Finally: Real women on the catwalk

Monday, August 23, 2010

What do you think about plus-size models on the catwalks?

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Lets get our heads out of the sand Australia and talk being HEALTHY not skinny or "curvy but HEALTHY. Curvy should not equal obese or overweight like many of the women shown here. FACT Australia is officially the most obese country in the world...The average Australian is overweight or obese........If you are reading this thinking "I am a size whatever you are, that is average, I am ok" There is a good chance you are wrong. I am not saying run out join a gym and start a crazy diet, I am saying take a good hard long term look at you lifestyle. Obesity is strongly linked to most of the biggest killing diseases we have eg heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension. This applies to men and women. This means that as time goes by and we get more obese, we are going to get sicker and out health system already stretched to breaking point will not cope. Not sure I want my taxes paying the bill for that. Maybe a campaign for healthy looking models?

I don't think it is fair to call a size 14 "fat" and label her unhealthy. I wear a size 14 pant (size 10 - 12 top) and my doctor tells me I'm very healthy. Some people are just naturally that size... Especially these plus size models, they have to have a good figure. As for the use of the word "fat", that's just ridiculous and mean. Perhaps you are just jealous that these beautiful women can get a job modeling and you can't? I also don't think it's fair to label the thinner models as unhealthy. I would say that the majority of them are perfectly healthy, it is their job to look well and that really doesn't work out if you're not actually well. Why can't we just accept that women have a whole range of sizes and shapes and unless you are the individual woman's health practioner it's really not up to you to decide whether she is unhealthy or not.

its great to see plus size models, but to say these are a true indication of todays women is very missleading. After watching the clip and looking up bella models i came to the realisation that we are still not represented clearly in the fashion world, we are still being "conned" to think we should look "like that" and what im referring to is height!.... Apart from say 2 models on this agencies books all the models are 5'10 or 5'11. Now im sure im not the only one but when you add height to weight, proportions alter and bodies look thinner. If we are going to go aorund saying the average aussie gal is size 14, well thats great but factor the average gals height into it as well, probably about 5'6 to 5'8. Photograph these girls, put them on the catwalk and you will most certainly get a true and more realistic representsation of an aussie female body.

Its about time the fashion industry caught on. they have been providing products for such a small percentage of the community. that means they have been missing out on a whole lot and have been adding fuel to the fire (so to speak) with the Body Image issues that women have. It will be a nice change to see them embrace the curvy women and start treating us like we are werthy of lovely clothes and people's attention

I have nothing against plus size models, though i do prefer to look at the thin models due to the fact they are eye catching. Plus size models should be able to get soemwhere in the industry though just like skinny models plus size models are a bad influence. Though in a different way. By using plus size models who have a rather high BMI sometimes unhealthy, is this what should be called healthy? i dont thin so Neither are really Great ideal bodies but thats the point we are all diffferent!

I'd just like to say that I am sick and tired of being informed that I am not a " real women" because I am a natural size 6. How about we start focusing on people being healthy. Just because size 14 is the average does not necessarily mean that is healthy , just as a lot of size 6 women are also not healthy. I've been into shops unable to find clothes that fit and had sales girls inform me that the particular brand only caters for " real women", that wouldn't be acceptable if I was overweight, its not acceptable just because I'm thin. It's great that fashion has finally realised that larger women are beautiful, but it is unfair to start vilifying smaller woman in retaliation.

The video was a little stretched sideways there.. They're not really that wide! But good on them!

Fat people shouldn't be on the cat walk. They might be seen as 'real women' but that's just because everyone is becoming obease.

I know I've not been a lone voice in the dark but it felt like it. To me, just an average bloke, women are supposed to look like women and men are supposed to look like men. That means tall and straight for the man and soft and curvey for the women. Somehow that message has got confused and the silhouette of all these so called super models just look like waifish blokes. How is that supposed to be sexy? I applaud the early stages of the move to get women back looking womanly and take that insane media pressure off them to look like something that was never in their design mould, or worse still, like they've escaped from a prison camp (no offense to those who have endured such a horror).

well i think the plus sized model "robyn" was definately an attractive girl....and size 10, 12, and 14 are all nice sizes for different girls of different height...i like different colours too...my personal favorite girl is dita von teese.....but that girl"robyn" had a great deep voice and she actually did generate heat and innocence...which is wow to me! i like all colours too...i used to love benetton in the eighties...lotsa cute black chiks as well as nice blonde and redheads...in the eighties models were healthier and hotter and but am a bit sik of the western look in adelaide....tragic....but looks like the new normal sized model look is fabulous

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