Bethann Hardison, a model turned New York agent, pioneered the campaign for diversity on the catwalk with the message that fashion is not only white. She strutted the runway herself in the 1960s and 1970s, then carved out a career finding and promoting the coolest models of any skin tone, until in 1996 she briefly moved to Mexico. Then the trend for supermodels with individuality -- some of them black -- gave way to a uniform, almost entirely white look ...Sunday 7 September 2014
Bethann Hardison is a True Promoter of Catwalk Diversity
Bethann Hardison, a model turned New York agent, pioneered the campaign for diversity on the catwalk with the message that fashion is not only white. She strutted the runway herself in the 1960s and 1970s, then carved out a career finding and promoting the coolest models of any skin tone, until in 1996 she briefly moved to Mexico. Then the trend for supermodels with individuality -- some of them black -- gave way to a uniform, almost entirely white look ...
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