{Caution: Read with a sense of humor}
I was reading Fashion Orgasm’s latest blog about Lily Allen. Allen rants, “It’s in the magazines’ and advertisers’ interests to make girls want to be skinny and feel shit about themselves because then they will go out and buy their products. It’s just another part of the capitalist, materialistic, evil world that we live in.” I thought, “So true!” But what if there is more to it than that?
There’s no doubt that in Western societies, skinny is in, and it’s probably a look that’s here to stay for a long time. Somehow we’re able to put aside any notion of aesthetics. We focus on the superficial, and even on the disgusting. Why are we so driven to be skinny, nay, gaunt?
My theory is that if the women of this world “downsized” and became just as skinny as the models we see on the runways, then the fashion industry would stand to make a lot of money. A LOT of money. Here’s my logic: skinny women wear less fabric, fabric is expensive, therefore wearing less fabric saves lots of money. Therefore, the cost of production goes down, but the cost to the public remains the same. So, if the fashion industry could get away with it, they’d be filthy stinking rich…even more filthy stinking rich than they already are! Which explains why they push the uber-skinny image on us. They know it’s not healthy, and it’s not even all that attractive, but it saves them money!
I say we rebel. I say we return to soft curves, and full, beautiful figures. Before you scoff at that, look at how hot Botticelli’s “Three Graces” are:
Look at their big round bottoms and their rounded tummies. Hotness. Pure hotness. Let’s stop our quests to be freakishly thin. That’s pretty much a product of warped thinking, and industry pressure. Here’s to health!
7 responses so far ↓
f&art // May 16, 2007 at 11:38 pm |
Now I don’t fell that bad anymore for not having exercised for two weeks…
Sales Rack Raider // May 20, 2007 at 4:33 am |
Voluptuous women were celebrated for a couple thousand years. Then somehow in the last few decades, thin is in.
One step forward for technology, two steps backwards for culture.
Anonymous // May 21, 2007 at 9:53 pm |
maybe this is crazy but most clothes these days are designed by gay men….why would they like womanly curves? the models look like adolescent boys to me….
Fashion Fotos // May 23, 2007 at 11:53 pm |
I agree with anonymous. These models are not womanly in any way. Do clothes really look better on thin models?
Anonymous // May 30, 2007 at 12:46 am |
Generally I agree – I don’t think at all that everyone should be stick thin. I know this is sort of a minority, but what about girls that are naturally thin, and don’t have much curves? When people say things like “skinny is ugly, these girls aren’t real women” or “curves are what make a woman beautiful”, that can affect some women in a negative way, too.
Everyone’s different, and by saying only voluptuous women should be celebrated, and thin is bad, that hurts people too. I mean, not everyone one is blessed a curvaceous body – does that mean they should be labeled as sick or unwomanly. I personally think that what makes a woman a woman is INSIDE (I guess…some of it is outside, too…).
High Fashion Girl // May 31, 2007 at 5:21 am |
Anonymous~
Like I said, my entry needed to be read with a sense of humor. No where in it did I say that only voluptuous women should be celebrated. I know many, many naturally thin girls, and I was in no way taking anything out on them. Though, I would argue that NO ONE is as unnaturally thin as the unhealthy model I posted a picture of. IMHO, that type of “skinny” IS ugly.
“I mean, not everyone one is blessed a curvaceous body – does that mean they should be labeled as sick or unwomanly.”
^ I also never said or even IMPLIED anything like that.
Shaz // June 13, 2007 at 7:00 am |
Yeah, their is defintely a difference between naturally skinny people who normally look healthy, and those you look gaunt and starved (ala victoria beckham who is naturally a big girl).
I think every shape should be embraced, not just a particular type, which seems to be glorified by the gay designers of the world.