Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's
partner has sparked an internet firestorm
after an online magazine published a
photo of her sitting on a chair made to
resemble a half-Unclad black woman - on
Martin Luther King Day.
Buro 24/7 used the horrendously
offensive image of Dasha Zhukova
Monday to illustrate an unrelated
interview about the former model's new
magazine, Garage. Miroslava Duma, the
blog's editor, also posted the insensitive
photo on Instagram.
Both were met with an immediate barrage
of disgusted comments, and Duma quickly
deleted the picture from Instagram and
cropped out the chair on Buro 24/7.
This is incredibly racist,' Organizing for
Women's Liberation tweeted Monday,
after news of the unbelievable picture
spread.
In the image, the Moscow-born 32-year-
old, wearing a crisp white shirt buttoned
nearly to the top and blue jeans, perches
on an extremely life-like black mannequin
who is Unclad save for a pair of leather-
look black panties, a dominatrix-style belt,
elbow length gloves and knee-high boots.
The dummy is laying on her back with her
knees bent and a cushion, which Zhukova
is sitting on, is balanced on her bottom.
Her neck is propped up off the floor
uncomfortably, as if she is straining to
look at her master, and her amble, Unclad
bosom is pressed provocatively against
her body.
Zhukova, staring at the camera, appears
the complete opposite of the black woman
she's weighing down.
FashionBombDaily.com editor Claire
Sulmers was among the first to express
her disbelief, claiming the photo's
message was startlingly clear: 'White
dominance and superiority, articulated in
a seemingly serene yet overtly degrading
way.'
She wrote on her blog that racism
remained rampant in the art and fashion
worlds and this needed to stop.
'The art and fashion industries are the
few bastions of society where blatant
racism and ignorance are given the
greenlight in the name of creativity,'
Sulmers complained.
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