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Update — Elle Germany has issued a statement acknowledging its mistakes:
Starting with calling the feature "Black is back."Author:Dhani MauUpdated:Oct 30, 2019Original:Oct 29, 2019We're once again in the unfortunate situation of reporting another failed, deeply offensive attempt by people in the fashion industry to highlight ethnic diversity. And this one is especially baffling.
And it doesn't end there: As Diet Prada notes, the magazine couldn't even keep those human beings straight, misidentifying Naomi Chin Wing as Janaye Furman. It also made an odd choice in highlighting Joan Smalls alongside a group of relative newcomers, given that she's a modeling veteran at this point .
It's another case of the how-did-multiple-people-see-this-and-think-it-was-ok mystery. And another step backward for genuine inclusivity in the industry. A rep for Elle Germany did not immediately respond to our request for comment. "In our current issue we approach the colour black from different angles. One of our focuses was to feature strong black women who work as fashion models.It was wrong to use the cover line "Back to black" which could be misconstrued to mean that black individuals are some sort of fashion trend. This obviously was not our intention and we regret not being more sensitive to the possible misinterpretations.
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