Saturday, November 15, 2008
Curves?
This slideshow is supposed to show the positive transformation the fashion industry is making. Their big claim to fame is that a change in a few models from size 0 to 2 0r 4s has been hitting the runways. Check out the pictures in the slideshow... they are clearly girls that are no where near the size of a 4, or even a 2 for that matter. They are frail, colorless, wiry, and as boney as ever. I do not see any difference in these models from any others. One fifteen year old aspiring model lost ten pounds before coming before the designers, and when they say her body, they told her to lose more weight. "The look this year is anorexia. We don't want you to be anorexic but that's what we want you to look like." This is a direct quote from the article, and the goal is to raise awareness about the rate of eating disorders in the fashion industry. Some designers have been encouraged to change their standard size to a 6, but most do not want those type of curves. I find the whole "designers designate what size is beautiful" thing. I cannot stand it. Who says the people who make the clothes get to decide what the rest of us should look like.
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Pssh, I think it's stupid that the designers get to choose what size to design things in/for at all. I doubt they are that size personally, and if your clothing can't look good on normal, healthy people, then your "design skills" are shit to begin with. It's also appauling that 2, 4, and 6 are the most they are willing to push it to (and that they can't even manage that). A lot of people are a size 8 and up and healthy, we arn't all 10year old boys.
Those girls' bodies are not attractive in any way...I can't see any guy that would think that those skin and bones are pretty. It's frustrating that fashion industries can't find average sized girls to model. Not only are these girls all skin and bones but you can tell none of them are athletes. It sucks to think that skin and bones is considered fashionable...look at Serena William's body for example. There is no way that can be considered fat but she has muscle. Athletes have great build and are never considered model material. The fashion industry really has to reconsider their 'perfect image' but it has to come from the public in order for them to do that.
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