Photos: The Fashion Industry Teams Up with Born Free in the Fight Against AIDS
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20141/6Come Along
Liya Kebede, a designer for the Born Free Collection, with children from Ntwasahlobo Primary School in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township. Fabric design for all Born Free clothing based on the work of Wangechi Mutu. On Kebede: Lemlem for Born Free dress. Joie jacket. Jutta Neumann belt. Marc Jacobs sandals.
Fashion Editor: Phyllis Posnick
Production design: Mary Howard
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20142/6On the Road
Victoria Beckham, in her own clothing, with children from the Imizamo Yethu township in Hout Bay, beside a Tutu Tester mobile HIV clinic. She is one of 23 designers—all mothers—collaborating on the Born Free Collection.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20143/6Together Now
Kebede, next to Imizamo Yethu resident Yolanda Baliso and her family. On Kebede: Isabel Marant for Born Free blouse. Vera Wang for Born Free long-sleeved top. Nili Lotan pants.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20144/6Sing Out
The Sizophila Choir, run by the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, helps support mothers and children with HIV.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20145/6Table Talk
“Obviously I am a woman and a mother, and this issue touched me,” says Beckham, photographed with (from left) Caroline Rupert and Ndaba and Kweku Mandela, at the Power & the Glory café, in Cape Town.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, May 20146/6Maternal Instincts
Kebede, photographed with five mothers with HIV and their HIV-negative children in a local home in Khayelitsha. On Kebede: Marni for Born Free dress. Donna Karan New York belt. In this story: hair, Julien d’Ys for Julien d’Ys; Beckham’s makeup, Sally Branka. Produced by Gavin Schneider Productions with support from mothers2mothers, Lalela Project, and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.