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Did Model Die From Pressure to Be Thin?
Photographer Blasts Fashion Industry for Allegedly Dangerous Pressures
Some time back, TV viewers in Israel saw disturbing images of a former top model -- shockingly thin and semi-comatose after being rushed to a hospital.
That model, Hila Elmalich, died last Wednesday -- and the man who found Elmalich unconscious in her home, fashion photographer Adi Barkan, blames the modeling industry for Elmalich's sickness.
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I have no problem what so ever believing the industry is responsible, at least in part, for her death. "Designers say that clothes just look better on thin models and that the curves of more shapely models distract from the clothing they are showing off. They say rules and punishments would only stifle creativity." Ok, raise your hand if you think that is just an excuse to stick with the status quo. How about tapping into that creativity and designing clothes that look good on those "curves of more shapely models"? I mean, come on. The ultimate consumer of your designs (or at least the non-runway versions of them) is going to have curves. Deal with it.
Personally, I think a curvy (healthy) woman is far and away more attractive than the walking sticks so many designers seem to prefer.
Photographer Blasts Fashion Industry for Allegedly Dangerous Pressures
Some time back, TV viewers in Israel saw disturbing images of a former top model -- shockingly thin and semi-comatose after being rushed to a hospital.
That model, Hila Elmalich, died last Wednesday -- and the man who found Elmalich unconscious in her home, fashion photographer Adi Barkan, blames the modeling industry for Elmalich's sickness.
Read the rest here.
I have no problem what so ever believing the industry is responsible, at least in part, for her death. "Designers say that clothes just look better on thin models and that the curves of more shapely models distract from the clothing they are showing off. They say rules and punishments would only stifle creativity." Ok, raise your hand if you think that is just an excuse to stick with the status quo. How about tapping into that creativity and designing clothes that look good on those "curves of more shapely models"? I mean, come on. The ultimate consumer of your designs (or at least the non-runway versions of them) is going to have curves. Deal with it.
Personally, I think a curvy (healthy) woman is far and away more attractive than the walking sticks so many designers seem to prefer.