theGrio's top 20 black fashion icons (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - Time magazine recently featured their 'All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons' with few black figures listed. theGrio has more...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

In a special feature, TIME magazine listed their 100 greatest fashion icons. The list included people from the world of fashion, designated into categories of muses, designers and photographers.

“We picked the 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923, the beginning of TIME … magazine,” the publication’s site read. Their collection included seven people of African descent: Naomi Campbell, Iman, Beverly Johnson, Josephine Baker, Michael Jackson, Michelle Obama and Robin Givhan.

From the wealth of black models, designers, photographers and others contributing to the world of fashion, theGrio offers a few more.

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