Halima Aden, Model Berhijab Pertama di Cover Vogue Inggris

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, INGGRIS -- Hal mengejutkan datang dari dunia mode London, Inggris. Majalah mode ternama Vogue baru saja mengumumkan sembilan wajah baru untuk model pilihan. Dari sembilan model, salah satu di antaranya merupakan model berhijab.

Dilansir melalui The Independent, Halima Aden terpilih menjadi role model majalah Vogue dengan sebutan 'New Frontiers'. Model berusia 20 tahun tersebut menjadi model berhijab pertama yang tampil untuk halaman depan Vogue sepanjang sejarah.

Majalah mode yang terbit sejak 1916 tersebut sekaligus memperkenalkan Pemimpin Redaksi terbarunya, yakni Edward Enninful. Pemilihan sembilan model, termasuk Aden yang berhijab menjadi kesempatan bagi para model menunjukkan fashion dunia.

"Like so many industries in recent months, fashion has found itself at an important crossroads. At the world’s great design houses, at photographic studios, at fashion weeks and in the offices of magazines such as mine at #BritishVogue, crucial questions have been asked about working practices, safety and respect. Stock has been taken and safeguards to the way we operate have been made..." editor-in-chief @Edward_Enninful writes in his editor's letter for May Vogue. "Yet as a new mood begins to take hold – one that will only enrich and enliven creativity in fashion – I also believe that the time has come for us to look forward. In short, it is a moment for Vogue to do what it has always done best: to offer a bold vision of what the future can – and should – look like." For the May issue, nine models each changing the face of the fashion industry in their own way are photographed by @CraigMcDeanStudio with styling by Enninful for the cover story. From L to R: @vittoceretti, @Halima, @adutakech, @LaFaretta, @Palomija, @Pazhatu, @mulan_bae, @fransummers and @selenaforrest. Story by @ellie_pithers, make-up by @diane.kendal, hair by @orlandopita and nails by @megumiyamamotonyc. On newsstands April 6. Read Enninful's letter in full, plus how to subscribe to #NewVogue all at the link in bio

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"Sudah waktunya bagi Vogue menyelesaikan apa yang sudah dibuat dengan sangat bagus, kami akan menunjukkannya pada dunia," kata Enninful.

Vogue ingin menampilkan fashion dari beragam perbedaan. Namun Enninful menegaskan, perbedaan bukan perihal warna kulit hitam atau putih.

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Aden akan bergabung dengan delapan model lainnya, yakni Adut Akech, Radhika Nair, Yoon Young Bae, Faretta, Fran Summers, Vittoria Ceretti, Paloma Elsesser, dan Selena Forrest. Aden lahir dan besar di Kenya. Ketika Vogue mengunggah foto sembilan model tersebut, sebanyak 22 ribu jempol langsung diberikan warganet.

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