while reading my daily reads i stumbled across a few articles about designer Mark Fast using "real size" models in his show during London Fashion week. while the act in itself causes a stir in the fashion world a lot of the attention was also focused on a stylist's resignation over the Fast's decision to use these "plus sized" models.
what i like about what Fast did was that he didn't make a big deal of it, he didn't announce to the world he was putting in 3 models (UK size 12-14 which i think is US 10-12) in his show, he just put them there, in with the other models, as if it was no big deal. Fast's designs were ready to wear knit-wear so it was the type of collection/show that could do that, and i applaud that. maybe it's because i'm guess what you call, "in-between", i'm not thin or small but i'm not what is considered "plus-sized".
i've always been a person who has admired fashion, no matter how lazy i get with how i dress. but i've always understood why fashion uses extremely thin models. model's size it's not something i really complain about as long as they are naturally thin and not anorexic (and yes, you can tell the difference). originally, models were just supposed to be living/walking hangers, the attention was supposed to be on the clothes. but over the past few decades, the attention has shift to the models and their sizes (among other things). now it's an endless debate over models versus "real women". i actually really dislike the terminology real women, as if models aren't; yeah they were blessed with amazon height and unfeasibly fast metabolisms but they are still real women as well. i mean why don't we debate how ridiculously tall all these models are thin or "plus-sized". wait nevermind, tyra tried that and it's silly.
my point is, i'm all for the inclusion of women of any size to strut down the runway. but more importantly, i am for returning the focus to the clothes themselves.
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