Somebody better “calllll Tyrooone”! And tell him Erykah Badu
is STILL doing big things! The soul singer recently partnered with Italian fashion
designer Riccardo Tisci to be the new face for Givenchy.
Tisci recently chatted by phone with style.com on why Ms.
Badu is the perfect fit for his spring 2014 collection.“Erykah, she’s an icon—come on!” Tisci said by phone from Paris. “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.”
Tisci’s campaigns are always known for spotlighting models of color; past faces being Maria Borges, Riley, and Asia Chow.
“It’s 2013. Everybody’s being so cool about Instagram, about Facebook, any media—everybody’s being so open. At the end of the day, why are not so many black girls or Latin girls in shows? When you have an American president who is black! When I see this happening, it’s quite sad, I think. People can be so avant-garde, so advanced, but actually not, because people are still making differences between skin color.”
Well alrighty then! 2 snaps around for Givenchy!
More shots of the beautiful Erykah Badu below.
The Givenchy gold sequined halter top dress, shown to the right in the above pic, is also featured on the January 2014 cover of Elle Magazine.
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