Laksmi Menon is a gorgeous woman. But I don't really understand why Vogue Paris decided to put Laksmi - who is Bangalore - in an afro and cast her in a shoot called "Afro Disiaque." I mean, that just seems culturally insensitive on many levels. If you put a white woman in a wig like this, and then styled her up like some Donna Summer disco diva from Detroit, you would never get away with it. So just because she's from Bangalore, and her skin is a darker shade, makes this okay? Um, no.
Oh, and that fedora is hideous. As are the bag, the ridiculous pink bandana in the front pocket, and those awful mom jeans. I won't even get into the shoes. Vogue Paris is so rarely wrong, it's weird how far they've missed the mark with this particular shoot.
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