Blogger Scott Shapiro writes about the relentless lack of visible ethnic diversity on the runways in an article called, ‘The Casting Catastrophe.’
Shapiro writes,
After six long years since a runway appearance, and even after she allegedly quit modeling for good, Gemma Ward was back. Many could state that her appearance suggests a restoration of the days when models had recognizable names, faces, and personas. Sure, the era of the supermodel was long-gone by the time Ward and her contemporaries had peaked in the mid-2000s, but memorable, unique, and multifaceted beauty was still in. These days, that’s not the case.
[…] But aside from a handful of girls who embody what it means to be a model, this season’s casting was the saddest yet.
Is this really what the fashion industry is coming to? While the idea of a model being a “blank slate” was originally intended to place a higher emphasis on the clothes, all-white casts of – for lack of a better word – strikingly unattractive teenagers has become an even bigger distraction.
Read the full article here.
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