Black Beauty Matters: L’Officiel Paris ‘Gang Of Africa’ September 2016 Issue

It’s that time of year again, everyone. September issue season is here and magazines are putting some of the best in modeling, fashion and entertainment on their covers.

The September issue is the most important and biggest issue of the year for fashion publications. Candy Pratts Prince once said, “September is the January in fashion.” September’s fall fashion issues holds a lot of weight and most luxury houses spend the most amount of advertising dollars in this particular issue. Serena Williams covers the September 2016 issue of Self magazine (see it here), Rihanna covers the September 2016 issue of W magazine (see it here), Bella Hadid covers the September 2016 issue of Glamour and Vogue Japan (see it here), Cara Delevingne covers the September 2016 issue of Elle Magazine (see it here), Kerry Washington is InStyle magazine‘s September 2016 cover star (see it here), Sarah Jessica Parker fronts Marie Claire’s September 2016 Issue, Uzo Aduba covers the September 2016 issue of Essence magazine (see it here), Zendaya covers Hype Hair‘s September 2016 issue (see it here), Kendall Jenner covers the September 2016 issue of Anna Wintour‘s Vogue magazine (see it here), models Bella Hadid and Taylor Hill are covering Vogue Paris ‘Génération Instagirls‘ September 2016 issue (see it here), and BET and Grammy Award winning music artist Alicia Keys covers the September 2016 issue of Ebony magazine (see it here).

The latest September 2016 cover feature models Iman, Ciara, Grace Bol, Ajek Deng, Maria Borges, Riley Montana, Adesuwa Aighewi and Anais Mali covering L’Officiel Paris ‘Gang Of Africa‘ issue.

Ellen von Unwerth photographed this issue and styling was courtesy of Jenke-Ahmed Tailly.

At one point and time, it was very rare to see a model of color on a September issue. However, things changed a bit last year, when models of color dominated the September issues. Last year, donbleek.com highlighted 14 people of color on the cover of September 2015 issues (see it here).