Michael Bastian Spring/Summer 2016
Casting by Bethann Hardison
models.com: Diversity Rules 2015 Series
Editor: Bethann Hardison
A 4-part series showcasing the improvement of the representation of models of color by four of the industry’s top agencies - Ford, IMG, New York Models, and Wilhelmina.
Michael Bastian Fall/Winter 2014
Casting by Bethann Hardison
Michael Bastian Spring/Summer 2014
Casting by Bethann Hardison
Michael Bastian Fall/Winter 2013
Casting by Bethann Hardison
Michael Bastian Spring/Summer 2013
Casting by Bethann Hardison
Gant by Michael Bastian Spring/Summer 2013
Casting by Bethann Hardison
Vogue Italia “All Black” Issue 2008
Editor: Bethann Hardison
GQ Summer 1980
Photography by Bruce Weber
Ibiza swimsuit worn by Barbara Neumann designed by Bethann Hardison
Valentino Couture 1977
Photography by Deborah Turbeville
Creative Direction by Bethann Hardison
Photo courtesy of Hajime Sawatari
L-R: Karen Wilson, Carol Standifer, Barbara Summers, Jessica Brown, Grace Jones, Barbara Jackson, Toukie Smith, Ramona Saunders, June Murphy, Esther Kamatari, Paschal, and Jan Maiden
Issey Miyake “Twelve Black Girls” Show 1976
Produced by Bethann Hardison
“Issey Miyake and Twelve Black Girls” was a month-long presentation of Miyake’s Spring/Summer 1976 collection at the Seibu Theater in Tokyo and the Osaka Municipal Gymnasium. At the time, having just one black model in a runway show was rare and still considered taboo but Bethann Hardison helped Issey Miyake produce what seemed to be daring and nearly impossible. Seen by over 15,000 people, famous faces like Michael Douglas and Jack Nicholson were spotted among the show’s front row attendees. In Grace Jones’ memoir, she recalls, “Issey wanted his shows to be more than just fashion, a mundane display of clothes—he wanted theater, scandal, a different kind of event beyond fashion, beyond show business, pure experience, always with an undercurrent of imaginative strength. Even then he was breaking free of the idea of what a model was, and of convention ideals of beauty.”