The Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen is having quite the summer. Her androgynous good looks have graced the covers of French, Italian, and British Vogue in quick succession, Karl Lagerfeld loves her, and her Balenciaga campaign just came out.
The increasing visibility of models like Crystal Renn, Tara Lynn, and Ashley Graham isn't just a fluke: Each is represented by Gary Dakin, a man who's been trying to re-make the plus-size modeling industry for over a decade.
"I don't like to exploit anybody. That's not my bag. Everyone has fun on my shoots," says fashion photographer Terry Richardson. But those who work with him continue to accuse him of sexual harassment, and they've told us their stories.
Fact: most celebrity profiles are boring. Fact: Lara Stone — the "curvy," "old" Dutch supermodel — is interesting. In this battle between medium and subject, who shall prevail? Clearly the one who's prepared to talk about alcoholism and breasts.
As previously mentioned, lawmakers in France and Great Britain are pushing for disclaimers to be added to Photoshopped images. If you extract the quotes from the piece in today's New York Times, you get a sense of the conversation:
The news that '90s supermodel Karen Mulder was arrested in Paris for making death threats to her plastic surgeon could be written off as, at worst, a punchline, or at best, the latest expression of an unbalanced woman's erratic behavior.
First Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue, declared "war" on size zero sample clothing sent by major fashion designers; now Vogue Australia editor Kirstie Clements is joining her, saying:
