(CNN)When Jenke Ahmed Tailly styled Beyonc for the cover of France’s most prestigious fashion publication L’Officiel – it was unprecedented.
Tailly, a creative director, and stylist, told the magazine he would only accept the shoot if he could put a woman of color on the cover.
Diversity, he says is still important to him, especially when it comes to mixing cultural influences and traditions. “I’m just fascinated by my culture and I feel so privileged to be able to share it,” he says.
He acknowledges that the industry is slowly moving in the right direction. In 2015, for example, Rihanna became Dior’s first black spokeswoman and face of its Secret Garden campaign in which the star runs through the Palace of Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors in a viral video.”Is it enough?” he asks, “absolutely not, but we’re getting there.”
“When I started my career, there weren’t a large group of diverse women,” he reflects. “It was so bionic, it was so one dimensional.”
Being able to put African girls in his shoots has helped a little in that journey. “Diversity is a really huge part of my work…I don’t know if I could do my work without it.”
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