Dear Karl,
You really don’t like women very much, do you?
I always suspected this to be the case but now, with your insistence that “no one wants to see curvy women’, you’ve totally convinced me.
On a roll, you followed up that bizarre statement with this one: “You’ve got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly”. Finally, you concluded that fashion was all about “dreams and illusions”.
Really, Karl? Really? I’m fascinated to know where you get this information. Do you know many curvy women? Many fat mothers with bags of chips? Do you actually know any women beyond those who can directly benefit from your fame, fortune and power?
Because Karl, here’s my problem. As head designer and creative director for Chanel and your own Karl Lagerfeld label as well as an acclaimed fashion photographer, you are one of the most powerful people in the fashion industry. Many say you’re a GENIUS.
Whatever. You are certainly prolific and extremely influential. And yet, like so many who have spent a large chunk of their life living on Planet Fashion, you have a very perverse idea of The Real World. Some may even call it cuckoo. And on behalf of those of us who live here, we’re getting a little jack of it.
Your most recent “curvy women’ comments were in response to news that Germany’s top-selling women’s magazine, Brigitte, will cease using professional models from 2010. Instead, they will use regular women after the editor became dismayed by all the size 0 models and how often Photoshop was required to erase their protruding bones and make them look fatter.
Yes, Karl, FATTER. I know this is anathema to you because you think fat is grotesque. You even think curves are grotesque. Basically, anything that isn’t a bone or a clean line gives you the heeby geebies, am I right? Damn that bothersome flesh.
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Hey Mia,
Love the letter to Karl. Great Stuff!!
Can you send it to him?
I wouldn't be so sure about Coco. I've read that it was basically Coco who invented the idea that skinny=beautiful/classy. Before her, pale plump girls were fashionable because it meant that you must be rich enough to have lots to eat and not work (so no sun). Then Coco came along and started dieting and tanning in the south of france.
....and the long standing trend began...