London
(ANI):
Supermodel
Claudia
Schiffer
is
at
the
centre
of
a
race
row
over
a
photograph
of
the
beauty
where
she
is
made
up
as
a
black
woman.
The
39-year-old
wore
dark
foundation
and
an
afro
wig
in
the
shots
taken
by
celebrated
fashion
designer
and
photographer
Karl
Lagerfeld.
His
images,
taken
two
years
ago
for
a
Dom
Perignon
advertising
campaign,
were
among
six
shots
of
Schiffer
used
by
German
fashion
bible
Stern
Fotografie
to
celebrate
its
60th
anniversary.
Another
one
of
the
photographs
shows
Schiffer,
39,
made
up
to
resemble
an
Asian
woman.
But
the
images
have
not
gone
down
well
with
Shevelle
Rhule,
fashion
editor
at
black
lifestyle
magazine
Pride,
openly
saying
that
the
images
were
tasteless.
"It
shows
poor
taste
and
it's
offensive," the
Telegraph
quoted
her
as
telling
the
Daily
Mail.
"There
are
not
enough
women
of
colour
featured
in
mainstream
magazines.
This
just
suggests
you
can
counteract
the
problem
by
using
white
models.
I
don't
believe
they
deliberately
set
out
to
offend,
they
obviously
see
it
as
being
arty
and
feel
that
they
are
pushing
boundaries.
But
clearly
no
thought
has
been
given
to
the
history
behind
what
they
have
done
and
the
comparisons
it
draws
with
minstrel
shows," she
added.
Representatives
of
the
model,
however,
claim
the
pictures
were
not
intended
to
offend
and
were
'taken
out
of
context".