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Is the CFDA serious about diversity? Hmm, the verdict is still out; however, with the promotion of CaSandra Diggs to president of the organization, perhaps, the CFDA is more serious about diversity than previously assumed. This appointment is groundbreaking and history making; CaSandra Diggs will be the first African American to helm the CFDA.
“Expanding her role will provide the CFDA with more opportunity to meet the needs of the membership in a broad and diverse way,” exclaimed CFDA CEO, Steven Kolb in a statement. “It is a critical time for our industry, and she is the right person with the right ideas to help lead CFDA into the future.”
Diggs came to the CFDA in 2001 and the last position she held was that of Chief Administrative and Financial Officer. In her new position of president, Diggs will be tasked with developing strategy, championing, educating, and supporting its membership and the fashion industry-at-large.
“I am delighted to join Tom Ford and Steven Kolb as we continue to advance and evolve the CFDA into a modern, [forward-thinking] organization that is reflective of our times,” concluded Diggs in an essence.com article. You go, girl!!
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Martin Margiela revealed
What happened to Martin Margiela? That is question that many fashion insiders have been pondering for years. Well, you don’t have to wonder anymore.
“Martin Margiela: In His Own Words” reveals and details Margiela’s drawings, notes and Margiela’s own reflection on his place in the fashion industry. This 90-minute documentary also has interviews and commentary from Carine Roitfeld, trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, fashion critic Cathy Horyn, fashion historian Olivier Saillard, and Jean Paul Gaultier—whom Margiela once assisted.
Named the best fashion documentary of the decade by The Hollywood Reporter, “Martin Margiela: In His Own Words” is written and directed and produced by Reiner Holzemer.
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Elle anoints Cardi B
Most fashion magazines’ September issues use fashion models on the cover; however, 2020 September issues are not following that tradition. Rihanna has 26 global covers of Harper’s Bazaar’s September issue, and Cardi B is on the cover of Elle’s September issue.
The announcement that Cardi B has been chosen to be on the cover of Elle’s September issue was timed with the release of Cardi B’s music video for her new single “WAP.” The music video went viral and broke the internet.
In the Elle 2020 September issue Card B talks about everything from politics—Trump, Cuomo—her relationship with her husband, Offset, and of course, music. “My music is always going to make a woman feel like a bad b**ch,” she told interviewer Marjon Carlos, as reported in fashionweekdaily.com. “When you make a woman feel like she’s the baddest b**ch in the room, to me, that’s female empowerment.”
Steven Klein photographed Cardi B for the Elle 2020 September issue, and Cardi B was styled by her own stylist Kollin Carter. The Elle 2020 September issue hits newsstands on September 8.
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