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Transcript: Motor City Makes Room For Fashion Runway
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MICHEL MARTIN
NPR Tell Me More
09-30-2009
Motor City Makes Room For Fashion Runway
Host: MICHEL MARTIN
Time 09:00-10:00 AM
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
As we just heard, when Beverly Johnson graced the cover of Vogue more than 30 years ago, it wasn't clear whether the fashion industry was leading or following the trends in terms of diversity and social consciousness. What about now?
Mr. JOE FARRIS (Co-Creator, Fashion in Detroit): Over the last few years, fashion has become a credible platform for diversity, and certainly Beverly Johnson being on the, you know, the cover of Vogue and the first African- American woman, what it showed is that beauty comes in so many forms, and that's what ...