In January’s edition of British Vogue, famous curve model Ashley Graham is front and centre, in a move to give consumers a “broader definition of physical beauty”.
And in her editor’s letter within the issue, editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman called out famous fashion houses for failing to recognise what consumers want the most – diversity – by refusing to dress models that don’t fit into a typical sample size zero.
Alexandra acknowledge that it was impossible to ignore the conversation when she had put a woman who is a “cheerleader for the fuller-figured woman” on the front cover of the issue.
“The question of size in the fashion industry is one that boils up continuously and furiously without ever reaching any kind of satisfactory conclusion,” she wrote.
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Nice to see a plus sized model actually dressed in clothing rather than just nude or in lingerie
It's never going to happen. Those old fashion houses still live by the "can't be too rich, can't be too skinny" motto and are unlikely to change in this lifetime. Not to say we can't call them out on it, by all means, but don't expect miracles.
I agree. What I don't get is the majority of women fall into the 12-16 size group so modelling clothes on a group that falls into the minority, that is tall and slender would equal less sales to me and isn't it all about the money at the end of the day. Some people just don't have common sense.
I also suspect that some fashion designers would be found out as fairly talentless if they had to try and design clothes that looked good for women that had a shape instead of designing clothes for women that are straight up and down.
Agreed. It's all about the exclusivity and the "fashion is art" thing - they make their money from rich ladies who can drop 10 grand on a handbag so they don't need to be more "accessible". Don't get me wrong, I LOVE high end fashion, I just know I'll never be able to wear it in a million years.