a sizable soapbox

mind if i take a hearty step onto my soapbox on this bright, blustery sunday morning? okay, here's the thing: yes, models are getting smaller. yes, eating disorders are not a good a thing. and i get that some people don't want to look at a woman who looks like she's dying of starvation. and althought i appreciate v magazine's new size issue, featuring plus-sized models (and some along industry-sized models in the same outfits) does it make sense to promote this in the opposite direction by featuring women who are actually overweight - representing a health issue of equal importance?

this is coco a go go for v magazine, shot by karl lagerfeld. a pretty woman, yes, but is it sensible to say that a woman of her size represents a legitimate size for high fashion/couture modeling?

i think the women in the v shoot are beautiful. that's not my issue. i just wish that people would stop approaching this issue by taking it to the very extreme - throwing larger women in their editorials for shock value, rather than as a legitimate approach to show off and market clothing. that is a model's job - to exhibit clothing in a way that makes what designers have created look good. to do anything else is to belie the nature of the job.

i agree with the london stylist who's telegraph comment was featured on the cut a while back:

“It’s such an extreme response to the size-zero hoopla.

“I think all women want to see images of healthy girls, not women who are emaciated. But, realistically I don't think many women aspire to be a size 18, either. I don't think using outsize models is really the way to change perceptions — it's just an extreme volt-face.Read more: Debating V’s Size Issue -- The Cut http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/debating_vs_size_issue.html#ixzz0cDbrgcOC

all i'm asking is that if these people want to change the industry, that they actually work to create change, not to shock, and back the fashion industry into a corner.

other images from the controversial v magazine shoot:

image source: models.com, nytimes

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these covers are from a special edition of v, shot by paul rowland, featuring: Alana Zimmer, Alla Kostromicheva, Behati Prinsloo, Christina Kruse, Daiane Conterato, Darya Kurovska, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Hannelore Knuts, Iris Strubegger, Isabeli Fontana, Meghan Collison, Mina Cvetkovic, Natasa Vojnovic, Ranya Mordanova, Rose Cordero, Suvi Koponen, Valentina Zelyaeva, and Yulia Kharlapanova. it's for a special edition of v, "world of women and supreme."

i've been so out of the fashion loop lately. i've totally let myself get inundated with life details, and it shows in my body and spirit. it's time for me to get back into my groove thang, live and breathe fashion the way that i'm supposed to, and keep my passions in line. losing your perspective is kind of a weird thing. i've known i've needed it, but even when i have the opportunity to regain it, i don't situate my mind properly.

perspective. it's fashion. it's a mindframe. it will come again.

in the name of awesomeness...the zoester's back on bravo tonight with the premiere of "the rachel zoe project." say what you want, what meryl said in the devil wears prada about about runway's influence on cerulean can be said about rachel zoe's influence on fashion. the woman has clout, and an eye for fashion and styling that reaches far beyond any external insanity she exhibits.

aaaaand t-1 week until orientation, and then 2 more days after that until classes start. so excited to enter into an atmosphere where i'll live to write. can't wait to share with you guys!

bisous <3