Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Italian Vogue's Black Barbie Issue

La Fashion Bomb (via Blog Crazy Sexy Techie Cool) is reporting that as a follow up to last summer's groundbreaking all-black Vogue Italia, the fashion rag has dedicate its July issue to the iconic black Barbie.

Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief of Italian Vogue explains, “Barbie has been an icon for whole generations which is why I really wanted to give a strong sign in step with the times, and dedicate [this] issue to Black Barbie.”

Here are a few scans to wet your appetite:


I definitely need to see this live and in color!

P.S. Did you hear that Barbie plans to release dolls with more afrocentric features later this year? Love it!