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[15 Aug 2007 | Comments | ]

According to American Lawyer magazine, the latest assault on natural black beauty by the fashion industry took place in the boardroom of prestigious Manhattan law firm, Cleary Gottlieb:
… A recent slide show by an unidentified Glamour editor on the “Dos and Don’ts of Corporate Fashion” at a New York law firm shed some light on the topic, according to this month’s American Lawyer magazine.
“First slide up: an African American woman sporting an Afro. A real no-no, announced the ‘Glamour’ editor to the 40 or so lawyers in the room. …