Naomi Campbell: Scaring The Racism Out Of The Fashion Industry

British Photographer Nick Knight was mad as hell about the racism he saw in the fashion industry, and he wasn't going to take it anymore. So he enlisted enlisted Naomi Campbell and some prop (I hope!) guns to illustrate the frustration that he and black models feel every day in a silent short film. Campbell's wearing two dresses by Rodarte in the clip. Incidentally, Rodarte scored a big fat zero in Stereohyped's "Black Model Watch" from NYC's fall fashion week.

Aug 21, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 3 Responses

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Tagged: Naomi Campbell, Nick Knight, Racism

Comments (3)

No. 1 · Daria at Gorgeous Black Women

You should inform them on this.

Naomi looks eerily like Ojy Okpe here. This was a horrible idea for many reasons. The guns. Naomi with guns. If you're trying to convey passion, go with knives. I can actually see the artistic value there. Shredding dresses perhaps. Cutting a mannequin. Ripping apart a magazine with white models galore.

Posted: Aug 21, 2008 at 11:34 pm

No. 2 · isch

good thing he got mad enough to do this after everyone else got mad enough to say something.

Posted: Aug 22, 2008 at 11:02 am

No. 3 · Eric T

good idea, but it could always backfire as a "negros with guns" deal

Posted: Aug 24, 2008 at 11:39 am

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