“I feel like we are paying homage to these women who changed our legacy, and who allowed me and so many others to be here,” Zendaya said before the show. An activist who has regularly been an advocate for more diversity in fashion and in Hollywood, she added that she felt grateful to have the full might of what she called the “Tommy powerhouse” behind her, helping her to make her vision a reality. “This is a proud and happy celebration of female beauty in all its forms, something which is as important now as it ever was before,” she said. It certainly felt like the army of joyful models who stormed the red, white and blue runway in flared trouser suits, draped metallic dresses and “Age of Aquarius” zodiac prints had come to Paris to party. There were newer faces like Jourdan Dunn and Winnie Harlow and veterans including Beverly Johnson, the first African-American supermodel to appear on the cover of American Vogue; Veronica Webb and Ms. Cleveland.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2019 12:33 UTC