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Fashion In 50 Seconds 08/04/09 Naomi Sims Dead, Club Monaco Jewels

FabSugar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:41:07 PDT

Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," dead at 61.

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Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," Dead at 61

fashionologie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:58:51 PDT

>> The title of "first black supermodel" has been handed out to Beverly Johnson, the first African American woman to score the cover of Vogue, or Donyale Luna, who Vogue named model of the year in 1966, but Naomi Sims, who died of cancer Saturday, at 61, held her own right to the title.

Halston referred to her as "the first [black supermodel]" in 1974: "She was the great ambassador for all black people. She broke down all the social barriers.” When modeling agencies turned her down in the late '60s, she went straight to photographers, finally convincing Gosta Peterson to capture her for the cover of The New York Times Magazine's Fashions of the Times supplement in 1967; the image is now appearing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Model as Muse" exhibit. Sims sent out the image to ad agencies, and within a year, she was earning $1,000 and had a national AT&T TV commercial campaign wearing Bill Blass.

She paved the way for the likes of Pat Cleveland, Beverly Johnson, gave up modeling after five years in favor of pursuing what became a multimillion dollar beauty empire, and thought of her race as an advantage: "It’s ‘in’ to use me, and maybe some people do it when they don’t really like me. But even if they are prejudiced, they have to be tactful if they want a good picture.”

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philleif — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:32:00 PDT

UPDATE 5/5/08: New additions have been made, with asterisks.

>> The Costume Institute Gala is less than one week away, and Anna's already sending her message: If you want your picture in Vogue's coverage of the event, you need to go bold with the superhero theme. No surprises there, but as for the who, what, wear, here's the list that's rumored so far:

Alberta Ferretti: Diane Kruger, Jennifer Lopez, Ivanka Trump*
Bill Blass: Jourdan Dunn*
Burberry: Lily Donaldson, Rose Huntington-Whiteley
Calvin Klein: Fergie, Eva Mendes, Rachel Bilson, Chace Crawford*
Chanel: Kate Bosworth, Thandie Newton*, Audrey Tautou*, Anna Wintour*
Chris Benz: Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann*
Christian Dior Beaute: Cameron Diaz*
Diane von Furstenberg: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ellen Barkin*
Dolce & Gabbana: Scarlett Johansson, Iman, David Bowie, Jason Lewis*
Giorgio Armani: Julia Roberts, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Camilla Belle, Sarah Larson*, David Beckham*, Victoria Beckham*
Givenchy: Christina Ricci
Marc Jacobs: Sofia Coppola, Karen Elson, Rachel Feinstein, and Helena Christensen
Marchesa: Eva Longoria*, Dita Von Teese*
Marni: Amanda Brooks
Michael Kors: Kristin Davis*
Miuccia Prada: Tilda Swinton, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Betts
Missoni: Mischa Barton*
Nina Ricci: Bee Shaffer*
Oscar de la Renta: Iekeliene Stange
Peter Som: Maggie Gyllenhaal*
Phi: Emmy Rossum, Natasha Poly
Philip Crangi: Caroline Trentini
Proenza Schouler: Tory Burch, Jessica Stam
Pucci: Joy Bryant, Anja Rubik, Coco Rocha
Rag & Bone: Sasha Pivovarova
Rodarte: Guinevere van Seenus
RM by Roland Mouret: Rosamund Pike
Stella McCartney: Kate Moss
Thierry Mugler: Naomi Watts*
Vera Wang: Karolina Kurkova
Versace: Molly Sims, Isabeli Fontana, Mario Testino*, Janet Jackson*, Matt Dillon*
Yigal Azrouel: Katie Lee Joel*

Other celebrity attendees: Renee Zellweger, Mary J. Blige, Claire Danes, Mischa Barton, LeBron James; Rumored: Hilary Duff, Zoe Kravitz, Lake Bell, Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady, Liev Schreiber*, Kimora Lee Simmons*, Djimon Hounsou*, Alexis Bryan*, Andy Roddick*, Brooklyn Decker*, Monica Seles*, Ed Westwick*, Blake Lively*, Zoe Kravitz*, Olivia Thirlby*, Lily Collins*

Other model attendees: Natalia Vodianova, Chanel Iman, Stephanie Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Raquel Zimmerman, Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, Claudia Schiffer*

Other designer attendees: Valentino, Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, Consuelo Castiglioni, Christian Louboutin

*image: source