Liya Kebede Talks International Women’s Day

WORKING GIRL: “We should all be on strike, but we’re all here working,” quipped Liya Kebede during a Q&A session at the launch of a spring campaign by Amazon Fashion for the European market — dubbed #LookLikeYou — that she fronts. Held at Le Meurice in Paris on Wednesday, the event coincided with International Women’s Day. “We’re all such overachievers.…I’m inspired by all the women around me juggling families, relationships and work life. I don’t know if we appreciate ourselves and each other enough, and talk about it enough,” said the model and designer, who also addressed the topic of fashion and politics. “I’m really happy that we are an industry where people really take a stand on things. I guess in a way fashion has always been aware of what’s going on around the world, and always says something and speaks up. I did the Calvin Klein show in New York, and that was really powerful, with David Bowie’s music, and everything that’s going on in America. These are tricky times.” When asked about issues surrounding the model scene, including recent reports of models being mistreated, she demurred: “It’s been great over the past two seasons to see fashion being more inclusive in terms

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