2 months ago 04th Sep 16:39
Vogue India have divided the fashion world with a recent photoshoot which uses some of the world's poorest people to model luxury fashion.
The magazine combined the highest fashion and the lowest standard of living to make a bold statement that has led the world to question whether this is a step too far.
The photoshoot in the October edition features, among other images, a young poverty stricken child wearing a £100 Fendi bib.
Also featured is a poor looking family piled onto a moped driven by the crumpled looking mother who is sporting a Hermes Birkin handbag.
While some media are quick to criticise the exploitation of the plight of the poor to make a fashion statement Vogue India editor Priya Tanna points out in New York Times that the message behind the shoot is "fashion is no longer a rich man’s privilege. Anyone can carry it off and make it look beautiful."
So what do you think? Should this be taken at face value- is it morally wrong to dress impoverished people in designer clothes they can never afford? Or is it all in the name of making a necesary bold statement that fashion is for everyone?
Caz Moss- Female First
Your Comments:
by Dilip Deo - 14:31:16 10th Sep 2008
It's Tanna's poverty of fashion philosophy.
by Laura - 16:50:44 4th Sep 2008
I think that that Vogue should of given them the money to live off before they start dressing them up in expensive clothes...on the plus side, a well written article!
by Jess - 16:45:05 4th Sep 2008
I like the idea behind it but I hope they paid the 'models' a lot!