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Liberian Model Impresses Upon Scarcity of Ideas in Fashion World By Recreating Famous Ad Campaigns


Deddeh Howard is the Liberian-born model lives in LA. She is on a mission to raise awareness about the scarcity of diverseness in the fashion world when it comes to creating a unique fashion campaign for the biggest brands of the world.

What she says about the brands in her own words on her website Secretofdd

“When growing up as a girl I always wondered, why the big brands such as Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Guess and many others rarely seem to use a black model? And if they do, a very small group of black models does make the cut here and there, but that group seems to remain pretty much identical over a long period of time.”

Her project Black Mirror is all focused on recreating the fashion campaigns while placing herself in the same scene as models like Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid etc.

 

She further says

“Even though I was told by those agencies that I have an amazing look and wish they could represent me, they already have a black model.”

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You have seen above her recreated project. See what she says about it.

“For this project I decided to re-shoot several of the inspiring and famous campaigns out there and try to show what they could look like with a black model. Why can’t the big brands not embrace our diversity more and give all of us visibility? With this Black Mirror project I hope to show the world that it is time for all of us being seen.”

Photo credits: Secretofdd

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