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The Inner-City Girls of Wal-Mart

Updated on February 28, 2011

Huang's book - on sale Oct. 15, 2010

Over two hundred pages of great images! (No nudity.)
Over two hundred pages of great images! (No nudity.)

Wal-Mart & Inner City Multiracial Models??

Connections are often surprising and usually interesting -- once you know the whole story.

OK, here's the deal.  Black Men was launched in 1998 and billed as the first urban men's lifestyle magazine.  It included a suave, upscale fantasy of life in the inner city, hip-hop music reviews, mens fashion spreads and layouts of bikini-clad women.  Black Men introduced a new sort of "girl-next-door" -- an exotic multiracial model with all the glamor of the Hollywood of the past.

Now hold that thought and let's consider the hip-hop music and fashion market.

Wal-Mart and the Hip-Hop Culture

The timing for Black Men could not have been better -- and the decision to avoid nudity could not have been wiser.

The previously urban-only market for hip-hop clothes and music was rapidly moving out into small town America to white males.  What better location to find that market than America's largest retailer, Wal-Mart.  Everybody goes to Wal-Mart, especially in small towns.  With no nudity, this magazine and the others it inspired (King, Smooth, XXL, F.E.D.S.,and Show) all could be found on the shelves of Wal-Mart.

But would this new target market accept the bigger booties that appealed to African-American men?

"Buffie the Body"

Buffie Carruth Athens, GA 5'7"    34-27-45, yes, that's 45, not a typo.
Buffie Carruth Athens, GA 5'7" 34-27-45, yes, that's 45, not a typo.

Buffie answered the question.

And the answer was a resounding "YES!"

The 5'7" coffee-brown beauty (34-27-45) from Athens, GA was an instant success and set the bar for urban glamor girls.  Yes, "Buffie the Body" is included in the more than sixty models in Huang's book. 

Buy it now!

Howard Huang's Urban Girls
Howard Huang's Urban Girls
Huang's coffee table book features over 240 pages of images with NO NUDITY.
 

Launch Party - Taschen Store, NYC

Photographer Howard Huang
Photographer Howard Huang

Another "Urban Girl"

Most shots were done in a studio and the rest was added with Photoshop.
Most shots were done in a studio and the rest was added with Photoshop.

1981 Movie Poster

The original.  Huang paid homage to this image with his work.
The original. Huang paid homage to this image with his work.

Fantasy Images

Re-enactment of a James Bond movie poster.
Re-enactment of a James Bond movie poster.
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