Suddenly, after several years of being at the bottom of the fashion heap, black models are back on top. In a big way.

Not only are they exclusively populating the pages of this month’s super-hyped Vogue Italia, Wintour & Co. also begrudgingly gave them some attention. At Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week, the designers of Dsquared used a group of models, led by Tyson Beckford, made up almost entirely of black men.

And rumor has it that Lanvin’s show next week has an “all-ethnic lineup.”

So much of what goes on in the fashion world, including the fashion modeling world — is about what’s in. And now, to a certain extent, black models are in again.

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Last week we offered you a look inside Milan's men's fashion shows (Here, here and here).

This week, we're heading over to Paris for a glimpse at what the boys will be wearing this time next year.

Take a peek at next season's sartorial offerings from French companies like Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Emanuel Ungaro and beastly muscle manThierry Mugler's eponymous, Clarins-owned label.

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You’d be hard pressed not to have seen at least one shot snapped by German photographer, Horst.

If nothing else, you’ve probably seen the video for Madonna’s “Vogue” in which the iconic pop star imitates Horst’s iconic 1939 image, "Mainbocher Corset". Not incidentally, Horst shot that image for French Vogue, just one of the magazine chain's international spin-offs for which he’d shoot over the course of his 69-year long career.

With his signature lighting style – he used four spotlights aimed from above - helped Horst turn subjects into pillars of personality. Even his still life pop as if they’re posing. No wonder his inimitable style influenced the works of Herb Ritts, Robert Mapplethorpe and countless imitators.

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