From the controversial photo-shoot featured in Vogue India August 2011. A man models a Burberry umbrella that costs around US $200. According to the World Bank, around 456 million Indians live on less than $1.25 a day. The ‘models’ here are not career models or even wealthy. They are amongst the poorest people in India and are extremely unlikely to ever be able to afford to buy the items they are holding. 

From the controversial photo-shoot featured in Vogue India August 2011. A man models a Burberry umbrella that costs around US $200. According to the World Bank, around 456 million Indians live on less than $1.25 a day. The ‘models’ here are not career models or even wealthy. They are amongst the poorest people in India and are extremely unlikely to ever be able to afford to buy the items they are holding.