Women of Color on the Runway

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Ziwei Cao | Delpozo, Fall 2017 RTW

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Hyun Ji Shin | Delpozo, Fall 2017 RTW

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Monica Tomas | Delpozo, Fall 2017 RTW

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Ziwei Cao | Delpozo, Fall 2017 RTW

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Hyun Ji Shin | Delpozo, Fall 2017 RTW

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Naki Depass | Christopher Kane, Fall 2017 RTW

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Kekeli Lea | Christopher Kane, Fall 2017 RTW

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Yoon Young Bae | Christopher Kane, Fall 2017 RTW

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Philomena Kwao is the socially conscious black model we've been waiting for | gal-dem

Plus-size and black, Philomena Kwao defies not one but two of the fashion industry’s odds. But instead of letting the labels define her, she embraces them.

Going into the modelling industry, what would you say was your more predominant exclusion – your size or your colour?

Both. I had everything against me: natural cropped hair, almost bald so couldn’t fit into the American girl next door with weave or wear the token afro. Then add the fact that I’m one of the darkest girls out there and I’m also plus. It’s like everything society said you shouldn’t be, I was. I didn’t work for almost a year in America; clients, hair stylists, make-up artists, they all just didn’t know what to do with me. You can be skinny and dark, like an Alec Wek or a Naomi. But I was too much for them to handle.

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Brittany Noon | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Alanna Arrington | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Wangy Xinyu | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Naki Depass | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Shujing Zhou | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Brittany Noon | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Alanna Arrington | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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Wangy Xinyu | Chalayan, Fall 2017 RTW

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