Halima Aden, a 20-year-old model, is making history by being the first hijab-wearing model featured on the cover of British Vogue in the magazine’s 102-year run.
The nine cover models on the magazine’s May issue have been described as fashion’s “New Frontiers” and selected with an eye towards increasing diversity, reports The Independent.
It was incredibly important to Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful to give the models the opportunity to introduce themselves to the fashion world. “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,” he wrote, according to The Economic Times.
Aden is joined on the cover by fellow models Adut Akech, Radhika Nair, Yoon Young Bae, Faretta, Fran Summers, Vittoria Ceretti, Paloma Elsesser and Selena Forrest. An Instagram photo of the issue has garnered more than 22,000 likes in less than a day.
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