Just last week, Ashley Graham sleighed us hard in an unapologetically strong and sexy shoot for Day 2 of Love Magazine‘s Advent.
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And this week she’s backed it right up with another B&W instalment of bodacious editorial goodness.
Graham’s just been featured in Vogue Italia.
The shoot’s deeply evocative of your classic ’50s pinup gal, with the American model sporting thick cat eye liner, an exaggerated beauty spot and some serious sex hair.
Nothing particularly exceptional about that… except for the fact the pictures are totally unretouched:
Graham has long been an advocate for diversity in the modelling industry; she’s even given TED Talks about self-acceptance and she’s even written a book (released this year) about what “beauty, confidence and power” really look like.
While she’s (undeniably) conventionally stunning, Graham’s shoot is indicative of the fashion industry’s slow but steady shift towards a broader definition of beauty.
And boy, we’re ready for it.
