While hovering on the Parisian sidewalk with my pro-health signs up against the crowds of fashion editors, photographers, and models, a man shouted out to me, “Size zero kills — I have to disagree. Designers should be able to do whatever they want!” I argued with him, rambling on about the fact that top designers have a responsibility to consider the broader impact of their aesthetic decisions. To put it plainly, requiring models to fit such tiny measurements is sadistic and creepy. To put it elaborately, the prevalence of size-zero models spreads body dysmorphic disorder in consumers the world over.
As I battled it out with this modelizing fiend, his nonsensical rant quickly devolved into the wanker-worthy comment: “But thin girls just look beautiful in clothes! It looks better!” I quickly realized that he was not a reputable fashion editor or artistic director but merely a random straggler taking his Sunday stroll through the Tuileries Gardens. Perhaps he was lurking outside the Karl Lagerfeld tent hoping to find a wafer-thin waif to stand in front of him and “look beautiful in clothes.”
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For a documentary I interviewed people on the street and it can be shocking what some people say!! This is an awesome project for you to do!
Do you think that his attitude is more prevalent in europe as opposed to the states? Especially france?
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