#mounia orosemane

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Mounia Orosemane in the bridal look from Yves Saint Laurent's Spring/Summer 1980 haute couture collection.

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Kirat Young & Mounia Orosemane backstage @ Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter, 1977 Ready-to-Wear

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Vampire Moodboard

Be thus blooded by me and walk the night for eternity

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Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1983

Model: Mounia Orosemane

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Mounia Orosemane - YSL Fall 1984

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Mounia Orosemane photographed by Guy Bourdin for Vogue Paris, May 1984

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Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1984 Collection. Model Mounia Orosemane. Photo by Guy Bourdin.

Yves Saint Laurent Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1984. Modèle Mounia Orosemane. Photo Guy Bourdin.

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1984 YSL F/W with Mounia Orosemane. More on Mounia's groundbreaking career HERE

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Kirat Young & Mounia Orosemane backstage @ Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter, 1977 Ready-to-Wear

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Models Violeta Sanchez, Jane, Rebecca Ayoko, Kirat Young, Marita Schaub and Mounia Orosemane in the salons of 5th avenue Marceau, 1984. Photograph by Guy Marineau.

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Moujik slaying the runway with Jerry Hall and Mounia at Saint Laurent Rive Gauche spring/summer 1980.

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Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer, 1983 Ready-to-Wear

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Yves Saint Laurent-Mounia

Yves Saint Laurent's first-ever Black muse was a pioneer for models of color on the runways. Before Monique-Antoine “Mounia” Orosemane made history on the Haute Couture catwalks, the Martinique-born beauty worked at the island's local airport as an announcer. Her career started shortly after she was transferred to Paris' Orly airport, relocating the budding model to the epicenter of fashion.

Mounia's first major modeling opportunity was at the house of Givenchy. Mounia's start in fashion was during a time when Black models like Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Pat Cleveland were opening doors for other models of color in the industry, and Mounia herself was the first-ever Black model to walk a Chanel runway.

Saint Laurent was one of the first major designers to open doors for Black models. His commitment to diversity shined through in all of his collections, and the fashion world came to celebrate Mounia's excellence. In 1978, she walked the Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture show.She became the first Black model to appear on the fashion runways.

As you know black people did not get the same respect for so many years and got mistreated all their lives.But since Yves Saint Laurent presented herself on the runway,she was an inspiration to all the black women out there to be who they wanted to be and be dominant.

Doria Adoukè. (2022). Yves Saint Laurent and Paco Rabanne, the first fashion designers to use black models. [online] Available at: https://doriaadouke.com/yves-saint-laurent-and-paco-rabanne-the-first-fashion-designers-to-use-black-models/.

Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris. (n.d.). The Spring-Summer African Collection. [online] Available at: https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/collection-africaine-pe.-a famous collection designed by Yves Saint Laurent.

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). The First Black Haute Couture Model and Yves Saint Laurent’s Muse : Mounia. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/J8TFXdgSpkU?si=OO0rkRrR78pXXV1m [Accessed 2 Oct. 2023].

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L’Officiel Paris 1979 - Mounia Orosemane in Yves Saint Laurent

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Iman, Ann Fiona, Mounia, and Dalma Callado for Fendi HC SS 1986