Fashion-forward: Affirmative action hits Brazil’s runways

SAO PAULO (AP) — Bold styles are usually the talk of the town for Sao Paulo Fashion Week. This year, couture connoisseurs in Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city have focused on the models — more specifically, the color of their skin. For the first time, designers in Latin America’s largest fashion show, which wraps on Sunday, have been obliged to ensure 50% of their models are either Black, Afro-descendant or Indigenous. Fashion-forward affirmative action is the latest effort