Anna Wintour has spoken about the controversy over Vogue’s Kamala Harris cover, accused online of whitewashing and disrespecting the vice-president-elect. Vogue’s editor-in-chief defended the choice of shot for the February cover, which showed Harris wearing Converse trainers. In a widely circulated piece, Robin Givhan, the fashion critic at the Washington Post, wrote that the image “did not give Kamala Harris due respect. In August, the magazine was accused of failing to light the skin of cover star Simone Biles correctly. “Vogue selected the image for the print cover that we felt captured her optimism, personality and authenticity.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2021 15:08 UTC