Ofcourse beauty comes from all origins but this is not "Miss diverse casting director 2015".It's a fashion show. If the casting director spends all his effort trying to split equally the different colortypes of beauty to fit in one show in order not to be called a racist he/she doesn't do his/her job. And imo diverse cast is not only Asian/African/European.There can be diversity in the type of beauty that is being used in a fashion show and i saw that in Prada.
If the casting director is, in fact, completely race-unbiased, then they don't even have to worry about that, because it comes to them naturally. And I'm not blaming only the casting directors here - the designers themselves, the executives, everyone plays a part in this game.
About diversity in itself, Marc10 said it brilliantly about the business aspect and globalization (I can't give you karma, but thank you!
), but I'll just add: a fashion show represents an ideal, an image of a woman suitable to the designers' aesthetics. A lot of young girls and boys, of all ethnicities, are followers of fashion (not necessarily high-fashion, but fashion), and when these girls and boys see only white and thin girls and boys suceeding, what are they gonna think? The absence of women of color on the runway means that a woman of color cannot be classy, or glamorous, or seductive, or elegant, or funny, or quirky... whatever that designer's vision is, it has no place for a woman of color. This doesn't affect only the designers, but they also affect those girls and boys of color watching the show. They wonder "do I fit in anywhere? I can't be beautiful if I'm not white?". That's the message it sends.
Now, the whole thing above might seem overdramatic to someone, and some might think "oh, but I see a lot of women of color on the runway now, when there weren't before, say, back in 2008 It's progress!" - and that is exactly the point. Fashion is already ruled by so many beauty standards, and when some of us finally opening our minds, even if by the slightest bit, and recognizing women of all races and complexions can be beautiful and fit in, in comes Prada (one of the most, if not
the most, influential designers of our time), saying "I'd like my girls to stay white and thin, thank you very much". People like her - CDs, bigwigs, editors, other designers and important people - are refusing to get on with the times and recognize that the perspective is changing. They want to set us backwards, to be
exclusionary in a time where fashion needs to be democratized if it's going to stay relevant to the global conversation. All that progress we made? They want to halt it. And
We. Will. Not. Have. That.
Are hair colors a determinant factor in cultural, political, sociological, geographical and historical matters? Are hair colors a grand measure of worth in our society, not only of individuals, but of entire countries and continents? Have hair colors caused wars and raging conflicts between nations?
This world is huge and filled with all kinds of people, and it would be a darn shame if any of them should be deemed
unworthy of wearing clothes, whatever those clothes might be.
(I'd like to ask you my sincere apologies, subway 123, if I've offended or disrespected you in any possible way. This is a topic that I'm really passionate about, and this post might have sounded a little too heated in whatever point, so if there's something troubling you about this, feel free to discuss it, and I will do my best to answer your doubts. Healthy discussion is the key to a lot of things in life )
