Remember the “cerulean blue” monologue by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada? Well, I think that knocked some sense into a lot of us who took pride in underestimating what clothes can do for us.

The project, an adaptation of a biography written by Jean-Noël Liaut, comes from Finite Films & TV and Shoni Productions.

When you think about how Black men are impacting American culture, the modeling industry may not immediately come to mind. But from magazine covers to nationwide campaigns to high-fashion runways, ...