How do you know each other? bharwa karela nisha madhulika Mears says it comes down to industry perceptions of what those in the runway audience – high-end buyers, elite style-makers and the fashion press – expect. "What [agents and stylists] would say in round-about ways is that nonwhite women, particularly black women, are incompatible with a high-end look," she says, adding the catalogs and mainstream magazines are often more diverse in their casting, as they are aimed at a broader audience.
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