Fashion

Jacqueline - Toronto writes:

I just received this latest issue and finished flipping through it this morning, and I have to say I am really disturbed by what I saw.
Now, the argument about overly thin models is never going to go away, however, this was a new low.
The Spring trend report featuring stills from the runway was shocking. Not only were the models ridiculously thin, to the point of absurd, but the clothing did not look even remotely attractive on them. The justification by designers to use the extremely thin girls due to the clothes 'hanging' on them better, and that it is the industry standard to do so has really now become an absolute mockery.
There is NO way anyone, designer, editor, public, can tell us that the girls in the shorts or over half of those outfits are showing the clothes in the best light. I actually started crying when I saw how tragically thin they are. And the fact that the industry is now basically slapping us all in the face by continuing to perpetuate this 'myth'.
The one exception I saw was Stella McCartney. Even though her models are slim, they are not the grotesque extreme that other designers seem hell bent on promoting. I feel for these girls, pressured to be thinner and thinner to the point of zero body fat, but they are being exploited. When is this going to stop?

And when is Toronto Life Fashion going to stop having more ads and editorials for cosmetic procedures than they actually have for clothing.

I will be canceling my subscription, enough putting up with it. Unless people talk with their wallets, no one in the Fashion Industry will listen.

I love clothing, I love fashion, I love seeing inspiration.
But not at the cost of perpetuating this ideal a moment longer.

—posted February 6, 2010 at 12:28 p.m.

amen writes:

I agree.

—posted February 11, 2010 at 1:10 a.m.

mech writes:

Exploited is really the right word. Those girls are deprived of being healthy just so they can keep their career.

—posted February 24, 2010 at 10:27 p.m.