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Originally Posted by rubymoon2072  do you know how many of those models starve themselves...its been that way for centuries...it is so sickening. i think we should be more focused on being healthy and mentally healthy also but that is not what makes money. it comes down to the all mighty buck and who can make the most off of the most beautiful model. sad but it's the american way. |
That is why companies hire good looking or famous people to be in their ads, or give away their products for free if they are photographed with the product. People that look up to them then want to buy the same things, whether they can afford to or not, so they can think they are more like the people they idolize. There is a British singer Lily Allen, who has a line in a song "If I buy those jeans I can look like Kate Moss".
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Originally Posted by Maximo I can't stand the "heroin chic" look of most of today's models, but I admit that I like looking at fashion modeled by women and men who are not average or typical -- whether it's weight, or other characteristics.
On the other hand, I do see how air-brushed and photoshopped pics have a negative impact by setting up unrealistic expectations. |
I think it really has gotten out of hand in recent years with all the advancement in computers. People all the time are complaining about how thin models are nowadays. Look back to old pics of models in the 60s, 70s, and 80s before Photoshop, they were all that skinny! The difference now is that the average person is so much bigger than 30-40 years ago. I love vintage clothes and pictures. I cannot believe how tiny some of these people and clothes are from regular people, not models! So with all the photoshopping now it just makes the contrast worse.