Supermodel Chanel Iman and her rumored fiance, Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, appear inside the pages of the famed Vogue September Issue. Iman revealed the news of “The Dance of Seduction” editorial on Instagram, and highlighted a photo of the couple locked tight in an embrace as if they’re about to kiss.
Both Iman and Rocky have been immersed in the fashion world, but the editorial will be the first time the two models have appeared together in a fashion magazine. Iman and the rapper have been keeping their relationship under the radar instead of becoming fodder for the tabloids, which makes this pairing all the more interesting. Here’s your opportunity to get a first look at the spread before it hits newsstands.
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Vogue’s September Issue might be one of the issue’s most diverse and welcoming for models of color this year. Joan Smalls, who is of Puerto Rican descent, appears on the cover as a trio of models. Smalls is the first woman of color on the magazine’s September cover in over 25 years. Yes, Halle Berry and Naomi Campbell were featured in other September Issues of the women’s fashion magazine, but only on the fold-out pages and not as the main feature.
Models of color have spoken out about the fashion’s industry lack of inclusion for women and men of color on the runways and in magazine’s pages. Iman spoke about being excused by designers because they had already found their one “Black girl.” Vogue Italia has embraced models and celebrities influential to the fashion world in “Vogue Black,” a separate subsection of their site. But for all its intentions to be diverse, even Vogue Italia has had a recent blackface hiccup.
Hopefully the American Vogue takes the hint that people of color want to see themselves featured in the magazine also.
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