Excitement! The first photos from the upcoming "Black Issue" of Vogue Italia have arrived! The cover is actually a four-photo foldout, featuring model pros Liya Kebede and Naomi Campbell along with newbies Jourdan Dunn and Sessilee Lopez. Fire! The issue boasts 100 pages of brown beauty, including Alek Wek (hell yes), Alva Chin (classic), Gail O'Neil (oh so 80's), Iman (but of course, darling), Kiara Kabukuru (love her for Covergirl), Karen Alexander (yup gorgeous), Tyra Banks (duh), Veronica Webb (yay), Yasmin Warsame (sure why not), Pat Cleveland (legendary), Arlenis Sosa Pena (if you read the blog, you already knew), Chanel Iman (fierce) and Toccara Jones (woo hoo! score one for the full size models! you better work Toccara!). Hmm...where's Beverly Peele? Or Beverly Johnson? Let's hope they show up in there somewhere!
Sessilee Lopez
Chanel Iman
Liya Kebede
Naomi Campbell (I thought that was Kerry Washington for a moment!) 
Sessilee Lopez
Tyra Banks
Okay, Steven Meisel is a genius. And Sessilee Lopez very clearly killed this shoot. She is absolutely stunning! No wonder she landed one of the coveted covers. The issue hits European newsstands next Thursday and will land in the U.S. very soon after. I'll let you know more details as they come in...can't wait!
Check out the N.Y. Times article on the much anticipated issue, here.
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