Vogue Magazine’s Complicated Relationship with Diversity
Edward Enninful, the new editor-in-chief of British Vogue, has a proven history of
addressing diversity that many hope will be the start of an overhaul of the global Vogue brand.
In March, he responded sublimely when US President Donald Trump nominated Supreme
Court judge Neil Gorsuch, who allegedly does not care much about civil rights: Enninful styled a
shoot for his then employer, the New York-based W magazine, in which a range of ethnically
diverse models climb the stairs of an imaginary "Supreme Court". In February, after Trump
initiated the much-debated immigration ban, Enninful put together a video showcasing the
various fashion celebrities who have immigrated into the US. Even before his first official day
in Vogue’s Mayfair offices, Enninful had hired two English superstars of Jamaican descent in an
attempt to diversify the team. Model Naomi Campbell and make-up artist Pat McGrath both
share Enninful’s aim of championing fashion as a force for social change.
One can only hope that Enninful’s appointment is not a mere blip, but a move in the right
direction on a long road to diversity for the global brand.
Disponível em: www.independent.co.uk. Acesso em: 11 ago. 2017 (adaptado).
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