What’s wrong when Size 2 sample sizes are for the lard asses?
A model presents a creation for French fashion house Guy Laroche as part of their Spring/Summer 2007 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris October 7, 2006.
Seriously. This is an UNDOCTORED photo.
Every week, the weekly rags decry the super skinniness of Nicole Richie, Kate Bosworth, Kiera Knightley, Christine Taylor, Ellen Pompeo. Are people fascinated by self-destruction? We have to say, we have this sneaking suspicion, that deep down, as horrible as we think they look, we revere thinness. We don't think it's men who think it's sexy. It's women. Not that they think it's sexy, but it's women who are the shoppers -- the shoppers of the clothes, and of the magazines that celebrate and pretend to condemn the look.
It's so beyond heroin chic at this point, it's something far scarier all together.
And maybe way way deep down, we kind of wish we could get thin, like super thin, so people would notice how thin we were. And we'd smugly think we're better than them. It’s probably like this: I would SO like to be thinner. Of course, I would never go so far as those people.
We look at it this way, when we were expecting the chairman of the board, we didn’t tell anyone. Seriously. No one. It got to the point where we wanted to see how long we could go without telling anyone. Seven months. So we think these actresses/models, etc. are like, let’s see how far we can go. And it's now like, let's see how far we can go without dying or our teeth and hair falling out.
It was decades ago when the Duchess of Windsor said, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” It was important then, but honey, they got nothing on this generation. Because, apparently, you can.
Ultimately, it will be the heart-stopping death of someone “famous” before anyone realizes that there’s something quite wrong.
Whether it's an eating disorder or crystal meth or black beauties, it's just not good for you. "I do not have an eating disorder" says Nicole Richie over and over and over. Maybe she doesn't and that's even scarier.
Looking at this photo makes you realize that an emulation of concentration camp victims has become the norm. The only reason designers use these models, the only reason for any of it, is that people still watch and buy.
