Why 2015 is the year fashion’s casting is changing

This year has seen disabled models walk at NYFW, RiRi become Dior’s first black campaign girl and Andreja Pejić return to the runway – and we’re only three months in

2015 has, so far, been a big year in fashion. We’ve been witness to a full-frontal fashion statement thanks to Rick Owens’ trouserless models, seen Galliano’s triumphant return to the industry at Margiela, and been treated to Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson’s reprisal of their iconic Zoolander roles at the end of the Paris catwalk. But today, as we officially put the first quarter of the year behind us, there’s one theme that has risen from of the haze of 2015’s Instagram moments to dominate the past three months of fashion – casting. “Through the internet people all over the world are getting more acquainted with all types of people, faces and identities and starting to realise how insular fashion is,” explained Nafisa Kaptownwala, founder of outsider modeling agency Lorde Inc to Dazed last week, as she reflected on why fashion shows remain dominated by white models and whether the world is prepared for her collective’s radical vision of streetcast diversity. If the last few months are anything to go by – it’s more than ready.

Read more online at www.dazeddigital.com

GET READY FOR MORE RIRI

RIHANNA TOOK TO TWITTER ON WEDNESDAY TO ANNOUNCE HER BRAND NEW SINGLE, “BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY.” 

SHE TWEETED THE BLACK-AND-WHITE COVER ART, ALONG WITH THE HASHTAGS #R8, #BBHMM, AND #MARCH26.

Upon further investigation, it appears that “BBHMM” stands for “Bitch Better Have My Money.” The title is written in braille on the cover, on which the pop superstar dons thick eyebrows and a motorcycle jacket with nothing underneath.

The cover art was uploaded to her official website, RihannaNow.com, with the file name “BBHMM-Single-Art_APPROVED,” indicating that it’s a single and not an album.

Rihanna fans won’t have to wait long to hear it. “Bitch Better Have My Money” is scheduled to premiere Thursday, March 26.

Her upcoming eighth album, dubbed R8 by the Rihanna Navy, has already produced the top 5 hit “FourFiveSeconds” featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney, and the Alex Da Kid-produced “American Oxygen,” which she debuted in an NCAA March Madness campaign.

“I wanted songs that I could perform in 15 years; I wanted an album that I could perform in 15 years,” Rihanna told MTV News. “Not any songs that were burnt out. I find that when I get on stage now, I don’t want to perform a lot of my songs. They don’t feel like me. So I want to make songs that are timeless.”

From: www.rap-up.com