Our first hint that the it would be a bit more than we expected was the giant video screen which served as the show's backdrop, reflected in a shiny, mirrored runway. These things don't come cheap. Then we glanced at the model lineup, and while we expected to see a few prominent black models, we didn't count on an all-star team including Chanel Iman, Liya Kebede, Sessilee Lopez, Lakshmi Menon and even Lara Stone, the rising Dutch star who just had the most recent issue of French Vogue devoted to her alone. Add to that some popular faces who rarely grace the runways anymore like Alek Wek, Oluchi and '90s cult favorite Stacey McKenzie. Obviously having an all-black show would be just as inappropriate as an all-white one, so the cast was diverse, but naturally leaning towards models of color. Given the persistent state of things, race-wise, we are betting that this will be the only show all season that will have Chanel, Liya, Sessilee, Alek, Jaunel and rising newcomers Georgie, Aminata and Hollis among others less well known, all on the same runway at the same time. Of course including fair skinned Namibian star Behati Prinsloo reminds us that not everyone born in Africa is dark. But there were more surprises in store. The show included four African labels: Stoned Cherrie, Tiffany Amber, Momo and XULY.Bët whom many will remember as a hot independent label from the early '90s. XULY.Bët opened using the new Grace Jones video Corporate Cannibal as the backdrop. Ms. McKenzie's's ...