Name: Supreme Models
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-2-6

Supreme Models

From the runway to magazines, this documentary series celebrates the Black trailblazers who transformed the fashion and beauty industries.

Episodes

23m
1. How Black Models Broke Through the Glass Ceiling
The history of Black supermodels strutting into the fashion world begins with Donyale Luna. Pat Cleveland describes her own start in the industry.
22m
2. Story of Iman
At 1973's Battle of Versailles fashion show, American designers give their all on the French runway, paving the way for Black models in European fashion.
24m
3. Someone's Going to Be a Model... Why Not You?
Karen Alexander and other Black models share stories of being mistreated for their hair. The Black Girls Coalition starts advocating for representation.
24m
4. From Super Model to Super Mogul
Black models take advantage of the popularity of supermodels as personalities, expanding their careers beyond the runway to cosmetics and book deals.
24m
5. Era of One Black Model Per Runway
Designers, agents and more avoid Black models in campaigns and on the runway, nearly erasing their careers entirely in an era called the "White Out."
25m
6. A Black Fashion Revolution
As Black models fill the world of fashion, they use their platforms to fight social injustice and bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement.