fashion houses like louis vuitton for example whose head designer is virgil ablow supermodel naomi campbellsays it's not enough and recently called for more black models and designers in the fashion industry. it is time to have. a sustainable conversations with minorities. sybian the collectivity so it's good that she said it but it would have been better if she had said it earlier when she was still a superstar. singer with a bus that she is there to forward she's had a great career she is our voice. but sometimes you don't think of raising that voice when you're at the top and in the spotlight put it well it's a shame she did not do it earlier simple. now the manner you see hopes that his fashion is not only admired but bought into especially by african haute couture customers looking for traditional yet elegant design. this is the best dressed lady by fog this is fleet up and it is a white spread misconception that chickens are color blind that is not chewed and at least frida is anything but a stupid chicken in fact she often appears in theater place chicken was said to be intelligent s

diaspora and has a star studded cast with appearances from jay—z, kelly rowland, pharrell and naomi campbellhe modern world. beyonce has been praised for the number of independent black designers behind her outfits. earlier i spoke to venny etienne, and asked him how he came to be involved. it was something that i was already working with the stylist, that relationship that i was cultivating, because i was working with her with other clients that she had, and then just out of nowhere, once we were done with one particular client, she reached out and said, "well, we have something for b if you have time" and i'm like, what? are you kidding me? so i literally dropped what i was doing and for the next five days me and my design assistants just went at it and made sure that everything was perfect and ready for the actual movie. and we can have a look at that blazer now, we can show it to our viewers. we want to get a sense from you, what was the brief? what was the intention? what were you trying to convey? yeah, so, in this particular garment, we were trying to portray strength and also grace a

the black diaspora and has a star—studded appearances from jay—z, kelly rowland, pharrell and naomi campbellyonce's been praised for the number of independent black designers behind her outfits. earlier, i spoke to venny etienne and asked him how it felt when he found out he was working with beyonce. and i'm like, what? are you kidding me? so i literally dropped what i was doing and for the next five days me and my design assistants just went at it and made sure that everything was perfect and ready for the actual movie. and we can have a look at that blazer now, we can show it to our viewers. we want to get a sense from you, what was the brief? what was the intention? what were you trying to convey? yeah, so, in this particular garment, we were trying to portray strength and also grace at the same time. as you can see in a lot of the imagery in the actual music video, you see a lot of florals and so we wanted to make sure that when we were sourcing the fabric, which we did here locally in dallas, texas, that it would also translate to the femininity but also to the strength and that's why y

the black diaspora and has a star—studded appearences from jay—z, kelly rowland, pharrell and naomi campbell's journey to self—discovery. she's been praised for the number of independent black designers behind her outfits. and one of them is venny etienne, the designer behind a standout blazer. thank you forjoining us. just talk us through what it has been like working with such a big star on such a big project. resume oblique, remotely as well. since i got the opportunity to do it and it was about a year ago, it was something i was already working with this vilest, that relationship i was cultivating because i was working with her with other clients that she had and thenjust with other clients that she had and then just out of nowhere, once we were done with one particular client, she reached out and said we have something for b if you have time so i literally dropped what i was doing and for the next five days me and my design assistance went out it and make sure everything was perfect and ready for the actual movie. and we can have a look at that blazer now. we can show it to oui’ blazer

naomi campbell, alexander burke supported her as well, susie.eally. if you can be offended by this, then you need to get out a little bit more. she's obviously not mocking any kind of culture and what she's doing, she's just joining culture and what she's doing, she's justjoining in with a festival theme. let her do it she likes. there are lots of things that you can wear something from a different culture, or eat something from a different culture or anything else and it doesn't indicate that you are appropriating anything or mocking it in anyway. someone who gets upset about adele's hair or bikini in that particular picture probably needs to stay at the window and have a deep fresh breath i suppose that's the dangers of social media as well. suddenly you face the deluge. that's it for the papers this hour. susie and mentor to come i thank you both very much indeed for taking us through those papers here again on bbc news. —— rachel. hello. it's as if august was so full of headline making extreme weather it ran out of weather right at the end o