Thursday, January 04, 2007

A Tad Scary?

I was flipping through fashion156 the other day and I came across this picture:

I found this scary. This model has actually gotten so thin that she has no breasts. Her rips pop through her skin and she has no body fat.
Once you get this thin, I don't think you're even attractive anymore. Someday, when I'm a designer, I'll hire models that aren't this thin. This girl has to be at least a 0. Not healthy.

Thoughts?
&hearts.cathi.or.coco

12 comments:

Elizabeth said...

OMg, she looks like my friend! Except my friend isn't anorexic, she just has a really freakishly fast metabolism and she plays evey sport imaginable. she also has no boobs LOL

but really, when im a fashion designer too, I am NEVER going to hire models like that. its just wrong.

molly said...

oh wow, shes way smaller than a size zero. i wore a size zero up until a few months ago and i wasnt THAT skinny.

disgusting

discothequechic said...

its so sad that she thinks being thatthin looks good.

It was great to hear that the three giant italian fashion houses signed an agreement to stop using size 00 models!

yayy

S xx

sarissa said...

hey! your blog is awesome! im just setting up my fashion devoted blog and yours is real inspiration.. im obsessed with fashion! anyway, i agree it can be so scary. im a size 1ish (i think, im from the uk it's hard to kinda translate our sizes to us ones but yeah) and have always been thin, but not scarily.. it's pictures like that which make me regret ever saying "oh my god, if i ever get fat i'll starve myself til i lose it".. though knowing me, i probably would do that. i totally respect the committee in Madrid who began the banning of models with BMIs lower than 18, but that freaks me out a little, having a bmi of 18! anyways, good point, and im not an aspiring designer (more model, i wear it, not design it) but i for sure agree with your decision to only hire models bigger than a size 0. it's not normal!
holla back! nice blog x

Tru said...

I agree with everything you said

morgan said...

healthy is stylish
size 00 is sad
morgan

coco said...

i love that mens shirt. its so cute.

Marissa said...

That's a really cool picture even if she is skinny.

Gort said...

I think it's a cool picture. It's true she is skinny, but it's possible she just has tiny boobs. It's not unheard of-- and the angle, lighting, and shirt all make them appear smaller.

sasha said...

she looks more like a dancer than a model, and for a dancer, she's a normal size. just because her ribs are showing in the front doesn't mean that she's underweight, some people have larger ribcages than others. you should also focus on her position in the picture, she's not standing normally, she's in an action position that would force body parts to look more pronounced than they normally would be. the size of her body is actually normal, she's not emaciated but actually very muscular.

Natalia said...

trying not to feel hurt after reading these comments. my bmi is 19, i am 5'3 and weigh about 105 lbs. i eat enough to live and i'm 32 years old and married. At least my husband never judged me so harshly. i wonder, should i post a pic here to scare all of you with how "sick" i look?

Haters!

Marisa said...

um i agree with natalia
its absolutely WRONG of you
to believe she is anorexic
i am also 5' 3" and i weigh 95 lbs
YES i eat every meal and
YES i LOVE fatty foods and snacks
and YES you can see my rib cage when i bend like that chick
and
YES i have dramatically small boobs
so its kind of insulting that you dont think anyone can be that naturally skinny and thats its
"gross"
it kind of makes the ones that naturally have that figure more insecure