriver.
She'll continue to push boundaries with November's L'Uomo Vogue, which she's dedicating to Africa. Franca got the idea from Forest Whitaker and Bernard-Henri Lévy, who guest-edited the issue. Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post:
She wanted to focus on people, projects and ideas. She did not want to make an aesthetic statement about Africa. So she didn't fill the magazine with images of Western models in overpriced vaguely ethnic frocks. And unlike a recent issue of India's Vogue magazine, which sparked outrage among activists and humanitarians, this one won't show peasants posing with $5,000 handbags.
… "Fashion is not only about clothes," Sozzani says. She broadens it so that it speaks to the vague and all-encompassing notion of identity.
In fact, Sozzani has avoided using models in L'Uomo Vogue. "I think it's ridiculous to see a 16-year-old wearing clothes he'll never afford at his age," she tells Givhan. … "Fashion is not only about clothes," Sozzani says. She broadens it so that it speaks to the vague and all-encompassing notion of identity.
Instead of models, Sozzani photographs men and women in their own clothes. Next month's issue will feature Whitaker, Quincy Jones, John Legend, Matt Damon, and Michelle Obama "all expressing their affection for and their personal connection to Africa," Givhan writes. Half the issue's ad revenue will go to Africa-related charities.
source
source dailyonline.alice.it
bablefish translation
Every photo of the review has been realized in exclusive right for the Vogue Man and it has not been never published previously. ...
Numerous and prestigious the participants to the special number:
Michel Comte, Phil Poynter, Francesco Carrozzini, Nabil, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Pierpaolo Ferrari, Anton Corbijn, Melvin Sokolsky, Max Vadukul, Mark Seliger, Tom Munro, Bryan Adams, Bruce Weber, Youssou N’Dour, John Legend, Quincy Jones, Wyclef Jean, K’naan, Tahar Ben Jelloun, John Prendergast, Javier Barden, Jeffrey Sachs, Matt Damon, David Rockefeller, Nile Rodgers, Walter Veltroni, George Clooney, David Gakunzi, Bobby Shriver.
