Black Italian designer calls out racism in fashion industry
Stella Jean has announced a boycott of Milan Fashion Week and will no longer stay silent amid a rise in racially charged incidents in Italian fashion
11 September 2020 - 14:03
Rome — Stella Jean, the Haitian-Italian designer who has just announced a boycott of Milan Fashion Week, says she has suffered racism all her life.
But it was only when she encountered it in Italy’s mainly white fashion industry that she realised just how unwilling people are to talk about it...
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