I love her designs, but I’m not the only one who has noticed Branquinho maybe has a serious problem with hiring models of colour.
Let’s just take a look back at her last few collections, shall we?
There were 0 models of colour in her Fall 2016 runway show.
For her Spring 2016 show, Branquinho had Mona Matsuoka walk the runway (not pictured above), who is half Japanese. She appeared to be the only model who was not entirely white, however.
The Closet Feminist noted last year that Veronique Branquinho’s Resort collection was especially lacking diversity. So, as you can see above, it’s been a full year and no change…