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Skin Deep: The Story of Black Models in America and Abroad [Hardcover]

Barbara Summers (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 284 pages
  • Publisher: Amistad Press (HarperCollins) (Jan 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1567430317
  • ISBN-13: 978-1567430318
  • Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 23.6 x 30.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,871,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL! EXCEPTIONALLY GORGEOUS! 12 Jan 1999
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book from front to back. It gave me an inside perspective on how black models are treated in the fashion industry. After being brain washed and white washed by dozens of "Vogue," "Glamour," and "Cosmo" magazines, I had lost sight of how beautiful and elegant black models/women are. This is unfortunate but true and can only account for the racist attitudes and standards that Western society (especially America) has against ethnic (African, Asian, Latin, and Native American Indian) beauty. Ethnic beauty is copied and exploited. You can see it in every page of the most popular fashion magazines. I also read Eileen Ford's comment about this book. She was wrong wasn't she. Thank you for writing this book Ms. Summers. It is unquestionably a work of art.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! 2 Oct 1998
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Format:Hardcover
Modeling doyenne Eileen Ford once told the author that a book about Black models would be a short one. Skin Deep is most certainly not. This book is filled with the history of beautiful Black women who have made an impact on the world of style. It was a long time coming.
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5.0 out of 5 stars MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL! EXCEPTIONALLY GORGEOUS! 12 Jan 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book from front to back. It gave me an inside perspective on how black models are treated in the fashion industry. After being brain washed and white washed by dozens of "Vogue," "Glamour," and "Cosmo" magazines, I had lost sight of how beautiful and elegant black models/women are. This is unfortunate but true and can only account for the racist attitudes and standards that Western society (especially America) has against ethnic (African, Asian, Latin, and Native American Indian) beauty. Ethnic beauty is copied and exploited. You can see it in every page of the most popular fashion magazines. I also read Eileen Ford's comment about this book. She was wrong wasn't she. Thank you for writing this book Ms. Summers. It is unquestionably a work of art.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! 2 Oct 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Modeling doyenne Eileen Ford once told the author that a book about Black models would be a short one. Skin Deep is most certainly not. This book is filled with the history of beautiful Black women who have made an impact on the world of style. It was a long time coming.
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1.0 out of 5 stars It is called a writing class and the author missed it. 28 Mar 2001
By Mariscia Thompson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I was very excited to read this book and I was highly disappointed. The content was great but the editor and author needs to be slapped. The layout was ridiculously confusing, the chapters had no flow, pictures didn't correspond with the stories, some of the interviews bordered on the foolish, etc.... The was a two paragraph mention about black male models. what about children models? What about the effects of we are portrayed in advertisements through history? Where is the history? A chronological timeline? I've read articles in white mags about black models that gave more information that this book. Don't buy it.
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