Undocumented immigrant fashion show

Thu18Jan2007

Undocumented immigrant fashion show

17:13 H | Topics: Fashion - Immigration - Spain

In liberal Barcelona, Spain, one of the country's top designers, Antonio Miró, has decided to incorporate the topic of immigration into his appearance at a top fashion show, using undocumented immigrants from Senegal as the models:

Miró placed a makeshift raft and some freight boxes as the only stage dressing to show his designs for the next winter season which, like his show from last year did by incorporating prisoners from the Modelo prison [in Barcelona] has a "solidarity" angle.

In Spain, the word for "trendy" in popular argot is "fashion". Could this just be a "fashion" fashion show? Like it's trendy to adopt African babies or go help with Katrina cleanup?

"The only thing I can give them is this," said Antonio Miró in reference to the models who were "happy to be able to get a photo with Eto'o", and the designer "wanted to thank" the famous soccer player "for coming to the show", and that he has shown that "he is also there to help".

That's all he can give them? Why not give them a job so they can get some papers? If these immigrants were good enough to get this guy some excellent PR, I assume they're good enough to work for him, right?

Via / 20 Minutos

Images via Pasarela Barcelona