Photographed by Craig McDean for 5/2009 Italian Vogue.
I love these. It's not very often that black models get photographed in such an avant-garde style. It's a nice break from the jumping and laughing type shoot that one finds month after month in American Vogue.
á la Balenciaga (a reader at The Fashion Spot) dreamed up this imaginary cover featuring the best photo from the editorial:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvEDMGfJZ27uvhhGnGPLLfQQeIuH8ZtIL5nNzsT5tSVAAgexQNDzneRvZjdFIFLnezPLifQSlmM_J2FTUT_iTgGbnzfzeWUQbn_PYqSkOdUmP0cmUb-k5j99jGOKdMJrFHPcEDBcT2eWp/s320/vifake.jpg)
I'm biased but I do like it much better than the actual May cover:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7wL5NNV9hrqNs9ngQSzG0qslctKswOiVghrnRNy-ISXBKBe3InUXiGVsViCzzQtwC-lHPqIOjzOBdaG8mXucGMeZjASuSRBqu-kVX6RFUrwThESK5I7sF7uosCAIydpFtJTAUqGwBDkO/s320/vireal.jpg)
What do you think?
s: Diciassette(17),BLACKLAB,TFS