The second week of July, dozens of fashion houses showed their designs during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. Haute couture is the pinnacle of luxury fashion, and all designers are not couturiers. In order to become a couture designer, fashion houses must meet stringent guidelines, including having a Paris-based atelier with more than 20 staff.
Black models and activists like Naomi Campbell and Bethann Hardison are still fighting for increased representation in high fashion, so we took a look at the women used to showcase the lavish clothes.
Note: Armani Privé, Schiaparelli used no Black models.
Alberta Ferretti
Number of looks worn by Black models: 3 of 25
Karly Loyce
Muna Muhamed
Muna Muhamed
Number of looks worn by Black models: 2 of 30
Cindy Bruna
Ysaunny Brito
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 20
Mounia Orosemane
Number of looks worn by Black models: 2 of 39
Lineisy Montero
Joan Smalls
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 or 26
Leila Nda
Chanel
Number of looks worn by Black models:1 of 67
Binx Walton
Number of looks worn by Black models: 2 of 57
Lineisy Montero
Leila Nda
Giambattista Valli
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 50
Jean Paul Gaultier
Number of looks worn by Black models: 3 or 59
Maison Margiela
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 26
Ulyana Sergeenko
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 40
Valentino
Number of looks worn by Black models: 5 of 55
Viktor & Rolf
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 20
Zuhair Murad
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 49
Elie Saab
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 58
Cindy Bruna
Fendi
Number of looks worn by Black models: 2 of 37
Aya Jones
Lineisy Montero
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 50
Karly Loyce
Amilna Estevão
Aya Jones
Lineisy Montero
Givenchy
Number of looks worn by Black models: 2 of 12
Joan Smalls
Naomi Campbell
Number of looks worn by Black models: 3 or 59
Ysaunny Brito
Chantal Monaghan
Maison Margiela
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 26
Amilna Estevão
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 40
Kai Newman
Leila Nda
Ysaunny Brito
Aamito Stacie Lagum
Number of looks worn by Black models: 5 of 55
Leila Nda
Kai Newman
Aya Jones
Lineisy Montero
Leila Nda
Number of looks worn by Black models: 1 of 20
Karly Loyce
Number of looks worn by Black models: 4 of 49
Cindy Bruna
Cindy Bruna
Ysaunny Brito
Ysaunny Brito
