Yes Garance Dore I'm afraid it does. For those of you who didn't see yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, the fashion doyenne was reported to have opposed having curvy and large sized women on the runway. In an AAP interview she was reported to have said,"It's not such a good thing to show plus-size because it's not really physically healthy and not always flattering to fashion." Needless to say this was not her only derogatory comment about the matter.
This is wrong on so many levels. We should applaud fashion designers that have the creativity and skill to produce beautiful pieces that suit a range of body shapes and sizes. That LVMH and Prada are confident enough in their brand to prove this on the runway is a credit to them. What's more it is sending the right message to women about the importance of being comfortable within yourself (or bien dans son peau as the French say).
There may well be 50,000 women around the world every day reading Madame Dore's blog - but I can't imagine all of them are 5ft7inches and 120lbs (or less). Ms Dore may well get away with it through some fancy footwork, but to my mind its going to take a lot to extract this Jimmy Choo from her lips.
BRAVO! As one who is of a certain age and size I applaud your comments. When I put on that Armani dress and slip my foot into a Jimmy Choo I look and feel like a million bucks; as far as I am concerned that’s what counts.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I also applaud LV and Prada and whoever else has the courage to show women with curves on the runway. Not to mention I find it would be a far stretch to label ANY one of the models from the LV fall show as "plus size".... and to add that a curvy figure is not flattering to fashion? My goodness this woman clearly has issues. Can anyone remind Garance what was the standard model size in Coco Chanel's heydays? I dare say we were far from the slender beings that flutter the runways nowadays. Were they unflattering then?
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