Sentence examples for use of black models from inspiring English sources

It was not always thus: Yves Saint Laurent famously pioneered the use of black models in his runway shows in the 1970s.

Although some developers and advertising agencies in other cities have increased the use of black models, others say that the use of only whites in the advertisements is a prudent marketing tool and they deny any intent to exclude.

"I definitely feel that there has been a lot of improvement in the industry with [the] use of black models, but I would definitely say that it has a long way to go especially with regards to shade.

It was a huge success worldwide and helped draw attention to the lack of black models used in the fashion industry, which was exactly Sozzani's goal.

The Post's agreement requires that real-estate advertisers depict a minimum number of black models in advertisements that use models.

Such efforts may actually be exploitational, the project suggests, a high-brow version of using black models in commercial advertising.

In a cover article last month in Thursday Styles, Iman suggested organizing boycotts of designers who do not use black models.

'The major advertising campaigns that decide the commercial value of a girl hardly ever use black models, and that cascades through the industry,' he adds.

He pioneered trouser suits for women, and was the first designer to use black models on the catwalks of Paris.

Bethann Hardison, the former modeling agent who has been an outspoken critic of the lack of racial diversity on the runways in recent years, issued open letters of complaint to leaders of the four world fashion capitals on Friday, naming dozens of designers who have used no black models or only one black model on their runways.

Some accused Jacobs of appropriating black culture and asked why he didn't use black models.