Wow. That photo=a reminder that event though plus-sized models aren't the normal beauty standard, they are still SO genetically blessed (and thus, models, duh).
@midwestdesigner: I'm not really sure that that high fashion models = the beauty standard. This woman is still a fairly thin, large-chested blond -- pretty close to the standard, I would think. But yes, she's gorgeous.
Look designer peeps and hangers-on, you have to let us fatties be a part of this thing called "fash-un" or we will WALK AROUND NAKED! And that's a promise not a threat.
YEESH! That outfit is awful on that poor girl. "Let's get a 'plus-size' girl and put her in the least flattering thing we can find! That will show them!" Le sigh.
@rodmanstreet: The outfit is fine. It's just a couple of sizes too small for her. That's what happens when you shove a size 8-10 model into a size 2 dress. They should have gotten an appropriately sized dress for her.
@sweetbeans: The worst part is that a pair of skin toned control top panty house would have stood out far, far less than the underwear them put her in, and smoothed the lines
@Evie Havok: Good call. The problem isn't the model's figure -- the problem is the dress.
Yes, I'm a fashion heretic.
(I feel disloyal, too, since the man is at least trying to show on different sizes of women. Elena Miró has been doing it for years -- someone on his team couldn't get a clue from her?)
When they say "supportive underwear" do they mean something like spanx, or do they mean a bra? I don't really see what's wrong with latter. I'm generally uncomfortable when I'm bra less, so maybe that issue was taken into consideration for the curvier models? But then again, this is the fashion industry. I'm probably just being naive.
EDIT: Oh wait, I think I read that incorrectly, are they saying somebody threw a fit because someone thought it'd be more comfortable for the models to have "supportive underwear?" (Sorry, I'm obviously a little confused)
@Jeenzy: It appears that the stylist who stepped in shoved all the tiny girls underwears on the 'plus' girls which made them look a bit lumpy and may or may not have cut them! Yikes.
So, the presence of some average-sized women who needed to wear actual underwear with the dresses caused a complete meltdown? Further proof that high fashion is more of an abstract concept than an industry dedicated to actually making clothes for people to wear.
Gisele--you are a lovely, vibrant, pregnant celebrity married to a football star. This ALONE ups your chances of a tragic end, but you’re going to throw HELICOPTER PILOT in there? You’d think you’ve never seen an episode of E! True Hollywood Story!
@Highsmith: Piloting plus UN automatically makes me think of Angelina Jolie, actually. Though if you wanted to claim that Angelina is a superhero, I probably wouldn't argue.
@cate3710: I feel even wimpier now that I put a band-aid on my papercut - that I got ... uh ... climbing a dangerous mountain ... no, wait .... saving Bolvian orphans ... actually ... it was wrestling an African lion. Yeah, that's it.
@Penny: Even though the size itself isn't "plus", a model who is size eight to ten is considered plus sized. Size two girls model the stuff for the size eights, size eights for the fourteens!
This is a self-feeding loop. The only cure is to stay in Wassilla (or Anytown, USA), get a decent job (electrician, mechanic, gym teacher), STFU, and live a basic life. Nature abhors a vacuum, you will be forgotten, and the next idiot will take your place in about three weeks.
@bluebears: I find nothing about him redeeming. That picture up there gives me involuntary lip curl and makes me think about how greasy his hair must be. Or how bad he smells. Or republicanism. Or how bad the sex with "sometimes condoms" is. Or the lack of conversation outside of "so that hockey game..."
Blargh.
Seems like the type who dreams of being a high school coach in some lame town.
Heavens, absolutely everyone involved in this "Turns Out, Abstinence Only Education Leads To Alaskan Babies!" debacle is awful, just awful.
I wouldn't be surprised if lil' Tripp himself ended up being a highly offensive and tacky toddler, groping his babysitters' breasts and calling reporters "Poo Poo Heads" and shoving other toddlers against things.
That'll teach old Levi. Next time think about where your putting your dick and make sure it's got something on it. Unless he wants to go through life as the fly in Sarah Palin's ointment.
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Yes, I'm a fashion heretic.
(I feel disloyal, too, since the man is at least trying to show on different sizes of women. Elena Miró has been doing it for years -- someone on his team couldn't get a clue from her?)
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"Her body is different! Her thighs touch! She needs a bra! THIS SHALL NOT STAND!"
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EDIT: Oh wait, I think I read that incorrectly, are they saying somebody threw a fit because someone thought it'd be more comfortable for the models to have "supportive underwear?" (Sorry, I'm obviously a little confused)
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Blargh.
Seems like the type who dreams of being a high school coach in some lame town.
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I wouldn't be surprised if lil' Tripp himself ended up being a highly offensive and tacky toddler, groping his babysitters' breasts and calling reporters "Poo Poo Heads" and shoving other toddlers against things.
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