CAMPBELL SLAMS RACIST FASHION INDUSTRY
NAOMI CAMPBELL has accused the fashion industry of racism and is vowing to boycott designers who only use white models.
Campbell, famous for being the first black model to grace the covers of the British and French Vogue magazines, claims labels are using fewer "black, Chinese and Hispanic" models than ever.
Speaking on the eve of New York Fashion Week (begs1Feb08), the 37-year-old says, "I’m disgusted and sad about the whole issue. Fashion needs to go back to the way it used to be when wonderful designers like Yves St. Laurent, Gianna Versace and Azzedine Alaia just had a great line up of beautiful women - white, black, Chinese, Hispanic." Campbell claims one particular fashion house refused her clothes, because they "already dress Beyonce".
The supermodel says, "I’ve taken it upon myself to never wear that designer it’s such an ignorant thing to say." Campbell is also boycotting an unnamed European designer she claims refuses to use non-white models in its shows.
The model, meanwhile, won’t grace the catwalk in New York next week (begs4Feb08) because she claims she "hasn’t been asked".
She adds, "I love it and miss it, but understand this, it doesn’t have to be me. It has to be amazing women of colour."
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