Word: sozzani
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Black is back. Black is beautiful. Black may even be the new black. Certainly Franca Sozzani, long-time editor of Vogue Italia and one of Europe's top arbiters of high fashion, gave that view an enthusiastic endorsement when she made this month's edition of her magazine the first ever "Black" issue, featuring only black models and articles about black-related subjects...
...Sozzani says she was inspired by the untapped potential of black models and by the candidacy of Barack Obama, and she clearly hit the market's sweet spot. After the original run of the July issue sold out in the U.S. and U.K. in 72 hours, Vogue Italia has just rushed to reprint 30,000 extra copies for American newsstands, another 10,000 for Britain and 20,000 more in Italy. The only complaints about the reprints might come from those currently trying to sell copies on eBay for $45 apiece...
...Although the issue's success coincided with Obama's recent triumphant swing through Europe, Sozzani pulled the trigger on the idea back on Super Tuesday. Visiting the U.S. that first week of February, she says she experienced up close the enthusiasm generated by the first viable African-American candidate for the White House. "It's a sign," she recalls thinking to herself. "It's the moment...
...influence of the same big three - Miyake, Kawakubo and Yamamoto - continues to dominate. And the same Japanese design houses are still regarded as sources of inspiration rather than models for how to build luxury brands. "They are so independent, they are icons in the fashion world," says Franka Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue...