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Home • Fashion Week

NYFW Fall 2012: Catwalk Queens

These breathtaking beauties are the season’s strongest strutters.
Catwalk Queens
Tadashi Shoji Anais Mali 1
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 28, 2020
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At New York Fashion Week Fall 2012, the world was entranced by a crop of impossibly gorgeous Black models, from superstars like runway staple Anais Mali (left) and Joan Smalls to stunning newcomers like Elyse Cole. Meet the season’s strongest strutters here.