First of all, let me tell you. After reading this article from stylelist.com, I was so tempted to reach through the computer to the picture of Karl Lagerfeld and ring his neck. Here's my take on the modeling industry and on Lagerfeld's RIDICULOUS opinion...
According to the article "Karl Lagerfeld Defends Skinny Models-'No One Wants to See Round Women' How You Voted," Karl Lagerfeld, famously known for losing 92 pounds in 13 months "in order to squeeze into skinny Dior Homme duds," are defending the stick-thin runway models, basically telling heavier women to shut their mouth about the issue. While being interviewed by Brigitte, a German magazine, Lagerfeld commented that Brigette's plan on using "ordinary, realistic" women on the runway was "absurd." According to him, women complaining about these unhealthy models are just jealous.
Yeah...where to start. I guess I should start by saying I'm a recovering anorexic and these stick thin models certaintly isnt a good influence. Women are just jealous????? REALLY?! How about the fact that maybe they're concerned about the images these models are sending their daughters!! And the fact that Lagerfeld is also denying the fact that most models have eating disorders is dispicable. He's a designer..im sure he's heard of the many models that have DIED of anorexia. Most models are SICK!. Yes, some of them are built super skinny, but most of them are close to having heart failure! Ugh, I'm getting sick to my stomach just reading his comments. ""Ninety percent of them are quite normal, properly proportioned girls with less fat and more muscles, who also eat pizzas and burgers." So thats why their ribs are protruding right??? Wow.
As being a rocovering anorexic, I am ELATED to see that magazines such as Glamour are putting REAL looking girls in their magazine. Because thats the norm! People don't look like runway models in real life! You know why? Because most of them are dying. It's such a good feeling to see an average looking model, with hey! some curves.
"Today's models weigh around 23% less than normal women. The whole model industry is anorexic. We will show women who have their own identity, the 18-year-old A-level student, the company chairwoman, the musician, the footballer," says Andreas Lebert, Brigette's editor.
It is sad but you are 100% right. It's sad to see innocent people dying because of this illness. But on the bright side like you said there are the ones who are more fortunate like yourself... I think schools should really buckle down and stress the serverity of the disease
ReplyDeleteI agree 110 percent! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone is finally writing something to shame the modeling industry, because my mother was watching this kiddie pagent show on HBO. these kid modeling agencies were offering $500 in scholarship money to the girls. and at the pagent there was one mother trying to force her daughter to put on this dress that was obviously too small for little girl. When the mother was done putting on the dress, the girl looked really uncomfortable. the girl started figiting and the dress ripped, her mother slaps her on her leg and tells the poor little girl "If you wasn't so fucking fat you would probably win the pagent." After that my mother stopped watching it, and I just walked away. So its sadd to see how modeling can influence parenting as well.
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