FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, fashion designer Stella Jean talks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome. The Italian fashion council’s only Black designer has hailed as a ‘’breakthrough’’ the inclusion of a Black Lives Matters event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination in Italian fashion. Stella Jean, a Haitian-Italian designer based in Rome, has been pressuring the Italian National Fashion Chamber to promote cultural reform through concrete commitments toward greater racial diversity, spurred by top fashion house’s social media posts supporting Black Lives Matters. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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