Ralph Lauren fired Fillipa Hamiliton, a size 4 model, for being too fat.
Can you believe that? What kind of message does this transmit to young girls?
Did you see the Ralph Lauren photoshopped image of Fillipa that the company used in a mall add in Japan?
It’s grotesque. Fililipa’s hips, legs, and waist are the size of a skeletal eight year old, while her head and face are the size of a normal adult female. The company’s statement on the event made me decide to boycott the label. Since when did a size two become the norm for fashion ads? How many of you out there are a size two? I’d bet any odds that the majority of women are in the eight to twelve size categories.
According to the oft-quoted statistics, almost sixty percent of North Americans fall into the overweight class. I don’t know a single female who isn’t worried about her weight, especially those in the over forty age group.
Health concerns aside, I’d much prefer to carry that extra five pounds and still have the glass of wine with dinner, eat cheesy garlic bread once in a while, and enjoy a rare steak on occasion. It’s called quality of life.
Are only thin women considered sexy?
What do you think?
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Jianne Carlo
Oct 14, 2009
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3 comments:
Oh HELL no. All women are sexy, regardless of size, and the trend toward stick-thin is just bizarre to me...and to most men I know. So if it tweaks us women and puts off the men, who, exactly, are they trying to please? Might as well hang the clothes on a wire hanger..which truth be told is basically what they are trying to do. So says a 39 and holding short gal who has straddled double digit sizes her whole life.
I've never heard a man say "Phwoar! Look at the ribs on her!"
Curves are definitely sexier if they weren't why did scores of painters, sculptors and artists use full-figured women as their muses?
As a big boned girl, I've been told on several occassions I'm sexy. I would like to think its because of my self confidence or how I carry myself, since I feel sexiness is personified in those attributes. BUT I will admit that many of the men I've dated and told me this always commented on how much they loved my curves.
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