Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
She was never a catwalk model, but she did pose for Playboy.
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
She was never a catwalk model, but she did pose for Playboy.
Most women who pose for Playboy now wouldn't get work as fashion models either - what with them not being 16 years old and having breasts and all.
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
She wasn't always a size 16. By the time she reached that size she was already a superstar, so her size wasn't a career breaker, as you are suggesting.
Yes but most actresses are bigger than most catwalk models, so what's your point?
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. Sad to think she'd never make it at that size today.
Wait, a size 16? Are sizes different today? I remember Buffalo Bill cutting up size 14 girls and those girls were certainly chunkier than Marilyn. Bill even called one of them a "great big fat person", although being a psychotic, trans-gender wanna be, serial killer maybe his opinion was a little skewed.
In other words our ideas of beauty are constantly changing so women and men should worry more about character building than body sculpting?
More like, even in her prime, she was too curvy to have made it as a catwalk model. Regardless of the why, she still wouldn't have made it.
In other words our ideas of beauty are constantly changing so women and men should worry more about character building than body sculpting?
There's actually a good utilitarian reason why fashion models look the way they do. They are essentially meant to be walking hangars and being thin they don't disrupt the flow of the clothing they are wearing too much. Probably the "ideal" of beauty in our culture, rather than fashion models, is the Playboy Playmate, but you'll never see them modeling on the catwalk simply because they are too curvy to show off the clothes the way the designer wants. Being too heavy to model is not a commentary on any standard of beauty in our culture it is just a necessary tool for the job.
I don't buy it
It certainly isn't how girls look at it either
In other words our ideas of beauty are constantly changing so women and men should worry more about character building than body sculpting?
I character build and body sculpt.
My character? Comedian.
My sculpted body? From mashed potatoes.
I am the Renaissance Man.
^The fashion industry doesn't care about that. They don't use realistic male models either.
The choice of models is indicative of the industry's target market. They are only interested in selling clothes to women - yes, even men's clothing part of the industry is targeted at women.
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