Everywhere I turn today I am accosted with posts, pictures and articles about V magazines size issue. And it hasn't even been released yet!
Overall I have read postive posts and comments, but I have also noticed how many people spew hatred about having to look at pictures of someone who might be a little bit fatter than them: is it really that big a deal? But of course it is a big deal, if for no other reason than that we aren't used to it. Most magazines only feature what I refer to as "standard" catwalk models: tall, thin, flat chested. But (and I say this as a curvy girl myself) I can understand why.
When i'm flicking though a magazine or catalogue I rarely notice the models: i'm looking at the clothes. I don't know if this is normal or unusual, but I never know which model has appeared in which catwalk show, even if I was there. I don't look at the models at all, only what they're displaying. And androgenous women are the perfect clothes horses; boobs and hips are sexy and appealing and they get in the way when i'm focusing on looking at a dress!
Now if i'm reading an editorial it's a different story, and some clothes hang better on bigger women; so I think that magazines should have more versitility in the models they use. And I think it's nice to see a women who looks like you wearing a dress you quite like; hell, it might even encourage you to go out and buy the dress! But I don't think this should become a big "versus" argument: there is no war! I'm not sure why some articles are giving big ticks to plus sized models and then in turn, subliminally perhaps, putting a big cross next to the standard ones. "That's one for the big girls" "The big girls are taking over" Isn't there room for everyone?There certainly is in our society, where I wouldn't dream of pitching women against each other based on their height or weight (except, perhaps, if I was organising some kind of wrestling tournament) I understand the fashion world is different from the "real world" and not all shapes and sizes can or will be embraced, but I just can't believe that a few inches on a waistline can cause these kind of headlines.
I would also like to point of that the "Size Issue" featured plus sized and petite women. So why are we only reading stories about the plus sized models? I know it's a slow news week, but maybe some of the tabloids need to take a step back and get some perspective.
I won't be deciding how I feel about the success or otherwise of the issue until i've actually seen it: a few widely distributing pictures does not an opinion make!
Love, Tor xx
PS - I would also like to point out the only positive of all this debate: I seem to be having a girl crush on Crystal Renn!
3 comments:
I've never thought about the size debate this way before... and you're right, there should be no war! I can appreciate the focus of editorials should be the clothes, but more often than not, the people who catch my eye in a day to do day scenario do so because of their attitudes, what glamourous persona they exude, and very often this does tend the belong to the more womanly physique!
"There is no war!" In regards to this topic, truer words were never spoken.
I agree that the size of models shouldn't really be an issue so long as the clothes they are wearing look good on them. I hope that so-called 'plus-size' models will appear in our magazines on a regular basis in the future, without the need to flag up the fact that they are 'curvy'. I wrote a piece on my reaction to V's Size Issue here: http://wordsonthetopic.blogspot.com/2010/01/ahead-of-curve.html
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