High Fashion Baduzim..
Versace has Lady GaGa, Balmain has Rihanna, and Givenchy has neo-soul singer Erykah Badu. Badu at 42 still looks amazing and I feel this match up along with the other models featured in this ad campaign represent women of color like never before. 10 years ago you couldn’t get me to believe Erykah Badu to be featured in a high fashion powerhouse advertisement at least without not compromising her brand of what she represents, but as you see it’s pulled off thanks to the director Riccardo Tisci who stated:
“Erykah, she’s an icon—come on!” Tisci said in an interview with Style.com. “She’s one of the most stylish women I’ve met in my life. She’s got such a good sense of proportion, of colors. What I want to do with my advertising campaign is spread the love. Already now it’s been three seasons that I’ve been using people that express something—they are great artists, or beautiful women, or stylish women, or models that I really believe in. It’s kind of a family portfolio.”
