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Vogue magazine to celebrate diversity in January special edition

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By John Glenday, Reporter

December 18, 2015 | 2 min read

Fashion bible Vogue is to turn its attention to diversity for a special January edition as the magazine seeks to define its editorial output for the year ahead.

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Overseen by Conde Nast’s artistic director and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour the project marks the first overt move by the publication to champion itself as a medium of diversity.

This will see it splash Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on its cover along with a headline spread titled ‘Be Yourself’ which includes a couple of dozen musicians, athletes, artists, writers, dancers and models drawn from a variety of different backgrounds.

Wintour wrote: “All of the many progressive societal changes that we have experienced recently are pointing us to a place of far greater inclusiveness, tolerance and diversity... So instead of our typical January portfolio defining the new season’s direction, we decided to do something completely different this year, something that reflects not only the spring 2016 runways but the shifting times we live in.”

Vogue’s shift dovetails with wider change within the fashion industry as moves to banish size zero models and bring in more plus-size talent gathers pace.

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