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Two Fresh New Faces In Fashion
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Two talented young people of color are taking no prisoners as they make their way to the top of the fashion industry. Emerging model Jourdan Dunn, and fashion designer Patrick Robinson are the two of the newest faces to hit the fashion scene. Dunn, 17, is a London native who was discovered while shopping with a friend 2006. Dunn has appeared in runway shows for Louis Vuitton, Prada, Zac Posen, Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B label and Tommy Hilfiger, among others. During fashion week Dunn wowed the catwalk by appearing in a record 75 fashion shows.

Dunn signed with Storm Models in 2006, which is the same agency that signed supermodel Kate Moss. "I'm very excited for her," Said Sarah Doukas, head of the Storm modeling agency. "I feel, if she does have great success, she will have a big effect on the way people look at different kinds of beauty."

If Dunn's skyrocket to stardom is not enough, the long-legged beauty is about to make history - as part of a groundbreaking issue of Vogue Italia, which will feature only non-white models. It is rumored that Dunn will be the cover model of the controversial July issue, which is aimed at encouraging other fashion magazines to diversify. Dunn, unlike most models is outspoken about the issue of whitewashing in the fashion industry.

"London's not a white city so why should all our castings be white? I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around and there's just me and maybe one other colored face," Dunn told the Evening Standard. "They just don't get picked. I hope it's because the designer just didn't think they were good enough as a model but I don't know."

Robinson, 41, a black clothing designer, was hired by The Gap to rebuild its faltering clothing retail chain. Last May he was appointed executive vice president of design for Gap Adult and gapbody. Robinson will oversee

all elements of design for Gap women's and men's apparel, accessories and intimates lines in North America. He will report to Marka Hansen, president of Gap North America, and Gary Muto, president, Gap Adult and gapbody.

"Patrick brings broad experience - from high-end fashion to mass market retail - demonstrating his versatility to interpret and create fresh, clean designs true to the Gap brand aesthetic," said Hansen. "We believe his skills and experience with some of the most respected apparel labels in the world will be great assets to Gap brand."

Robinson is a California-born designer who has worked for such names as Giorgio Armani, Anne Klein, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne. A graduate from the Parsons School of Design, he was named one of Vogue's 100 rising stars in 1996. During his 4-year tenure at Armani, Robinson managed to turn the brand's ailing "Collezioni" line profitable before taking the position of head designer at Anne Klein in 1995.

He has seen the insides of many design houses in New York, Milan, and Paris, as well as opening and closing his own, before arriving at a job he considers a homecoming of sorts. "I figured out what I really loved was clean, modern American sportswear," Robinson told Vogue. "Through everything I've done, I realized I that I actually like the idea of going in and fixing things."

In their own respect both of these talented individuals are changing long-standing traditions in the fashion industry. As the global market starts to open its eyes to the profitability of a wide variety of ethnicities, it is refreshing to see the fashion industry take a step in the right direction. "Globally, I think a huge change is about to happen," Doukas concludes. "I'm optimistic. I think people will come to feel again that diversity is much more interesting than the rather bland, generic look we've seen so much of for so long."

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