#Maty Fall Janet Jumbo Adut Akech and Anok Yai Covers British Vogue February 2022

[rudyarias]

In the late 50’s, Richard Avedon vigorously fought Harper’s Bazaar’s publisher, Robert F. MacLeod, in allowing him to use China Machado in editorials. She was the highest-paid runway model in Europe, and Oleg Cassini brought her to New York for his runway show in 1958. Then, in 1959, Ms. Machado became the first non-white model featured in the pages of Harper’s Bazaar. Ultimately, she became an editor for Harper’s Bazaar.

It’s 2023. The fashion landscape is drastically changing since Covid (Cabin Fever), from the onset of the “white out” period, at the beginning of the 2000’s when women of color were practically nonexistent on the runways. With the rise of “diverse faces”, like Gigi and her sister, Bella Hadid, becoming supermodels over the last decade, to British Vogue’s February 2022 cover featuring African Supermodels Adut Akech, Anok Yai, Majesty Amare, Amar Akway, Janet Jumbo, Maty Fall, Nyagua Ruea, Abény Nhial, and Akon Changkou, fashion has opened the gates for their dark-skinned sisters to define beauty within a changing social order becoming more global each day.

It has done so, most recently, in helping to develop the model identity of Jae Simmons. Jae’s natural beauty, when we first met in person, is stunning to say the least. She drew attention everywhere we shot that October Friday afternoon. Like Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh, I, too, am a strong advocate for women of color in true fashion and fortunate to be part of her journey.

Model: Jae Simmons

Stylist: John Henry Edington

Designer: Sheril P Hughes Mba

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Amar Akway, Majesty Amare, Akon Changkou, Nyagua Ruea, Abény Nhial, Maty Fall, Janet Jumbo, Adut Akech, and Anok Yai Covers British Vogue, February 2022

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British Vogue’s Momentous All African Cover Spotlights 9 Young Women Redefining What It Is To Be A Model. Virginie Moreira’s Homage To ’60s Hair Is An Unapologetic Celebration Of Blackness. A Famous Photo Of Grace Jones Inspired The Beauty Looks In British Vogue’s February 2022 Cover Story #azarialamode Starring models Adut Akech, Amar Akway, Majesty Amare, Akon Changkou, Maty Fall, Janet Jumbo, Abény Nhial, Nyagua Ruea and Anok Yai in a striking fashion story shot by Rafael Pavarotti and styled by British Vogue's Editor-In-Chief Edward Enninful OBE, it's the first time Vogue has featured a group of black women this size on the cover. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsUUcpl_WX/?utm_medium=tumblr