[Kizzy]

Do you have to be uber thin to model clothes...
Would it not be beneficial for models to be representative of the sizes in society?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17453822

[Marc]

let's pin them all down and force feed them cream cakes!

[Marc]

that sounds dirty. my bad. I mean the bakery goods.

[Niamh.]

Marc!

[Livia]

If a designer wants to show of their collection to its best advantage, they choose girls that make their clothes look good. Clothes look better and hang better on tall, thin girls.

[Marc]

Livia.. you sound insightful on this topic. Do you have a history of modeling?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marc

Livia.. you sound insightful on this topic. Do you have a history of modeling?

No... but I do wear clothes!

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Livia

No... but I do wear clothes!

omg you should become a model!

or a designer, you sound so informed

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marc

omg you should become a model!

or a designer, you sound so informed

Hmmm...

[Saph]

Thin models sell clothes, fat girls don't.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Livia

Hmmm...

In fact I will fund your first line of clothes..

[lostalex]

I prefer skinnier woman. There are some really hot skinny women, they look like teenage boys. They remind me of my high school crushes.
I also like fat girls. All of my best friends have been fat girls. Fat girls are basically discriminated against in the same way as gay boys, we are both considered "disgusting" by str8 guys. so they understand us.

I just love women i guess, all of them, in all sizes.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marc

In fact I will fund your first line of clothes..

If only I could draw. My first collection would look like a succession of bin bags that not even the tallest, skinnest model could make look like haute couture. Best I stick to my day job, I think. If you want to fund a shopping trip though, I could go for that...

[Marc]

Hmm I fear you're leading me on here.. but okay x

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

If a designer wants to show of their collection to its best advantage, they choose girls that make their clothes look good. Clothes look better and hang better on tall, thin girls.

Thin?...Interesting use of words there, not slim or lean?
So you looked at the models and thought they looked thin, thats how young girls see them too.
If there was more of a range to the size of a model then I feel this obssession with thinness would be reduced.

[Saph]

as Kate Moss once said "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I prefer skinnier woman. There are some really hot skinny women, they look like teenage boys. They remind me of my high school crushes.
I also like fat girls. All of my best friends have been fat girls. Fat girls are basically discriminated against in the same way as gay boys, we are both considered "disgusting" by str8 guys. so they understand us.

I just love women i guess, all of them, in all sizes.

Thats an interesting point, why would you want to display your clothes for women and show them to their best advantage on models that look like adolecent boys?...

[InOne]

They have +size models as well

[Kizzy]

For the big catwalk shows in london and paris? I don't think they do...for the matalan catalogue maybe.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Thin?...Interesting use of words there, not slim or lean?
So you looked at the models and thought they looked thin, thats how young girls see them too.
If there was more of a range to the size of a model then I feel this obssession with thinness would be reduced.

So going by the thread title you find the models to be skinny and not thin? I always thought they meant the same thing tbh but that referring to someone as skinny rather than thin was supposed to be insulting.

I personally don't think theres anything wrong with thin models, they are advertising clothing that is designed for people the same size as they are just like larger models do.

I also don't think it's wrong that young girls want to be thin as long as they don't take it too far and risk their health.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Thin?...Interesting use of words there, not slim or lean?
So you looked at the models and thought they looked thin, thats how young girls see them too.
If there was more of a range to the size of a model then I feel this obssession with thinness would be reduced.

I used the word "thin" because you yourself used it in post number one.

How is it not an issue when you use the word, but an issue when I use it?

[Shaun]

Generally speaking thin models look the best modelling clothes... but I don't find them attractive.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

I used the word "thin" because you yourself used it in post number one.

How is it not an issue when you use the word, but an issue when I use it?

I said 'uber thin' and i was not advocating it.

[fruit_cake]

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

as Kate Moss once said "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

lol but true

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Josy

So going by the thread title you find the models to be skinny and not thin? I always thought they meant the same thing tbh but that referring to someone as skinny rather than thin was supposed to be insulting.

I personally don't think theres anything wrong with thin models, they are advertising clothing that is designed for people the same size as they are just like larger models do.

I also don't think it's wrong that young girls want to be thin as long as they don't take it too far and risk their health.

I define skinny as thinner than thin, and don't mean it to sound in any way insulting.
How many women are smaller than American size zero?
It is an issue that girls DO want to emulate these models, thats why im sugesting they vary a little in size....By that i don't mean obese heffers waddling down the catwalk, just a little healthier and less emaciated looking. shape.