London-born Babacar N’doye was spotted at 16 outside a fried chicken shop and was signed to Elite Models London. Indeed, acting looks to be the next big step in his career after he received acclaim for his portrayal of Little Richard in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, Elvis Babacar N’doye He’s the first black model to have walked for Chanel (which tells you a lot about Chanel), and has also released a single as part of the soundtrack to Rise in Light.
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The Nebraskan’s father was a professional basketball player and his mother was herself a model so the genetics were always going to be favourable, but Mason combines his looks with an artistic and creative energy that few possess. Is it too much to say that Alton Mason was probably the world’s no.1 male model in 2022? Well he got the industry and readers’ votes at, and that’s good enough for us. His ad campaign portfolio is peerless, having starred for the likes of Amiri, Dries Van Noten, Ferragamo, BOSS and Givenchy, as well as walking for just about everyone in the game.ĭespite his success, Dia is committed to giving back, having set up the Alpha Dia Foundation in 2020 to help young children growing up in Alton Mason The Staten Island native also runs his own unisex sportswear brand, Kill Complacency, channelling his creative energy into an eclectic range of tees and jerseys that riff on edgy NY Alpha Diaįrom humble beginnings in Dakar, Senegal, Alpha Dia has risen to the top of the male modelling industry. The 6′ 2″ New Yorker is a runway regular at all of the biggest fashion houses and has featured in campaigns for the likes of Loewe, Aimé Leon Dore, Amiri and GANT. Model and creative Abdulaye Niang has a client list as long as any male model working today. The following is a curation of the needle-moving black male models working today. They’ve helped to shape fashion into a (slightly) more inclusive industry, and while there is still plenty of work to do, menswear is a lot better for their presence on runways and advertising campaigns. We’ve come a considerable way since then, to the point where some of the most sought-after and best paid models are black. It wasn’t all that long ago that the world’s menswear shows were populated almost exclusively by white models.
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