Carrie Hammer Uses Role Models not Runway Models at NYFW
http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/fash...-uses-role-models-not-fashion-models-at-nyfw/
9 Inspiring Photos of Models with Disabilities Working on the Runway at NYFW
http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/fash...abilities-working-the-runway-at-nyfw-image-9/
Browsing Cosmo, so classy of me, I know, I came across the articles above and I thought it was fantastic. I've never paid much attention to high fashion but I will totally role my eyes in synchronisation with the rest of skinny gossip at the sight of headline's containing phrases 'plus-size model' and 'representing real women with 'curves''. Curves? Like 'awemahgawd', curve should not be made plural. These women are just one continuous curve called a ham-planet. This type of body may be the norm in western society, and increasingly in upper to middle-class China, India and a few other countries, but it is not healthy and should not be encouraged and I believe the emerging trend that plus-size models be a US size 14-18 (when previously plus size meant a healthy US size 6-10) is encouraging obesity as an ok part of society when it isn't.
It might be confronting to see older women or women and men with disabilities on the runway but it is confronting in a good way. Carrie Hammer show was great because women in the show were included based on their success in business or their overcoming of a physical adversity, such as being an amputee. I think if high fashion wants to take a step in this direction that is fine because I believe this is closer to true diversity and it highlights many social issues, such as the lack of representation of disability and the stigma surrounding it. Writing that previous sentence about representation, I realise I can't think of any actors or news actors who are disabled besides the girl from American Horror Story, Jamie Brewer and The Last Leg (hosted by Adam Hills who only has one leg) and that is why this kind of show is important. I don't think it detracts from the clothes or turns anyone into a spectacle.
I just wanted to share and to know what you girls think.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/fash...-uses-role-models-not-fashion-models-at-nyfw/
9 Inspiring Photos of Models with Disabilities Working on the Runway at NYFW
http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/fash...abilities-working-the-runway-at-nyfw-image-9/
Browsing Cosmo, so classy of me, I know, I came across the articles above and I thought it was fantastic. I've never paid much attention to high fashion but I will totally role my eyes in synchronisation with the rest of skinny gossip at the sight of headline's containing phrases 'plus-size model' and 'representing real women with 'curves''. Curves? Like 'awemahgawd', curve should not be made plural. These women are just one continuous curve called a ham-planet. This type of body may be the norm in western society, and increasingly in upper to middle-class China, India and a few other countries, but it is not healthy and should not be encouraged and I believe the emerging trend that plus-size models be a US size 14-18 (when previously plus size meant a healthy US size 6-10) is encouraging obesity as an ok part of society when it isn't.
It might be confronting to see older women or women and men with disabilities on the runway but it is confronting in a good way. Carrie Hammer show was great because women in the show were included based on their success in business or their overcoming of a physical adversity, such as being an amputee. I think if high fashion wants to take a step in this direction that is fine because I believe this is closer to true diversity and it highlights many social issues, such as the lack of representation of disability and the stigma surrounding it. Writing that previous sentence about representation, I realise I can't think of any actors or news actors who are disabled besides the girl from American Horror Story, Jamie Brewer and The Last Leg (hosted by Adam Hills who only has one leg) and that is why this kind of show is important. I don't think it detracts from the clothes or turns anyone into a spectacle.
I just wanted to share and to know what you girls think.
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