Why Thin Is Not In, Revisited
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
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Something I read recently reinforced Nancy’s view of “Thin is not In…” This article I read just a couple of days back seems to indicate that there is a small but perceptible shift of perceptions in the fashion industry and the ‘heroin chic’ look that has dominated a lot of the catwalks the world over is perhaps on the wane. The article talks about how at the New York Fashion week, models are no longer just a size 0, and are now up to sizes 2 and 4. Still not anywhere near a normal sized woman, but the absence of the anorexic look marks what may well be a paradigm shift in the world of modeling.
While there were fewer numbers of jutting collarbones and visible ribs on display there were more curves and smiles to be seen. The fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar opined that this was a healthier ‘look’ and that “We’re obviously going through a season of a less cookie cutter look.”
The host of a fashion related TV show remarked that she actually “saw some breasts which was great.” A healthier look is ‘in’ so for the people working towards fighting eating disorders that are often rampant in the modeling world this is a small victory.
Headlines that scream “Model Dies from Anorexia” or “Model HeaHdies from Eating Disorder complication” are, sadly, not unusual. This story talked about model Ana Carolina Reston, who weighed just 40 kilograms, or 88 pounds, when she died in São Paolo just a couple of years ago. She died from a generalized infection caused by Anorexia Nervosa. A similar headline talked about another model, Luisel Ramos of Uruguay, who died of heart failure during a fashion show. She suffered this fate reportedly because of subsisting on only diet drinks and lettuce for weeks on end. Perhaps it takes these kinds of shocking headlines to prompt the sort of action that was eventually taken; to ban models of a body mass index under a certain level from fashion shows.
So if recent fashion shows are anything to go by, thin is not in and real good news for real women and men who love real women!
