I actually have Lewanda's mod and I LOVE IT!!!!! The babies and people are beautiful and although the clothing is darkened, you hardly know it after playing for awhile. This does not address the issue for other skin tones, but it does at least let you have characters who are "beige". As Lewanda said, it's not perfect, but it does let players who want a more realistic experience enjoy the game. (games and characters that are more representative of who plays them). While I understand and can appreciate the incredible amount of work that goes in to creating the games, it is something that I hope the developers will strongly consider. I would also think that with the popularity, ease of use, addictive games that LDW creates, the developers would create a way to allow the games to reflect the diversity of their users. Perhaps alternate the VV & VF franchise between skins tones instead just creating "white".
I don't mean to be on my soap box either, but I do love these games and wish something could really be done, instead of just linking people to post about why LDW can't create skin tones.