By: TheFrisky.com
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Elle editor-in-chief Robbie Myers went on “Today” a few days ago to talk about body types and how curvier models are getting more attention in the fashion industry these days, with more womanly figures walking the runways at Louis Vuitton, Prada, and more. She said, however, that women reading magazines or watching movies don’t want to see bodies like their own in the media; while we don’t want to see anorexic models, we “respond more to women who are a little bit above average. … Seeing someone who looks like [the average woman] doesn’t actually send her out and make her want to go shopping.” We’re gonna guess that Elle won’t be jumping on the plus-size model bandwagon anytime soon.
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The Frisky -- Daily Venus Diva.
See I totally disagree with her. I don’t get inspired by looking at someone that’s not my size. I get inspired by seeing nice clothes on women my size, that way I know what it probably will look like on me. Clothing on a size 8 does not make me go run to the stores.
I totally disagree with her too.
I am inspired by women of all sizes. I don’t think magazines and media should only focus on what they think is the “perfect” ideal but give us a broad spectrum of images.
Also, the information about the average woman being 5’3″. Is that accurate? We must all be tall up here. I thought the average woman was at lest 5’6″.
I read the study she is referring to that came out a couple of months ago, and I’m sorry … I just don’t buy it. I know my perspective is probably somewhat skewed, since my whole web site VenusVision.com is about being happy at any size and learning to look good with what you have, but as a size 10/12, if I see someone wearing a size 0 or 2, it doesn’t matter how much I love it. I assume it most likely will not look good on my body shape and therefore don’t even bother trying it on. But if I saw someone like Crystal Renn wearing something, I could think “hey, that might look good on me” so I’ll give it a chance.
Everyone I know embraces seeing women of various sizes in magazines, and in my opinion would be more inclined to buy the fashions modeled by a variety of women, rather than the industry standard size 0 model.
When Robbie Myers said “America is fatter than ever and the average woman gain 20 pounds more now than 15 years ago…” I knew the direction of the conversation was headed, so I tune her out and press pause. She is just feeding into the stereotypes and using bogus information to back up her bogus argument. I don’t look at models in a magazine and feel the urge to shop. I go shopping when I feel like it.
Anyway, you are right that Elle won’t be jumping on the bandwagon and they have a right not too. We are just fine without them AND we have plenty of E-Mags dedicated to the fuller figure woman.