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24th September 2008

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Vogue’s latest. I’m a bit late to this controversy from Vogue India’s August 2008 issue, which included 16 pages of India’s peasants adorned with such items as the above Fendi bib. “For our India issue we wanted to showcase beautiful objects of fashion in an interesting and engaging context. We saw immense beauty, innocence, and freshness in the faces of the people we captured. This was a creative pursuit that we consider one of our most beautiful editorial executions. Why would people see it any other way?” - Vogue India’s Editor

Vogue’s latest. I’m a bit late to this controversy from Vogue India’s August 2008 issue, which included 16 pages of India’s peasants adorned with such items as the above Fendi bib.

“For our India issue we wanted to showcase beautiful objects of fashion in an interesting and engaging context. We saw immense beauty, innocence, and freshness in the faces of the people we captured. This was a creative pursuit that we consider one of our most beautiful editorial executions. Why would people see it any other way?” - Vogue India’s Editor

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    Almost as disturbing...caste system that still exists. Be
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    I had read something about this, but forgotten it. Being reminded of it makes me want to barf. Having been
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