The major fashion houses now advocate fashion without borders and are opening up to diversity. They are looking for their future muses and ambassadors in areas of the globe that were once carefully ...

Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the fashion world's favourite scouting locations.

Many hope to follow in the footsteps of their compatriot Awar Odhiang, who went from a refugee camp in Ethiopia to closing Chanel's Paris Fashion Week show last year. South Sudan has been mired in ...