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Inclusive Fashion Alert: Christian Louboutin Is Making Your Shade of Nude Shoes

Never forget that the right shade of nude should match one’s skin color.  But that right shade can be hard to find for people who have complexions that fall outside the mainstream—essentially, for those of us who aren’t shades of pink or cream. Finding a nude lipstick or stocking for chocolate-complexioned women can be downright…

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Never forget that the right shade of nude should match one’s skin color. 

But that right shade can be hard to find for people who have complexions that fall outside the mainstream—essentially, for those of us who aren’t shades of pink or cream. Finding a nude lipstick or stocking for chocolate-complexioned women can be downright impossible. 

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So it’s huge that Christian Louboutin announced via Twitter on Tuesday that it’s expanding its Nudes Collection to include two new shades—a “porcelain” Nude No. 1 and a Nude No. 7, described as deep chocolate—for a total of seven nude shoe options for ladies. The shoes became available this week. 

People are praising the brand for bolstering inclusive fashion—which is a nice phrase, but it’ll be wonderful when inclusive fashion is considered the norm.

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Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele is a staff writer at The Root and the founder and executive producer of Lectures to Beats, a Web series that features video interviews with scarily insightful people. Follow Lectures to Beats on Facebook and Twitter.

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