Black models who changed the face of fashion

This Saturday is Juneteenth, now a federal holiday according to a bill just signed by President Biden. This September will bring a reemergence of New York Fashion Week as in-person shows are being planned by, among others, Tom Ford, the Chairman of the CFDA. The anniversary of George Floyd’s murder is now in the rearview mirror. While these three events might not seem directly connected, they indisputably are. No industry was left untouched by the impact of Floyd’s killing. But there is some concern that the fashion industry’s period of self interrogation around its systemic racism, which produced news of diversity initiatives and the release of inclusivity reports almost weekly, has subsided as the possibility of “normality” returns.