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Franca Sozzani Admits Fashion Industry Promotes Anorexia
While Vogue Italia‘s Franca Sozzani likes to push the envelope (see prime examples here, here, and here), we also respect her (sometimes) for doing so.
Daisy Lowe On How She Feels Compared To Straight Size Models
Despite her It Girl status, model, DJ, and sometimes actress Daisy Lowe wasn’t always confident about her body. Known for her risqué cover shoots as much as her innovative style, Low admits that accepting her curvier shape wasn’t always easy.
Full Figured Fashion Week Is Back And Almost Sold Out!
On the heels of last year’s success, the third annual Full Figured Fashion Week is returning to New York. Beginning on June 16, international designers specializing in sizes 12+ will debut their designs in a whirlwind of presentations spanning three days.
The Sartorialist Incites Commenter Fury After Calling A Blogger ‘Curvy’
It wouldn’t be a Tuesday if there wasn’t a body image-fueled controversy happening somewhere on the web. Today’s comes courtesy of a normally idolized fashion figure: Scott “The Sartorialist” Schuman, who posted two images of fellow style blogger Angelica Ardasheva on his site yesterday along with the caption, “I loved that she’s a bigger, curvier girl than most of the other bloggers who you see in the press and tend to represent the genre.”
Revolve Clothing Model Incites Weight Debate Firestorm
While we clearly love calling out a good Photoshop Disaster, the most recent submission to our Tips box is anything but. A model on RevolveClothing.com has found herself the subject of some serious scrutiny in the comments section — and not because of concerns over post-production editing, but, perhaps more sadly, because of her health.
LA Times: Plus-Sized Women Don’t Care About Fashion
We’ve said it once (well, we’ve said it a million times), and we’ll say it again: fashion houses design with only one size in mind. And that size is thin and of average height. A piece in tomorrow’s LA Times lays out a new list of excuses for why designers don’t design clothes for plus-sized women. And it’s every bit as infuriating as you would expect.
Did Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Lose Weight For Vogue?
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has lost more than 40 pounds since she started serving her post in January 2009. Gillibrand has gone from size 16 to 6 (and sometimes 4!), and appears in Vogue‘s November issue. She even showed off her fabulous new figure at Fashion’s Night Out, dancing with one of her aides. But did she do it for Anna?
Norma Kamali: There Is A Healthier Way To Be Thin
A few weeks ago, we posted about a column Norma Kamali wrote for the Huffington Post. After a careful reading, we thought the takeaway was this: models need to be thin, and they should maintain their figures by going on a liquid diet (and burning off any non-liquid calories by exercising).
Norma Kamali Responds: I’m Offering Healthy Solutions
Yesterday we came across a disturbing column that Norma Kamali penned for the Huffington Post. And it looks like she might have responded…
Carey Mulligan’s Vogue Dress Didn’t ‘Go Over Her Arse’
Oh, dear. Carey Mulligan, who stars in the upcoming Wall Street 2, recently snagged the cover of Vogue. For most women, this would be a dream come true. For Mulligan, it came with a catch.
Norma Kamali Tells Models To Go On A Liquid Diet
Fact: women are all but force-fed the thin ideal since birth. Fact: most models are thin. Fact: liquid diets should not be used without a doctor’s guidance. So then why is designer Norma Kamali extolling their virtues?
Bar Refaeli Did Not Tweet About ‘Hungry’ Models (UPDATED)
Bar Refaeli is the latest model to speak out about what we like to call The Great Weight Debate — though instead of penning an essay or hosting a panel, she took to Twitter.
Indie Men’s Mag Features Plus-Size Male Models
Much ado has recently been made in the fashion industry over the use of super skinny models — so much, in fact, that we’ve dubbed it “The Great Weight Debate” — but one group of people have been almost conspicuously left out of the conversation: male models.
Alber Elbaz Loves Bloggers, Hates Celeb Fashion Lines
Alber Elbaz and his floppy bowtie are so adorable to look at that sometimes you forget the sheer genius that lies in his round smiling head. But Elbaz sat down with Style.com for the sixth installment of their “Future of Fashion” series and the resulting conversation forever removed any doubts. Also, he unabashedly likes bloggers! We do have one quibble and that’s his stance on The Great Weight Debate, but we’ll let you read it for yourself.
Australia’s Next Top Model Contestant Asked To Lose Weight
A contestant on the upcoming season of Australia’s Next Top Model has come forward and said that just one week into filming, she was asked to lose weight. Alison Boxer is 16 years old, 120 pounds, and would be considered “underweight” according to the internationally recognized Body Mass Index.
EXCLUSIVE: Glamour Responds To Cover Controversy
Yesterday we wrote a post wondering whether or not Glamour had retouched its trio of bikini clad cover girls, also known as Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio, Sport’s Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Brooklyn Decker, and plus-size supermodel Crystal Renn. We e-mailed Glamour for comment after our post went up and now Glamour’s editor in chief Cindi Leive has responded.
Robbie Myers: ‘Elle Macpherson Is Not A Skinny Girl’
Elle editor in chief Robbie Myers joined the Today Show’s Ann Curry this morning to talk about “curvy girls” and whether they’re “making a comeback.” While we applaud the Today Show for addressing these issues — they’ve even dedicated a new segment to it: Today’s Women — Myers, unfortunately, did not make the best case for the cause.
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