As part of Sydney's Fashion Festival this week, department store Myer hosted a 'Big is Beautiful' fashion show, which used only plus-sized models. The show has once again re-sparked the weight debate as attendees have written about the show and their thoughts on the models used. One journalist, Damien Woolnough wrote in The Australian that the use of larger models was "irresponsible". He commented:
‘Most of the models looked healthy but some looked obese. While most fashion festivals ban models for being too skinny, why is it OK to see fat women on the runway?There is a place for women of all sizes in the fashion media, as seen by the positive response to a plus-size shoot with Lawley in this month’s Vogue Australia, but obese models send just as irresponsible a message about the need for healthy eating and exercise as models with protruding clavicles and ribcages.
There is a place for women of all sizes in the fashion media, as seen by the positive response to a plus-size shoot with Lawley in this month’s Vogue Australia, but obese models send just as irresponsible a message about the need for healthy eating and exercise as models with protruding clavicles and ribcagesModels have always been thin and tall because clothes look better on them.”
Do you think these models are just as bad as underweight models? Or is it all in the name of making women feel a bit better about their own weight (whatever that might be) and shape, and so is harmless? Comment below!
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