British Vogue - 11.2019

ANOK YAI

Anok Yai made an

abrupt entry into

fashion. Having been

captured by a street-

style photographer at

a Howard University

music festival in October

2017, it was only a

matter of months before

she became the second

black woman ever to

open a Prada show –

Naomi Campbell was the

first, 20 years earlier.

Yai’s trajectory has

been stratospheric ever

since; shooting covers

and campaigns the

world over, the Egypt-

born, New Hampshire-

raised model is one of

the women changing

the face of the

industry today.

Braided gauze dress

and headdress, to order,

Valentino Haute Couture

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