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Dec
23
revolve model isn’t an online anomoly
i recently saw a few articles about a clearly emaciated model on revolve clothing’s website, and the controversy surrounding it. revolve has said that they will not use her until she gains some weight.
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Sep
15
a repost by any other name…
i hadn’t planned on including a piece that i’d already written. however, i wrote last year’s piece, “what michelle obama can teach us that models can’t” during last year’s fashion week, and a year later, while seeing some pictures from new york fashion week, i feel overly compelled to write an updated version of the same piece.
so, here is what michelle obama can teach us that models can’t (1 year later).
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May
18
tsk tsk rebecca minkoff
le sigh. i have been a rebecca minkoff fan for years. i thought she and i had something going. when was the first time i drooled over a rebecca minkoff bag? who knows, maybe four years ago. i have two morning after minis and it takes a lot of self-restraint not to have bought more (steady, anyone?)
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Feb
16
a size by any other name
so, i clicked and skimmed this article on a model who increased her weight and the industrial effects of that (yeah, i know better). it was somewhat interesting, though, which is why i’m putting it here (in traditional adia form, i’ve eliminated numbers and specific behaviors). i like it because it calls out the b.s. of the fashion industry.
At size [meh], Fashion Week model Coco Rocha, 21, is latest of many women considered fat by industry
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Oct
10
What Michelle Obama Can Teach Us That Models Can’t
this is my latest piece on huffington post:
“what michelle obama can teach us that models can’t”
it’s the first piece i’ve written that’s been featured with a picture!!
check it out!
i’d love to have your comments on it!
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Sep
16
fashion week
so, it’s fashion week for designers’ spring 2010 collections, and i am reminded why i don’t look at fashion week. i fully admit, i really like clothing and clothes shopping. i’ve worked at two different clothing stores and those were good times.
that being said, oh my. i can’t see half of the clothing because i’m immediately struck by the dangerously thin women. some people can look at most of these models and not be bothered. so why does it bother me?
i was in an eating disorder facility. in fact, i was in more than one eating disorder facility. i have seen girls who were starving and barfing to death. i know what girls with eating disorders look like. i’m not talking about thin women; i know plenty of thin people who are healthy. i’m talking about people with blaring eating disorders. and so many of these females look like that.
it’s scary and very disturbing.
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Aug
24
“my normal is this”
yay! happy post!
this is about the glamour magazine/”plus sized”* model whose tummy – the real tummy – not the taut, airbrushed enigma we usually see – was shown in the magazine.
not to say i told you so, but i’m not surprised that glamour did something like this. glamour and instyle are the only two female interest magazines** i’ve ever subscribed to (although i no longer subscribe to either) and one reason is because i felt comfortable giving my money to a company that made an effort to feature “normal-sized” women (or at least not overly emphasize rail-thin chicks).
in case you haven’t seen a picture of the model in question, here is 20-year old lizzie miller:
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